Fuck.
And the FedEx driver was a dead-end. So where the fuck did that leave them?
Who could Beltran have hired to kill Rex?
Rex didn’t have any family. He only had them. So Jared was also going to have to organize a funeral. But the rest of the familydidn’t know about this situation yet and he was hoping to keep it quiet for a while longer.
Plus, he’d really like to have his body. It seemed wrong to just bury his head.
His phone rang and he sighed. Zander.
He’d been expecting this call. The other man had called yesterday and he’d dodged his call. He knew that Angie hadn’t said anything to Keira about Rex, not wanting to upset her. And he didn’t intend to tell Zander.
The other man didn’t seem to handle bad news well. His feelings were rather volatile. Delicate.
“Zander,” he said.
“How is Angie?” Zander said quickly.
“She’s good.”
“She’s safe? Healthy?”
“I know how to take care of my girl,” he told the other man.
“Don’t get your panties in a twist. She’s my sister-in-law. I have a right to check on her.”
“Your sister-in-law who you left in a vulnerable position to get kidnapped.”
“By your fucking assistant,” Zander snapped.
Jared sighed. “Look, I’m tired and this is getting us nowhere. I have some shit going on here.”
“So do I,” Zander said. “I’ve got to find two dead women.”
“You’re on a job?” Jared asked distractedly. Why was he telling him this?
“No, these women have gone missing close to us. They think one has been missing about a week and that the other disappeared a few days later. Both have a very similar look.”
“What are you thinking? A serial killer in your neighborhood?”
“Don’t know. But I’m keeping Keira locked down tight. Not taking any chances. Wanted to let you know I might be busy. So you better take care of Angie. Hear me?”
“I could be insulted by that, but I’ll let it go since you’re married to Angie’s sister.”
Jared hung up, shaking his head. He needed to find his girl.
He and North had been working to make sure she wasn’t left alone at the moment.
She’d had three nightmares last night that they’d had to soothe her through. During the third one, he’d noticed that North had disappeared. He wasn’t sure if he’d left because he couldn’t sleep.
Or for another reason.
Walking into the media room, he found them watching a movie on the big screen. He winced as he saw it was a horror movie and that someone had just used a chainsaw to cut another person in two.
“Do you guys really think this is the most appropriate movie to watch?” he asked.
“It’s really bad,” Angie agreed. “Like terrible acting. And so fake.”
