Page 95 of Havoc

“Well, apparently, there was an upper management meeting held this morning. I heard they pretty much made it known that Leo was the one who was killed at their hotel. I’m not sure what more proof you need.”

“How did I not know about this meeting? I wonder whether Cameron was there.” I rubbed my head, confused. I really was way out of the loop.

“Don’t know.” Kurt shrugged and shook his head.

“Shit, if he wasn’t there…” I licked my lips as my mind went off in different directions.

“Yeah, good luck with that.” Kurt shrugged again. I knew Cameron was going to flip out if he wasn’t there for that meeting. He hated to miss anything.

Kurt opened his phone, but quickly put it back down. “Just deal with the boss. Nothing else’s come in. I’ll tell you when I know more. What about her?” He pointed his chin at Kenna. “Maybe she knows something.”

“Maybe?” I shrugged. I sure as hell wasn’t going to tell him I’d been watching her more closely lately.

“You two are supposed to be friends. Go feel her out.”

“Later.” I waved him off as a text came in on his phone. “She’s talking to someone right now.”

“Interrupt her. It’s pretty big news.” He made a wry face when I didn’t reply and then tapped his screen. A moment later, he head-pointed at Jayden, who’d rushed over to Kenna.

“Something’s up for sure,” I whispered and felt lost on what was going on around me.

“The Gateses have been targeted again, and not in the way you think.” Kurt held up his phone.

Kenna

“You know, you’re just as gorgeous as you were in high school.” Benny tapped his wine glass to mine. “Now, is this the part where you’re going to tell me you’re getting married or something?”

“No, marriage isn’t in my cards,” I sidestepped his flattery, “but I’m not exactly single either.” Or was I? I didn’t really know the answer to that. What I did know was my head didn’t have room for anything more. “What about you?”

“I was dating,” he sipped his wine, “but she’s in Kentucky and my heart’s in the west, so things just fizzled out. She’s great, and we still talk, but she’s moved on, and I need to as well.”

“How very mature of you.” I was pleased to hear Benny was still the same.

“You really are a knockout.” He shook his head and smiled in a way that showed he was happy to be with me. It was a good feeling. “You know, I’ve never told you this, but the few times I mustered up the courage to ask you out, your dad’s men always seemed to get in the way.”

“What do you mean?” I knew the guys were always around, but they never seemed interested in the few male friends I’d had. My girlfriends, maybe, but that was typical.

“I called them the gatekeepers.”

“Gatekeepers?” I chuckled. “They were annoying to me, but I didn’t think they paid much attention to any of my guy friends. Did they?”

“A few made their presence known.”

“Let me guess. Sasha?”

He laughed and made a face like I nailed the nail on the head. “Let’s just say there was a time he made sure I knew you two were something.”

“I’m sorry, Benny. I didn’t know that.”

“It wasn’t your problem. You were gorgeous.” He shrugged. “I’m sure there were plenty of guys who had their eye on you. Sasha was just marking his territory. I’d have done the same.”

I looked away as the memory of the way his body had slumped to the ground after Grim killed him suddenly flashed before my eyes. “Well, he isn’t around anymore.” I didn’t elaborate further.

“He wasn’t the worst of them, actually.” He pursed his lips in a way that caught my interest. “And from what I can see, nothing’s changed much.”

“What’s that mean?”

“It means I’m still being watched by one of the same sleazeballs from all those years ago.” He nodded over my head, and I turned to see Sonny watching me from a few tables away.

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