Page 54 of One More Chance

Her thoughts stuttered.

“They took the kids.” She tightened her grip on Jax’s shirt. “We need to find the kids and make sure nothing happened to them. He said I was missing something or somethings. I don’t know. Maybe that’s what he meant.”

Jax nodded. “Okay, let’s call Maizie. See what she can find out.”

“I’m going to check the cameras. I want to see if there’s anything that we can use as evidence against them.” Kennafollowed him to the door. “Can you look for Jolene? Maybe they put her in the linen closet again.”

“We should also check everything we own for bugs, surveillance devices, and GPS locators. Who knows how closely they’re keeping tabs on us.”

Kenna shivered at the idea that their private lives were being observed. What happened between a married couple was their business and not for viewing purposes. She didn’t need another reason to want to get the doctor, his minions, and theDominatusout of their lives, but if she did, that would definitely be on the top of the list.

“Jolene!” Jax started, ahead of her, and then chuckled.

She heard a meow across the house and went to check it out. When she didn’t find Jolene in the room that Jax had turned into a home office/gym, she called out the cat’s name again.

Maybe the hall bathroom?

But she didn’t see the cat in there or in the shower. Kenna crouched and opened the cupboard under the sink. Jolene jumped out and landed on Kenna’s shoulder, scrambling for purchase. “Whoa, kitty.”

She stood, holding the cat on her shoulder and wandered back to Jax. “Found her.”

He turned to her, the phone at his ear, standing in the kitchen between the dining table and the breakfast bar. He lifted his chin. “Thanks, Maizie. I’m going to call my office as well. Find out what we can about the officers who responded to the call. If one is dirty, we need evidence to bring to the Phoenix PD’s Internal Affairs Department.”

Kenna grabbed a treat for Jolene. One of the fancy ones. She set the cat down on the back of the couch, where Jolene would be able to see Kenna and Jax, and put the treat in front of her.

“Thanks, Maze. Will do.” He hung up. “Is Jolene okay?”

Kenna studied her for a second, watching her movements. Not really sure how to tell. “I think so.”

He slid his arm around her and kissed her forehead.

“Maizie is on the case of Earnest?”

Jax nodded his head against hers. “I’ll get my laptop and look at the cameras we have.”

“I need one of those wands that checks for bugs.” Or she needed Bruce. “I’m gonna get some spy help.” She found her phone on the dining table and called his number, explaining what had happened.

“I was wondering where you guys were at, but Maizie said you had an appointment and then you both went home.”

“I’ll have to ask her what time that happened, but I know it’ll be wrong.” Kenna explained Jax’s theory about their lives being bugged.

“I’ll be right there. We’ll find ’em.”

“Thanks, Bruce.”

“Don’t get soft on me now, girlie. I’m doin’ my job.” He hung up.

Kenna rolled her eyes, then went to slump onto the couch beside Jax. It was going to be a quiet evening for sure—unless they found out where the kids were. If two children needed rescuing, nothing was going to stop her from doing that.

But if they really were safe in the care of social services or a family that fostered kids, then she could leave them to their lives.

Kenna curled her legs up, then remembered about her shoes and kicked them off. She tossed the shoes over the back of the couch. They landed in the mouth of the hall that led to the front door. She bent her legs, drawing her knees up so she could wiggle her toes under Jax’s thigh while he tapped keys on the laptop.

“Cold?”

She started to shake her head but realized that wouldn’t be true. “Maybe.” She grabbed a blanket from the back of the couch that she’d used just a week ago—every time she was so exhausted she fell asleep on the couch. Days she couldn’t have walked to the bedroom to nap there.

She felt so much better now, but it had been an interesting day.

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