Page 62 of The Killer Who Kept Me

“Huh?”

I grabbed his tablet and mine and went over to Saros. “This is why you only see him coming home but not leaving.”

He stared at both tablets, blinked, and then looked at me. “Please explain.”

“Oh, right. So, it’s extremely impractical, which is why there aren’t a lot of them, but there’s a subway system a block from the building.” I tapped my screen. “The garage has a door that leads through the back, but it’s not typically used. You can tell by the brush build up. If you cut through this way, it leads to a subway entrance. No cameras either, because it’s not used a lot.”

“Okay…but why doesn’t he return that way if it’s so secretive?”I knew Saros would ask that.

“Because, like I said, it’s impractical, and I’m actually surprised they haven’t decommissioned it. This subway is only a one-way. It takes you into Eastbury, and farther, sure. The return subway brings them here.” I clicked Mike’s tablet. “This coffee shop has an entrance right by it. No cameras there either, so when you do see them, it’s in front of the building.”

“And the coffee shop is so close to the building and out in public, grabbing them unseen would be difficult.” Saros nodded.

“They could conceivably take the train they return on to leave too, right?” Benny asked.

“Yes, they could, but they don’t want to be seen leaving. Returning he doesn’t care about.” I tapped my tablet. “If you wait for them in the woods between the complex and the subway, you’ll catch them unseen.”

Saros grabbed my face in his hands and kissed me, turning my legs to jelly. “You’re fucking brilliant.” He smiled.

“I’m glad I could help.”

I was about to leave, but he grabbed me and brought me over to his desk chair, where I was pulled onto his lap. “I think we’ll be needing that big brain of yours some more.”

I didn’t argue. I wasn’t sure what else I could do, but I liked being with Saros and loved how he didn’t want me away from him. So I sat and listened intently to everyone and everything.

Saros was planning on grabbing either Ramsey, Frazee, or both. I didn’t ask why he’d take them and not just kill them, but I imagined Saros needed information and he was going to get it.

“Benny, I want a team of eight in those woods tonight. We’ll switch out in the morning, always eight people, until we’ve grabbed someone. Got it?”

“Got it, I’ll arrange it now.” Benny left to get that organized.

“Best to park on the east side of the woods. Judging by Mike’s visuals, the streetlamps don’t work—which is great for at night, but also, the abandoned convenience store’s cameras are shattered, so no one will record you taking them,” I said, earning me another kiss.

“Cos, can you tell Benny that?”

“On it, Boss.” Cosmo smiled at me and left the study.

“See? You’re fucking brilliant,” Saros whispered in my ear before answering a call.

For the first time in my life, my cheeks hurt from grinning.

CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE

“At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.”

~ Plato

Saros

I wasin the middle of a conversation with Cosmo when I noticed Em fast asleep on the couch in my office. There weren’t a lot of people in here anymore, and at some point Em had gotten up and relocated to look at some things on Mike’s tablets.

“It’s late—take your man to bed. If anything happens, I’ll come get you.”

I patted Cosmo on the shoulder and moved over to Em. I kneeled and kissed his forehead. His lids fluttered open and he smiled.

“I’m sorry, I fell asleep.”

“It’s no problem. Let’s go to bed.”

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