“Tomorrow,” Ghost said curtly.
Ranger chuckled before he exited the room, but I didn’t care. My eyes were captivated by the intensity of the green in his eyes. They sort of changed colors a bit, I found out. Not from green to blue or anything like that, but different shades of green.
This shade was dark.
Like the sea after a storm.
“Ghost?” I asked softly.
He scooted a bit closer to me on the bed. “When you were coming back from one of your midnight meetings, yes. I was tailing you. But so was that car with the logo on the gas cap. Did you know that?”
I just slowly shook my head. “No, I didn’t.”
He patted his hand on top of mine. “Do these midnight meetings you attend happen often?”
Sick. I felt sick to my fucking stomach. “My boss probably has two or three of them a month, but they’ve been more regular this month.”
“How long have you worked for them again?”
“Three years now.”
“You’re not in any of their personnel files. Is that for a reason?”
I drew in a short breath. “I’m not?”
He blinked. “You didn’t know?”
I snickered as my brow furrowed. What the fuck was happening? “A-A—Anyone who’s considered too valuable to lose isn’t in the public personnel files. That’s just personal safety, one-oh-one. But I don’t know whyIwouldn’t be in them.”
He tilted his head. “Because to them, you’re too valuable to lose. Most likely, because you know more than you realize.”
The air was ripped from my lungs. “What?”
“I’m just brainstorming with you right now, but it’s possible that the reason why they tried taking you tonight is because you know too much.”
Something clogged my throat. “I don’t know anything, though.”
“You don’t realize you do, but if those meetings are in code, would you even know it? You didn’t know you were being followed.”
He was right, and I hated that. I felt so stupid, just like my father always called me growing up. “I don’t know who would be driving the car that followed me, but I do know who our largest client is.”
“Who?”
“Speed-Up. It’s an internet provider that’s made waves in Bryersville. But really, I grew up in the area. All they did was buy up Satsurn and ComGo, you know? But anyway. They’ve really hit the streets, making a name for themselves, pushing out competition with their affordable fiber connections. We provide them in-house counsel on retainer for them.”
Ranger’s voice sounded outside the door. “Don’t mean to be a creep, but we’ve got something. Wanna see it?”
“Yes,” I said without hesitation, not giving Ghost a moment to respond.
Ranger whipped the door back open with that bright smile on his face. He was like a bulldog who didn’t want to do anything but be a lap dog.
“Okay, so Speed-Up is a pretty new business. According to their website, they haven’t been doing this for very long. Just the last year or so,” Ranger said as he balanced the laptop in one hand and typed away with the other. “Which means, of course, I want to know all about their finances.”
“Get to the point, Range,” Ghost said.
“Sh,” I said without thinking, “I want to hear this.”
Ranger looked at Ghost and barked with laughter before continuing. “A quick look at their financial records shows me a few bank accounts pouring money into and pulling money out of theirs. Want to see what happens when I pull up who those bank account numbers are attached to?”
