Page 80 of Love Takes Home

Ginny returns and reclaims her seat, and Roger speaks up. Both he and Aubrey have been quiet for the most part, listening to everything we said.

“I think I might know a way to help you.” The look on his face has me sitting up straight up in my chair. “I own Systems For Safety, the security system company. We’re the ones that installed and monitor the high school.”

“Really?” I ask. “I think we should absolutely have a conversation.”

Davis, Tiny, and Ranger all raise their hands. Trish looks around at everyone. “Yeah, I think we’re all having that conversation.”

I look at Roger and shrug my shoulder. “Welcome to the group.”

He chuckles, nodding. “We have two years’ worth of digital recordings on site. Think you could use it?”

Davis grins, and I’m right there with him. “Well kid,” he ruffles Lucas’s hair, “I think I know what we’re going to be doing while you're ‘cough-cough’ sick the next three days.”

“Oh, man,” Lucas groans. “Really?”

“Oh, yeah. You’ve got to tell me who everyone is. We’ll learn all their hidden secrets. And if Mary calls and I can go into her office, I’ll take you with me.”

“I might get to go to a DEA office?” Davis nods. “Yeah, okay, whatever.”

“I’ll also make sure the guys monitoring everything at the school keep a closer watch. They will let us know if anything happens.”

“So much easier than having to pick up the phone and call somebody to ask them to hack into it,” I tell myself, sighing in relief.

“That was you?” Roger asks, smirking. He must have heard me. The other people have broken off into their own conversations, including Ginny.

But, oh, shit. If they were monitoring that night…fuck me, they saw the show.

I clear my throat. “I can neither confirm nor deny.”

“We noticed there were about forty-five minutes missing, but no one was closely monitoring it,” he quietly tells me before winking.

Fuck me. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Someone fucking saw my girl getting off. Who gives a fuck if they saw me, but they saw my girl.

“If they ever tell anyone what they saw, I’ll hunt them down and cut them to pieces with my bare hands,” I reply justas quietly. Giving him my own wink that makes him swallow loudly.

“Understood. And no worries. It’ll go to the grave.”

“I think I like you, Roger. We’ll get along just fine.”

“Glad to hear it.”

The doorbell rings, and a few people around the table jump at the sound. Anxiety and nerves are already running rampant. This can’t be good. We need to end this shit once and for all. Without Ginny or Lucas getting hurt. Without any of us getting hurt.

“It’s the food,” Lottie calmly announces. “I’ll go get it.”

“Everything alright?” Ginny asks, turning her attention to me.

“It will be,” I assure her. “Because you’re going to stay safe. And by my side.”

“Thank you.”

She leans in for a kiss, which I quickly make not safe for brothers and best friends. Eh, they’ll deal.

Chapter 25

Ginny

“Aubrey’s meeting you inclass when you get there this morning, right?”

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