Page 40 of With the Stars

“You shouldn’t have walked into my bedroom without knocking first, then you wouldn’t have witnessed anything. You only have yourself to blame.” He wasn’t going to be made to feel guilty because Rex had walked in on him and Minho. Yes, at first he’d been shocked, angry, embarrassed, but that had now passed. He had a mate who loved him, let him know verbally and through their connection. He wasn’t ashamed of Minho.

“Gee, okay, Dad. I get it. I should have knocked, but you never let on at all that you were seeing someone.”

“I didn’t know I had to tell you. I literally met Minho the day you walked in on us. I had planned to sit you and Sammy down at some point and then talk about it. I’m still adjusting myself. I loved your mom. I never thought I’d find someone else. Minho is a surprise to me but I don’t regret mating him.”

Rex ran his finger over the table then nodded. “As long as he makes you happy.”

“I am happy. Like I just said after your mom died I didn’t think I would find this happiness again, Rex, but I’ve been very lucky to have been blessed twice. One day it will be you.”

Rex glanced at him, licked his lips then nodded. “One day, but not today.” Standing, Rex stretched. “Call me when the pizza gets here?”

“You know it.”

Rex left the kitchen and Peter exhaled. “Maybe one day we won’t have this conversation but I guess with my two that’s not going to happen anytime soon. They will have far too much fun teasing me.” Smiling, Peter stood. He might actually like the teasing too.

Chapter Fifteen

“We have a name,” Gray stated as soon as Minho appeared. “And a possible age.”

“How?” Minho stood behind Gray, watching him pull up information on the monitors in front of him. Different screen shots appeared on the screen until one appeared above them all. “He does look like Maxim.”

“His name is Max. Named him after himself, the narcissistic bastard.”

“Age?”

“We don’t have that information exactly but going from this picture I’d say around twenty.”

“How did you get this?”

Gray turned in his chair, glanced at Key who nodded and pressed several buttons. “Locking this place down so this doesn’t get out.”

Minho inhaled swiftly. “Who provided this information?”

“We don’t know.” Key rubbed a hand over his face. “We’ve been trying to track whoever it is down. It was here when I came in earlier, so they have access to our offices.”

“Which means we have someone here who knows more than they’re telling.”

“What information has this person given Maxim?”

Gray hardened his jaw and shook his head. “Unknown at this point.”

“That’s not good but why tell us about his son? What does he gain from giving us this information? Locations, numbers, weapons. That would have been more beneficial to us.”

“Agreed.” Gray looked at Key who shrugged. “We don’t know.”

Minho nodded once. “What has he provided?”

“Name, photographs. One of them looks to have been taken near your mate’s place of work.” Key handed Minho the photo. “To me that suggests they do know about Peter and are watching him, so it’s a good thing we put those extra cameras up.”

“Peter described the man who told him to be careful as young. Could this Max have warned Peter?”

“Maybe the apple fell far away from the tree.” Gray moved back in front of the computer. “We can run what we have and get an approximate height, weight, etcetera, but if he did warn Peter, then he could be our way in. We just need to find him and speak to him.”

“If he goes to Peter’s workplace then we could wait for him. I’ll have to go through all the CCTV to see if I can figure out how often he goes.” Key ran a hand over his face. “Could he be meeting someone…?”

“We have a name, face, and possible age for Maxim’s son. He’s been confirmed and from what we can tell he may have warned Peter. Again, could he be our way in?” Minho looked at the photograph. “There has to be a reason why he keeps going there.”

“We’ll find it then exploit it, and before you say anything, yes, I know he’s a kid, but he’s Maxim’s son. He could be our way to end all of this. We have to use him if we can.”

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