Page 15 of Blood & Honey
“No, I’m at Krystal’s.”He yawns.
“How fast can you get to my place?”
“Give me ten.”
“Bring me a pack of smokes.”
“See you then.”
I end the call and shoot off a text to Tequila.
Find Ashley and keep an eye on her.Check all the food trucks on the main strand.
I dial Slahser but get sent straight to voicemail.The text I send doesn’t deliver.I call my VP, Hemlock, up to find out if Slasher has checked in.
“Why are you calling me so fuckin’ early,” he snaps.
“You heard from Slasher recently?”
“Fuck.I don’t know.It’s too early for this shit.Why?”
“Just let me know if you see or hear from him.Get your beauty rest, princess.”
“Fuck off.”
“Fuck that’s nasty,” Goose grumbles as I wipe Ash’s shit-covered ass.
“Tell me about it.”
“When can you potty train it?”
I arch a brow at him.“He’s a baby, not a dog, man.”
“I’m bone tired.Someone woke my ass up too damn early.Where’d you run off to last night?Felicity was pissed.”
I ignore his remark about Felicity.She was an easy lay.Nothing more.I didn’t make her any promises.“Slasher called me.”
“And?”
I powder my baby brother’s bottom and secure his diaper.“Said he thought he saw Shelby.”I hand Ash to Goose and toss his dirty diaper in the trash and then wash my hands.
“Okay.What do you need from me?”
“I need to know.When you drove her out of town.I need to know if she was still breathing.Was her heart still beating?”
Goose frowns at my questions as Ash yanks on his beard.“I wanted to.I wanted to end her life but couldn’t go through with it.Dropped her at a truck stop.Where she went after that I couldn’t tell you.”
“So it could have been her Slasher saw.And she could have been the one texting Ashley.”
“What kind of texts?”
“Some stupid bullshit telling her to ask me what really happened to Shelby.I should’ve known she couldn’t stay away for long.”
“Has she tried reaching out to you at all?”I shake my head.“Not even to see the kid?”
“Nope,” I tell him.
“Did you check Ashley’s phone?See if she’s talking to her behind your back.”
