"It's gotta be in the car," Paisley said.
"What!?" Jordan snapped.
"Mercer must have stashed it in my car. He gave me the briefcase as a decoy.”
Jordan growled in frustration, flailing his arms, shaking, and stomping about. At least he didn't have the gun against Paisley’s head anymore.
He was a temperamental little shit.
Jordan grumbled a few obscenities, then tried to compose himself. He took a deep breath and forced himself to speak in a calm voice. "Where is Paisley's car now?"
"It's in the impound lot," I said.
"If it's in the impound lot, then I don't need any of you anymore.” He aimed the pistol at me.
“You need us to access the impound lot.”
Jordan laughed. “Because it’s soooo secure,” he mocked. “Sorry. Your time’s up.”
The muscles in his jaw flexed, and his finger wrapped around the trigger.
The goons standing behind me moved out of the way.
“Not inside,” Raul grumbled.
Jordan groaned in frustration. “Take them into the jungle and shoot them.”
Antonio said, “I think now is a good time to mention that I just drive the boat.”
Jordan glared at him. “Kill him first.”
Antonio frowned.
“Leave the girl,” Jordan said. “I kind of like having her around. You never know when she might come in handy.”
I glared at the scumbag.
Paisley looked at me with terrified eyes, tears streaming down her cheeks. She screeched in horror as another thug grabbed her.
Two thugs marched us out of the house and across the clearing.
The warehouse still smoldered and hissed.
With machine guns at our backs, they forced us toward the tree line.
The closer we got to the jungle, the more panicked Antonio got. His eyes darted about, looking for an exit route.
There wasn’t one.
Anxiety took over. Antonio bolted in the opposite direction, running as fast as he could. The goons swung their barrels toward Antonio.
The distraction was enough for me and JD to strike.
Muzzle flash flickered, and gunfire erupted.
Bullets streaked across the clearing toward Antonio.
JD and I wrestled the weapons away from the scumbags and thoroughly vented them as they reached for backup pistols.
