Page 45 of Justified Fear
“Tell us how you really feel, Rami,” Elle McGregor said as she walked down the stairs.Their medical examiner was in her regular white jumpsuit.Drew followed, dressed the same way.
“They are both US citizens.They have ties to criminal organizations.All three men have open Interpol cases,” Adam said.“Tony Donatello has worked for both the Italian and Irish Mafias.Seems that he has family ties to both organizations.Freddy Sabato has ties to several cartels.”
Another couple of groans from Kap and Rami.
“This is going to be a mess,” Adam said with a smile.
“Thanks, bra,” Seth said, sarcastically.Adam was probably thrilled that it was being handed off to their team.
“I already sent Charity all the information about the men,” Elle said.“She’s going to work up a dossier on each one of them.I’ll make sure she gets the bullets, so she can see if all three of them were killed by one gun.”
“And they slept through the shots?”Kap said.
She shook her head.“Silencers were used.”
“How can you tell?”Nikki asked.
“They all have a flower pattern around their gunshot wound.Definitely used a silencer.”
“So, whoever killed these guys came here with a definite plan,” Nikki said with a nod.
“Cutting ties?”Seth asked.“Or was he not happy with their work?”
“I’m sure that’s something only the killer can answer,” Kap said.“But it could be both.Since they are guns for hire, the biggest questions are who hired them and why.
Seth crossed his arms over his chest.“This case is irritating me.”He glanced at Ryan.“I want you to go over to Keely’s.Cat’s over there right now, but I know Alpha has drills this weekend to get ready for that big PacRim conference.We could call in the US Marshals, but they can be a pain in the ass, and it will take them a while to get here.”
“Do you think she’s in danger?”Rami asked.
Seth was staring straight at Ryan when he answered, “I have no idea, but I don’t like this thing one bit.If these three were killed because the person in charge wanted to cut ties, that might be worrisome.”
He read his captain’s implied warning.
If they had been killed because they hadn’t succeeded, Keely might be in danger.
He nodded, knowing that he would do anything to keep that woman safe.He would just need to keep his hands off her.
The house was too quiet.Her mother wasn’t puttering around the house, and her father was no longer bellowing out orders that no one paid attention to.Keely looked around her kitchen and sighed.She already missed her parents, and her heart was back in Texas because of her grandmother.
“You should relax,” Cat Kalakau said.Then she winced.“Sorry.That’s easier said than done.”
The other woman was small in stature, but there was definitely strength in her.A person could almost sense it.Long, silky, dark hair was pulled up into a bun.She wore no makeup, or none that Keely could detect.She had told Keely she was a mix of Hawaiian and Asian, and she was married to Drew Franklin, who was also in TFH.There seemed to be a lot of relationships within the group.
“No worries.My father irritates me when he’s around.If you hadn’t noticed, he can be a bit of an autocrat.”
Cat’s mouth twitched.“Yeah.I noticed.”
But Keely felt guilty.Why?She was worrying more about Ryan than her grandmother.How fucked up was that?
“I’m sorry that you had to come out here.I really could be by myself.”
She had lived by herself in New York City for goodness' sake.She had closed lots of nights at the restaurant and walked the streets alone to get home.
She shrugged.“My husband was called out to the scene.”
Again, Keely looked around the kitchen.She needed something to do, something to keep her mind off everything.She was worried about her grandmother.She was concerned about everything to do with the Saturday night attack.
She was so close to losing it, but at that minute, Cat cocked her head to the side.“We have company.”
