Page 21 of Unraveling Connections

There is no hesitation in his tone, and it would make me feel sad for him, but there is also no sadness in his tone either. He has just accepted it for what it is.

“There’s more,” I say, a slight warning in my tone.

Luc studies my expression and then nods, “Play it.”

Pete nods and hits play.

“Fuck,” Atlas exclaims as we watch Luc’s mom get shot.

“Okay, that’s weird, she’s angry.” Cash mutters, “And where the fuck does that door go?"

“That’s why we took so long, that door leads to a stairwell, and then a tunnel that leads out into the woods. It is only accessible from this side, once the doors shut on the other sideyou can’t open them again, which is why we had to get Pete to pick us up, it’s a good couple of miles from the house.” I explain.

“Holy shit, seriously?” Rage asks.

“Yeah.It was pretty crazy, there were tire tracks that led out of the woods, so they had a car waiting,” Jensen adds.

We then go onto explain everything in more detail, making sure that they know everything that we do.

Once we are done, Trick says, “It would almost be worth it to check out her place on the island.”

“Maybe, but we’ve got our hands pretty full for the moment,” Cash replies. “Let’s give everything over to headquarters. Go through the footage and see what we can find first.”

“Yeah, I agree. Our main focus needs to be the port and Hunt’s link to it.” Trick replies. He looks around at us, “Is everyone in agreement?”

“Yeah,” I immediately reply. “The port needs to be our main priority. If Hunt is still using it, that is our best bet to catch him.”

“Agreed,” Atlas replies.

Everyone quickly voices their own agreement. As important as it may be to find out how Luc’s mom entered the country without anyone realizing she had even left the island, Hunt and the port are our main priorities, and we can always investigate Luc’s mom’s involvement at a later date.

Wincing, I ask, “I know this is really fucking bad of me, but what was your mom called? We hardly ever talk about her, and when we do, she is just referred to as your mom.”

Luc chuckles, “It’s Sandy.”

“Gotcha,from this point forward I vote we refer to her as Sandy and not Luc’s mom. It separates it a bit and keeps things a bit more clearer.” I suggest.

“Yeah, that sounds good to me,” Luc agrees.

“Alright, so we need to get home and go over the footage. We need to know when the guy entered the house and how muchfootage has been deleted. If we can get a look at his face, then we will be able to go through our database and see if we can link him with Hunt. Then we will know for certain that he sent them, which would mean that Sandy is definitely working with or at the very least known to Hunt and his men because of how she behaved when she got shot.” Trick replies.

“Yeah. Let’s get home and go through this footage while we wait for the file to be sent over to us.” Atlas agrees.

“Do you want to pop in and see Jenny again before we go?” I ask. “Who knows when we will be able to fit in seeing her again, and she would love it if she got a surprise visit.”

Trick looks at his watch, “She should be back from work by now; dad should be home too. I would like to see him since we didn’t get a chanceto the other day. We could do a flying visit before we head back to the house.”

“Don’t forget that we have got to drop the blood that Ever collected into headquarters.” Jensen reminds us.

“Yeah, so it’s going to have to be a flying visit.” Trick replies.

“Well, none of us unpacked. Let’s get rid of the trash and then get going, we are going to be pushing it pretty tight if we want to get home before midnight.” Cash replies.

“Good point.” Rage replies.

I hold my hand up, “Hang on a minute, I need a shower and a change of clothes before I go anywhere. We’ve got time for that.”

Jensen lifts his arm and sniffs his armpit making me wrinkle my nose, “Oh yeah, I definitely need a shower.”

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