“Bernice knew Shay?”I asked.
Pearl nodded.“Yeah.Shay’s mom to Bernice’s daughter and something that happened here years ago.”
Push leaned forward slightly beside me.“There’s an old drowning tied to the island.Caleb Token.A skeleton was found too.”
My brain immediately shifted into investigator mode.
Bodies.
Staged murders.
Old drowning.
Skeleton.
Women in photos.
Missing sister.
Possible past event.
This wasn’t random.
Random didn’t build this many layers.
“Who was Caleb Token?”I asked.
Anchor’s eyes narrowed slightly, not at me but at the name.“A kid who drowned on the island decades ago.At least, that’s what the official story said.”
“Official stories are usually bullshit,” I muttered.
Skull grunted.“Starting to like you.”
“Get in line,” Piney said.
I ignored them and looked back at Anchor.“You don’t think he drowned?”
“We think a lot of things don’t add up,” Anchor said.
Vin turned his laptop slightly but didn’t show me the screen yet.“There’s more.We’ve got footage of someone wearing Kings gear moving through blind spots.Could be trying to frame us.Could be someone connected to the old club.”
“Old club?”I asked.
“Before Anchor,” Push said.“Before most of us had say over shit here.”
The room shifted again.
“Razor used to run things before Anchor,” Cross explained.“He’s out.Venom was tied to the old days too.Bad blood.We thought maybe he was involved.”
“Is he?”
Nobody answered immediately.That was becoming one of my least favorite things.“Maybe,” Anchor finally said.“Maybe not.”
I leaned back in my chair.“That’s not an answer.”
“It’s the only one we have.”
Fair.Annoying, but fair.
