Page 43 of Hacker Betrayed

The image came into view. My stomach dropped as I stared at the house I had lived in for a few years. A Calhoun was behind my sister's company falling apart.

Jordan seemed like he cared about my sister. Why would he make the offer to help her and steal from her simultaneously?

I wanted to see my son, but I had to take a trip to Mexico and take out the fucker who took advantage of my sister first.

“What am I looking at?” Ashlyn asked.

Patty must have figured out who the place belonged to because she looked over her shoulder at me. “You want to tell her or me?”

Jessica pulled out her phone and tapped the screen. “Shit. How did I not notice that?” She twisted her cellphone for us to see. A list of shell companies Brock compiled from his research on Donovan and his family was on the screen.

I wasn’t sure Donovan wasn’t behind this with his brother.

Ashlyn hung her head. “That’s Jordan’s family’s house in Mexico, isn’t it?”

“Jordan might not be behind the operation,” I ventured. “This could all be Donovan’s doing for hiding his son from him. Either way, I promise to get to the bottom of this.”

“I trusted him…and loved him.”

Oh shit, I hadn’t seen that one coming. Ashlyn burst into tears, and I wrapped my sister in a hug. “I’ll make them pay. Maybe we can use some of the acid Patty bought after all.”

“How sick is it that I don’t want you to kill him?” Ashlyn hiccupped. “All I wanted was to prove myself so he would fall for me. Except I was so dumb. The man I followed around like a puppy dog since I was in fourth grade betrayed me. I’m still a virgin because I wanted him to be my first.”

My sister was beautiful, and I had no doubt she would be successful. “He doesn’t deserve you. And once I get back from my little trip, I have a few men at work I can introduce you to.”

“Or you can fly to Shialia with me. Most of my guards are single.” Patty tilted her head back to the computer. “And if Mia doesn’t kill him, I’ll make sure his life is living hell. All it will take is a few key inconveniences. Let’s start with the no-fly list so he can’t leave Mexico.”

All signs pointed to Jordan, but nothing was what it seemed to the world so far, and I couldn’t be sure this was the end. “Let’s hold off on anything else.”

Jessica cracked her neck. “I’ll have Brock get the jet and a team ready. You’re not going alone, Mia. Don’t even say this is a family matter. We are family, and I’m not letting you go at it alone.”

The trip to Mexico would raise many demons I’d buried deep down. The place had an army surrounding the house. I wasn’t dumb enough to think I could handle the trip alone. “Let me drive my sister home. Tell Brock I’ll meet him at the airport.”

Patty placed her laptop in her bag and hugged my sister. “Since we know what is going on, I will take your laptop, clean it, and work on hacking the shell company to get your money back.” She paused for a second. “I’ll send you the coordinates of the acid, but you have to promise to let me come watch.”

“We will cross that bridge when we get there,” I replied firmly. “Thank you for the help, ladies.”

I hugged them both goodbye. A young man poked his head into Ashlyn’s office as we grabbed our bags. “Sorry to bother you, boss, but we got a shipment in. I figured you would want to know.”

“Hell yes!” Ashlyn’s face fell for a second. “We have to leave, don’t we?”

The no-fly list Patty added Jordan to would buy us time. “Let’s check it out.”

I followed my sister down a winding staircase and through the empty warehouse to a small room in the back. On the ground were ten large boxes. “This is all that came?”

The young man shrugged. “At least it’s something.”

Ashlyn waved him off and grabbed the knife from the table. “I hope it’s the low-cut dress I’ve waited six months for.”

The door clicked as the man walked out of the room. Ashlyn pressed the blade to the top of the box top of the box and slide the sharp object along the seem, and a slow hiss escaped. I grasped Ashlyn’s wrist before she cut any deeper into the box. White smoke billowed from the top of the box. “Fuck, let’s get out of here.”

My fingers gripped the door handle, but the door wouldn’t budge. The cloud of smoke filled the small room. There wasn’t even a window to vent the air. My damn gun was in Ashlyn’s office, along with my purse and phone.

“I don’t feel good.” Ashlyn hunched over and coughed.

I stripped my shirt off and pressed the fabric to my nose, but it did nothing to stop the effect of my vision from blurring.

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