Page 49 of Ride or Die
"Do we know the location he was at when he called?"
"No," I say. "I can have Tech do his thing to try to find where he was."
"Do that and I'll call around to some contacts," he responds. "Do not say anything to Cali yet. I'll make sure to tell Raze to keep her at the house until we figure this shit out."
I nod and turn around to leave his office. I head toward Tech's room. I knock on his door a couple of times. There's some rustling around before the door opens.
"What's up, Shade?"
"We need you to work your magic," I tell him. He opens the door wider.
"Come in," he says. "What can I do?"
"I need you to see if you can tell me where Buster called me from." He gives me a concerned look. "The cartel finally made a move."
"Give me ten minutes and I should have something for you." He types away on his computer. I've never watched him work. I don't understand a damn thing on the screen right now.
"Done," he says. It hadn't even been a whole ten minutes. "It looks like his call came from Georgetown."
"Thanks, Tech." I slap him on the shoulder. "Keep this to yourself for now."
I head back toward Bull's office but I'm stopped by a soft voice.
"Hey, Shade. You guys are back. Where's Buster?" Cali asks, her voice sad. Fuck.
"He had to run some errands before coming back," I tell her.
"Oh, okay." She gives me a small smile and heads back out to the main room. I let out a breath I didn't realize I had been holding. I walk into Bull's office again, closing the door.
"Georgetown."
"I have some allies there. I'll give them a call," he says. I sit on the couch while he calls his people.
"Archer, has there been any activity there?" He pauses, listening to the guy on the other line. "Mhmm, one of our guys had someone chasing them. He called and said he had a bad feeling, then his phone cut out."
I bounce my foot, getting anxious as fuck.
"Alright, sounds good. Thank you," Bull says and hangs up. "A couple of calls came in. He's digging into both of them and is going to call back. For now, make sure that Minx and the girls are here and not at the house."
"Yes, sir," I respond and head out to the main room.
29
Cali
It's finally Friday.Ryan should be home today. I've been counting down the hours. I woke up this morning to a couple of texts from him. One was from last night. He called and texted me while I was in the kitchen baking with Minx, trying out new recipes for the holidays coming up. Raze and Sketch have been snacking on the food all morning. The other text I got from him was him telling me they were headed home and should be home around four or five. We've been baking on and off again this morning, but my heads not in it as much as it was last night.
Around three-thirty, we finish cleaning the kitchen and I go sit out on the front porch. It's a great day today, being in the high sixties out. I have one of Ryan's hoodies on to keep me warm. After a few minutes, Sketch joins me out here.
"Hey, Sketch," I greet him.
"Hey. You doin' alright," he asks.
I shrug. "I'm ready for Buster to be home," I admit.
"I'm sure he's ready to be home with you."
We sit there in comfortable silence for a while. It's now I understand why Wren doesn't mind him being around so much.
