Chapter Thirty-Six
Reese didn’t bother to hide his tears.He couldn’t if he’d wanted to.Seeing the three of them like that…
“You have a lot of questions to answer,” Brantley told Kieran.“A fuckin’ lot.”
“I know.”Kieran’s brown eyes were wide.“And I will.I’ll tell you everything you wanna know, but I need your help first.I have to find Allison.”
“What makes you think she didn’t go back to Calloway?”Archer asked.
While they had stood by the house, watching Travis and Gage approach Kylie, Kieran had given them a quick rundown of how they’d gotten to this point.His story was that he’d taken Kylie when he learned that Calloway had no intention of giving her back to her family.He claimed he told her they had to lie low until the heat died down so that Calloway didn’t come after her family, and she agreed.
That was only a few days ago.
Reese had to admit, it sounded plausible.He knew Kylie.Knew she would do whatever was necessary to protect her family.Even if it meant not being able to see them.
“Because she wouldn’t,” Kieran replied.“Last I talked to her, she was goin’ to fill you”—he looked at Reese—“in on what was going on.She said y’all could be trusted.”
“Nice to know someone thought so,” Brantley grumbled.
“Look.I thought it was best for everyone at the time.I thought we could take down Calloway first.”
Brantley gripped Kieran’s shoulder roughly, pointing with his other hand.“You see that.That’s your fuckin’ family right there.You kept her from them.”
“I know.”
Kieran sounded genuinely apologetic.At least to Reese.He wasn’t sure Brantley could see through his anger at being deceived.It would take time for them to figure out everything that happened.Until then, they had to do what they could to help Kieran.
“We’re gonna find her,” Reese promised him.“Where would they hole up?The rest of Calloway’s people.”
“They were keepin’ her in a house—”
Brantley looked at him.“The one on Rocky Road?”
Kieran nodded.
“They cleared out.Where would they go from there?”
“The main compound is in Blanco.It belongs to a former sheriff’s deputy.”
“Terry Berry,” Atticus supplied.
“Yeah.”
Reese addressed Atticus and Archer.“You two need to go back to the compound.Keep an eye on things.If you see anything off, let us know.”
Atticus nodded.“Will do.”
“On your way there, call Evan, fill him in on what’s goin’ on,” Reese continued, speaking to Atticus.“Tell him to route everyone’s focus to finding Allison.He can reach out to JJ.She was helpin’ us this mornin’.”
Without wasting another second, Atticus and Archer took off out the front door.
“I want to clean this place out,” Brantley stated, looking directly at Reese.“Anything and everything that could tie back to Kylie needs to be removed.We’ll take it back to HQ.Figure out what to do with it later.”
“She doesn’t have much,” Kieran told them.“She insisted she wouldn’t be here long.”
“How much danger will her family be in?”Brantley asked, his full attention on Kieran.
“Martin Calloway’s unstable.And he’s obsessed with Max Adorite.He believes that Travis and his family are his way of infiltrating the Adorites.”
