Page 49 of The Killer Who Kept Me

“He has properties all over the world.”

“No way he’s gone too far. I’d say he’s in one of the surrounding areas.” Cosmo pointed to the map on the television. “Bellefield?”

“Nah.” I narrowed my eyes. “Look in Lincoln.”

“Why there?” Em asked.

“That’s where Frazee is. If they’re working together, he’d probably be there.”

“I only know of one place Ramsey has in Lincoln, but I don’t know any information on Frazee.” Em clicked the tablet, and a red dot appeared almost directly in the center of Lincoln.

“Is that an apartment complex?” Cosmo asked.

“Yeah, he has a penthouse. He doesn’t go there a lot, I don’t think. I know Shyla does.”

Benny returned a few minutes later. “I got Jett and Tony driving there to check out the house.”

“Great.” I joined Em on the couch. “You said you remembered a Lynus Frazee?”

“Yeah, I only saw him maybe twice. He came to the house a few times, he drank with Ramsey.”

I nodded. “What sort of things did they talk about?” Em pursed his lips; it would have been at least five years ago since Lynus was now dead.

“Hmm…usually they talked about who they were fucking, made fun of their wives, they relived some things they’d done. It often reminded me about two guys who were too old to do anything other than reminisce about the good old days.”

“And you never heard of Barrett Frazee?”

“Nope. I mean, Lynus mentioned his son taking his seat, so to speak, but never used his name.”

“Ramsey is a lot younger than Lynus was—by what, twenty years?” Cos inquired. “How’d those two become friends? It would make more sense if he befriended Barrett.”

“Barrett wasn’t in power yet. Ramsey was getting close to Lynus.” I’d known Ramsey’s father died even before I was born.

“I remember one night, it was a few days after Christmas. I was…I was in the basement,” Em whispered the last part. “It wasoff from the kitchen, and so many times people forgot I could hear everything that took place in there. The two of them were sitting and drinking, talking about territory and how they’d seize it all. Lynus was so angry that night.”

“Do you know what upset him?” I asked.

“It had something to do with a plan going belly-up. I guess awhile back he took out some heavy hitter and thought he’d get their territory, but he said someone took the person’s place and it was too soon to hit again, that they would have all been on guard. Lynus mentioned that the other guy’s security and power was getting bigger every day, and something would have to be done. I honestly have no idea, and I don’t think anything came of it, since shortly after that Lynus got sick.”

“This heavy hitter, do you know their name?”

Em scratched his head. “I swear, I heard the name. I’m trying to think.”

I patted his knee. “Don’t stress about it. If you remember, let me know—there may be something to that.”

He nodded, and there was another knock on the door. Cosmo answered it, and my aunt Penelope stormed in.

“What is going on? Why are we all here? And when I say all, I mean everyone.” My uncle Andrew followed in behind her and shut the door.

“Penny, this is Saros’s business now. He’s working it out, and if he has something he’ll tell us.”

I stood and went to my aunt, placing my hands on her shoulders. “There’s trouble, and I feel better having you all under my roof, safe and protected.”

“Do we even have enough food and rooms for all these people?” Penelope huffed.

“We’ll figure out the food situation. Perhaps you and Martha can plan out sleeping arrangements; the house is huge. I havethe guest house as well. As long as they’re on the property, they’re safe. I have men surrounding it.”

Aunt Penelope nodded curtly. “Very well. I’ll go find Martha.” She left the same way she entered, and my uncle Andrew chuckled.

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