Page 103 of Crossover

“I figured you would.”

“I thought I could trust you.”

“Ditto,” I replied flatly.

“You made a very big mistake, going up against me, Grayson.”

“Ditto.”

Daniel sighed. He was lucky I was holding back what I wanted to say to him.

“We need to talk in person,” Daniel insisted in a firm tone.

“That’s not going to happen.”

“If you care about your family, you’ll make it happen.”

I gritted my teeth, swallowing the retorts he deserved. “Elaborate.”

“If you don’t want anything bad to happen to your family or that little girlfriend of yours, you will find a way to meet me. Alone.”

Fuck. Did he have eyes on them right now? Was he aware of where they were? Or was he bluffing? I needed more information to launch a counterattack against his moves.

“Everyone is safe,” I baited.

“Are they?” Daniel antagonized.

I clenched the steering wheel tighter with my right hand, Barry looking over at me with an eyebrow raised.

“We don’t need to make this complicated, Grayson. I’m about to text you an address. You will show up to it, alone.”

“You think I’m stupid enough to do that?” Stupid enough to believe that Daniel would reveal his location? If he was luring me to an address alone, it was to take me out.

Not that I could say that; even if it was a fruitless effort, I would at least attempt to maintain discretion for the sake of keeping my family safe.

“It’s about time you and I had a little chat.”

“So, talk,” I said.

“In person.”

Unbelievable.

“Sure,” I said, hiding the sarcasm in my tone. Well, mostly. “Text me that information.”

A pause elapsed.

“If you think I haven’t taken precautions to ensure you don’t do something stupid with the information, you’ve severely underestimated me.”

I ground my molars. “What is it, exactly, that you’re looking to get out of this?” The idea that he could lure a trained agent into what was probably an attempt on my life with a vague threat against my family was absurd.

“We have something important to discuss.”

“Which is?”

“We’ll talk about it when you get here.”

When. What a presumptuous asshole.

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