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They mumbled.

“Which hotel are you at?” Nia asked. “Maybe we can come see you.”

She told them. “I’m going right now, but I’m getting a phone, and once I do, I’ll text you guys the number.”

“Okay. Call us if you need anything, and we want to see you as soon as possible,” Larkin said.

Courtney swallowed a few times to stop the tears from coming. She couldn’t have asked for better friends. “I want to see you guys, too. I’ll call.”

She took a minute to calm down before she started the computer and got to work.

Chapter Fourteen

Ronin walked into Darian’s office.

Darian looked up and frowned. “What’s up?”

“Where is Courtney?” he asked and paced. “I don’t like her out on her own.”

“I don’t either. I know she didn’t come back last night, and the girls were worried,” Darian said.

“Do you have the lawyer’s number?” Ronin asked.

“Yes. Let’s call him. He might know something.”

The secretary put them through to James.

“Well, hello, Darian. What can I do for you?” James Stewert asked.

“Good morning, James. I’m here with Ronin, and we’re both worried because we haven’t heard from her. Would you know anything?”

“She talked about staying in a hotel. I thought it strange, but she’d had a few shocks.”

“What were they?” Ronin asked.

There was a pause. “I’m sorry. She’s a client, and I can’t divulge her business.”

Ronin sighed. He knew that. Dammit. He’d had to work with lawyers for years and still had to in some respects. “I knew that. I’m sorry. “

“Can you give us anything?” Darian asked.

“All I can tell you was the last time I saw her she was upset and wanted to be alone, so shedecided to stay at a hotel in town,” James told them. “I’m sorry I don’t have more information.”

“Could you please have her call me if she gets ahold of you?” Ronin asked.

“Of course. Have a good day,” James said.

“Thank you,” Darian said and hung up.

Ronin flopped into a chair. “Fuck.”

“Hold on a second. Let’s ask the girls. They might know something,” Darian said and walked out of the office.

Ronin heard him yell for the girls and then several sets of hurried footsteps coming down the stairs. He knew something was up when they caught sight of him and froze. He’d dealt with enough perps in his life to know these girls knew something, and a few seemed mad at him.

He waited for Darian to take the lead.

Darian stood in front of the girls, who were standing in a line, gripping each other’s hands.

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