Page 87 of Unraveling Connections

He nods, “Thank you, seriously. There have been two murders recently, both young women; we had no leads, but I would be willing to bet, from his reaction earlier and from what you have said, that he is the culprit.”

I nod solemnly, “Yeah, me too. We will leave this in your hands now.”

“Yeah, we’ve got this,” he pauses and looks at me with a slight smile on his lips, “is there any point in me asking why three agents are in town?”

I shake my head but smile, “Nothing to worry about.”

“I thought so,” he chuckles, “if, in the unlikely event, you need any help, let me know.”

I clap him on the shoulder as I say, “Thank you, we will.”

He nods, and then moves to talk to the EMT. I walk back down the alley, Quinn and Ezra joining me as we walk in the opposite direction of the car. We don’t want to draw attention to where we are parked and, more importantly, what we are watching.

“Yeah,” Ezra replies, “we can’t go back now. It’s the city, there is bound to be a diner open somewhere, where we can get a coffee.”

“I hope so, we left all our snacks in the car,” I reply.

Chapter Twenty-Six

Jensen

By the time we finally get back to the safe house, we are all absolutely exhausted, and I am ready to fall into bed. We did manage to find a diner, which wasn’t too far away from the alleyway, so it only took us stepping outside and looking up the street to see if the police presence was still there. As is typical in these sorts of situations, they hung around for a while, and we didn’t get back to the car until nearly three hours later.

After the excitement of the first half of the night, the rest of the night was predictably dull.

“How did it go?” Cash asks, suppressing a yawn as we all walk through the door.

We still have to check in with Trick, and give him an update and to save us telling it twice I simply say, “I’ll fill you in when we tell Trick, it’s got nothing to do with Hunt though.”

Ever tucks herself under my arm cradling a coffee in her hands as I kiss her forehead, and sigh happily, it always feels better when she is with me.

“That was a confusing statement,” she says, yawning halfway through and setting the rest of us off.

“Coffee, guys,” Cash says as he nods to the cups on the side. He grabs mine and his as Ezra and Quinn grab theirs and then presses a button on the laptop, calling Trick.

“You guys look exhausted,” is the first thing that Trick says.

“Thanks, dude,” I reply, rolling my eyes.

He chuckles, “No problem. You are all clearly tired, so fill me in quickly.”

“Unfortunately, we didn’t see anyone that we could link to Hunt,” Cash says.

“We didn’t even see anything mildly interesting,” Ever adds, clearly not happy about it.

Trick nods, “Okay, what about you guys?”

“We didn’t either, but we may have missed them,” I explain, and when Trick’s eyebrows rise, I continue, “We saved a woman from being mugged and murdered by fighting off five guys, and one of them might be responsible for two recent murders in the area.”

Trick stares at me for a moment before he says, “I am going to need some more detail. Explain.”

I launch into a detailed description of what happened, making sure I don’t leave anything important out as Quinn and Ezra chime in with their versions and points of view as well. By the time I'm done, Trick is shaking his head and Ever’s staring at me.

“What?” I ask.

“Only you three could find that much excitement on a stakeout without even looking for it.” Trick replies.

“What he said,” Ever adds.

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