Page 48 of Aydin

Pop! Pop!

Nasir swerved to avoid hitting another car as shots rang by and almost killed us.

“Fuck! She made us.” I groaned, reaching in the glove compartment for my weapon.

Addison’s car turned sharply, and Nasir hit the gas to speed up before we lost them.

“You hit!” I shouted.

“No, I’m good. You?”

“Good.” I looked in the side mirror and saw a white van speed up.

“Stay on her.”

“We left the guys to keep an eye on her father’s place.” Nasir reminded me. I pulled out my phone and called.

“Boss, nothing happening here.” Reggie answered the phone.

“Reggie we’re in the middle of a chase, and gunshots were fired.” I slid my window down and returned fire.

Pop! Pop Pop!

“Keep your phone on; it will track you,” Reggie said. I dropped it on my lap and waited for Nasir to turn again at the next light, then I shot back. Addison’s limo hopped on the freeway, and a red Honda swerved in in front of us, and we missed our turn.

“Damn it!” Nasir shouted and got off to the side street. I looked back, and the van was gone. My head leaned back, and I closed my eyes to control my breathing.

“Next time, we’ll be ready,” Nasir said.

“Let’s get to the hotel.”

Two hours later, I was out of the shower, changed, and sat with the team to read over the printed files Carly had uploaded.

“Look at this… twenty thousand from a party thrown by the president of some investment firm.” Nasir pushed the papers in my hand.

“Call your contacts.”

Ring!

“Hold up, this is Nicco,” I said.

“It’s pretty late in Tennessee right now,” Nasir mentioned, and that had my attention.

“We have a big problem,” Nicco said.

“What’s wrong?” My heart started to beat fast that something happened to Amelia.

“I’m at a gas station because Amelia called the police for help and they hit me up. Someone shot at her.”

I jumped up and paced back and forth.

“Who was it?”

“We don’t know, but Rory’s dead.”

“Shit,” I cursed under my breath.

“Her car broke down, and I guess when Rory tried to check, he was shot.”

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