Page 68 of One is Never Enough

“Nothing.”

Toby hangs up the call and starts pacing, rambling about Aiden going to see his dad, and now he’s missing. Vince and Zac found Aiden’s phone charging on the counter and checked his last couple of messages. There was a struggle in the living room with blood on the floor, and now Aiden is just gone.

“This was fucking Trent,” Toby finally says, his eyes flashing with anger.

“Does Aiden’s apartment have security?” Leland asks.

“Fuck. I should have thought of that.” Toby pulls his phone back up and calls someone else. “Kristian, man, I need your help.”

“Toby, I already told you that I’m not losing my job just so I can help stalk your boy toy,” the deep male voice answers.

“Aiden’s missing.”

“What?” the guy on the other end exclaims. “Tell me everything.” Toby goes through the story again, and I can hear a door shutting on the other end. “I’m on my way to Aiden’s apartment. I’ll get that security footage. We’ll find him, Toby.”

“Vince and Zac are there,” Toby relays. “I’ll let them know you’re on your way.”

When Toby hangs up, he hands the phone to Leland. “We have to get to?—”

“No need to explain,” Leland says easily. “Go to Jace. I can call Vince.”

Toby pushes the button for the elevator, and when the door opens, he leads me in with his hand on the small of my back. When they close, he pulls me into his arms, holding me tight like he needs this as much as I do. I was too caught up in my grief that I forgot that Toby has known these guys for years. He has to be hurting, and he’s spent all his time taking care of me.

“It’s okay to cry, Toby.”

He kisses the top of my head. “I already did. If I start again, I’ll never stop.”

“Do you really think this is Trent?”

Toby’s body goes tense. “I don’t know who else would want to hurt Aiden besides him.”

“This is my fault.”

Toby pulls me away so he can look at my face. “No. It’s Trent’s. You were just working, Baby. You never could have known this would happen.”

The elevator doors open, and Toby leads me to the nurse’s station. He gives his name, and she sits us in a much quieter waiting room. Right as we’re sitting down, a gorgeous woman with brown hair walks in with the spitting image of Jace walking behind her. The only difference is the lack of tattoos and this guy’s hair is streaked with gray.

“Toby,” Jace’s mom breathes. He stands up and pulls her small frame into his arms. “We got the information downstairs. Have you seen him yet?”

“No, ma’am.” Toby pulls back from her only to be pulled into Jace’s dad’s arms.

“You must be Oliver,” she says quietly with a small smile.

“Yes, ma’am.”

“It’s nice to meet you. I wish it was under better circumstances.” She pulls me into a tight hug, causing tears to spring into my eyes. I haven’t had a mom hug since Toby’s mom, and this just makes me miss my mom even more. “You’re adorable.”

“Cassandra,” Jace’s dad says. “You’re embarrassing him.” He sticks his hand out and gives mine a hearty shake. “I’m Ray.”

We get seated in the waiting room, talking about anything and everything to distract ourselves. Toby seems to be avoiding telling them about Aiden, probably so he doesn’t worry them any more than they already are.

Leland comes rushing into the waiting room about twenty minutes later and comes up short when he sees Jace’s parents. “Oli, can I talk to you?”

I follow him out into the hallway. “What’s going on?”

“Kristian has a lead on Aiden. He said it was Trent, and they got a hit off the license plate. They’re following up now.”

“What if he hurt him even worse?”

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