Page 63 of Virtue & Vengeance

Me?

I wasn’t waiting.

For all I knew she could have left on her own, but it didn’t look that way.

Worry pressed against my chest, making me feel a bit nauseated. My gut was telling me things were bad. My core was screaming to go out and save her. The problem was, I had no idea what to protect her from.

“Make the call, Jerome,” I said, referring to the people I called when I wanted something shady done.

I wanted Allen found, and I wanted him gone.

“Yes, sir.”

And then he was gone, leaving me alone in my office to stew.

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