Page 37 of One More Chance

Who knew what the people in the main hall were doing to him. He could be carved to pieces in the empty pool by now.

One waved away her concern.

“I’m not going to stop worrying until I see him.”

One shrugged. “Guess you’ll have to trust me in the meantime.”

Yeah, that wasn’t going to happen. “Did you take Nicola? She’s missing.” Even though Kenna figured they knew, she still wanted to see their reaction. None of them let go of any tell. Even the small mannerisms she’d been getting were gone now.

Four said, “Nicola is missing?”

Now that was interesting. A personal reaction. Concern for the young woman.

Jax set his silverware down. “Since last night. Along with the woman who hurt those kids. She’s gone, too.”

They both waited to see these guys’ reactions to the news.

Four sipped his water, a blank expression on his face. Five didn’t move. Three was busy picking chicken from his teeth, and One simply stared at her and Jax.

“Where are they both?” Kenna asked. “Tell us, and we’ll be on our way.”

“But that’s not why you came, is it?”

“We came here looking for you.” She wasn’t going to hide that fact.

“Because you want answers as to what was done to you.” One stared at her, unmoving.

No one else moved either.

“I want to know where to find Marcus Buzard.”

One lifted his chin. “So you can kill him?”

Four looked a little uncomfortable at that.

“My business with him is just that,” Kenna said. “My business.”

One shook his head. “That doesn’t work for us.”

“Because you need him alive?” Maybe the doctor supplied them with meds or continued treatments they would be forced to live without if the doctor was suddenly out of their lives. Or unobtainable. “How do you contact him?”

“Perhaps you should focus on your case. Leave the doctor to us.”

“Protecting him won’t help.”

One chuckled. There was no humor in the sound and none on his face. “I wouldn’t recommend going up against us. It won’t end well for you.”

Jax leaned forward slightly. “I wouldn’t recommend going up against my family. It won’t end well for you.”

One almost looked impressed. “Let me guess. The city suddenly decides the retirement home above us needs a full inspection, and a federal investigation is opened into our finances. At least to start with.”

Jax said nothing.

“You want to protect the doctor,” Kenna said, “that’s your prerogative. But I want answers, and I want to know where that woman and Doctor Santorini are.”

“That woman,” One said. “I’ll give you the address where you can find her. We can’t allow evidence of what we are to be out in the general public’s knowledge. You took a risk. Anyone could have been filming on their phone and caught what you did.”

“Is she alive?” Kenna asked.

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