Page 413 of Chaos has a Name
Rayna spoke up.
“We have questions,” she said, seeing that the Natives were not happy. “Since your brother doesn’t want to answer them for Elizabeth, you guys can answer them for me.”
Paditi rolled his eyes.
“What is it with all the goddamn Natives wanting to bring the whites home to be here?” he asked.
Elizabeth said nothing.
Why?
If she reacted, it would just vilify her and Gene more. She would take it.
For Callen.
“Knock it off, Paditi,” Callen said. “Your mother is a sweetheart. What the fuck happened to you? Did you get dropped on your head? Is it your father’s gene pool? He was douchey too.”
The man tensed.
Oh, but Callen was done.
In all honestly, Callen chose his battles, and this one wasn’t anything new.
Only, Gene and Elizabeth were their family, and Timothy always taught him and Ethan that family came first.
Period.
“Just ask,” Roland said to defuse the situation.
Rayna did.
“What do you guys know aboutThe Hollow?” she asked.
The older Natives were really whispering now. Oh, there was no doubt they knew.
“Nothing,” Roland admitted. “What is that?”
When Rayna looked over, Elizabeth shook her head. So instead, she asked about Thomas Adsila.
“As I’m sure you heard from his sister, Thomas went missing, and we found his remains,” Rayna admitted.
They’d heard from Wynonah that her brother was missing, but not that he’d died.
“That’s too bad. He was one of our best customers,” Paditi admitted.
Roland laughed.
“Well, that’s a tab we aren’t getting paid.”
Both men leaned on the bar.
“Did anyone hassle him?” Rayna asked, even as the older Natives were still talking.
Why did Rayna ask aboutThe Hollow? Maybe if people talked about it, the Natives would be outraged, and it would stop in case Elizabeth couldn’t find who was behind this. The bottom line was Rayna had to help her people.
Right?
Paditi shook his head.
