Page 110 of Dark Endures

“What do you need?” Fea walks over to me. She looks like she wants to hug me, but she just stops.

“Give your phone to Enzo so he can track her calls. Then I need the names and numbers of her friends. They might know where she is.” Please let this simply be the case of her going to a friend’s to rest and recover.

“What about family?” Fea whispers.

That’s right, unlike us, Mindy might have blood relatives to fall back on. “Enzo, check out her family. And that Waylon guy.”

Could she have run away with him?

I should have protected her. I should have dived deeper into her past. Maybe something from there.

“She only has one living relative. Her father died when she was five. Her mother’s been married a lot.” Enzo whistles.

This was all on the original research we did.

“None of them set off any flags. The mother is currently in the Caribbean at an all-inclusive resort with her latest boyfriend. So that’s a dead end. Waylon is her step-brother from husband number two. Mindy hasn’t kept up with any other relatives.”

A loan to a family member makes way more sense. His business was running cash-poor. He might have borrowed some from her.

Though it’s pretty low to borrow from your sister and cause her to work two jobs.

That’s if he knew. Mindy doesn’t share much. It’s possible that she didn’t share that information with him.

“There’s no sign of her being with the step-brother, but we could send someone out to verify in person.” Enzo taps away on the keys.

Pit walks in. “Any sign of her?”

“No. Hand Enzo your phone. He’s going to try to track her from the phone she called you on.” That has to work.

“I might not need his phone.” Enzo starts typing furiously. “The phone she called Fea with is blocked.”

“Can’t you get past it?” That’s what hackers do, isn’t it?

“This is way out of my league. It’s blocked even in the phone provider’s system. It doesn’t exist.”

“Maybe your girlfriend is a spy.” Pit sets his phone down next to Enzo and walks over to the bar.

“Not funny.” So not funny.

“But he might not be far off. You need someone with more skills than I have.”

Rage? I dial his number, and a message pops up: I’m flying somewhere with Hope. Leave me a message and I’ll get back to you when I land.

So not helpful. “Rage isn’t an option.”

“There is one person…” Enzo lets his voice trail off.

I told him I wouldn’t ask him to help me.

No, you said work for you.

Does any of that matter? Mindy is missing.

Ask him. The worst he can say is no. “Find him.”

Would I be able to accept that answer? Let’s hope we don’t find out.

Fea is suddenly next to me. “When was the last time you ate?”

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