Page 114 of Dark Endures

He nods. “Always.”

When we get into the elevator, I turn to Jacko. “Don’t let me kill him. She walked out of his apartment alive. That’s all we know for sure right now.”

“But you suspect—”

I nod.

“I won’t let you kill him until we confirm.”

My stomach twists in knots that he might have—

Don’t think of that, or even Jacko won’t be able to stop you.

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We jam all the tech around us as we head into Adonis’ apartment with a handy little device that Rage gave us once. There doesn’t need to be a record of our visit.

And we wait to have a nice little chat.

It isn’t long before the door opens.

“Welcome home, Adonis.” I don’t stand up, but Jacko pushes the door closed and locks it.

“What are—Why are—Did Mindy tell you?”

My body moves like lightning until I have him shoved up against the wall with my gun shoved in his gut. Not that I plan to use it, but he doesn’t need to know that. “Tell me what? What did Mindy tell me?”

“That she decided to move out.”

He can’t even lie well. “Try again. This time the truth.”

“That I kissed Dahlia.”

That one rings true, because only an insane man would lie about kissing Vex’s woman. “That was an incredibly stupid thing to do. But not why I’m here.” You can expect a visit from her husband soon. And it’s not going to be as pleasant as this one. “Why did Mindy leave your apartment at four in the morning wearing the same clothes as she did the day before?”

“How should I know what that woman did? I was asleep. Don’t believe me. Check my fitness tracker.” He lifts his wrist up.

“Jacko.”

“On it.”

“Where did she go?” I shove the gun in a little farther.

“Are you as stupid as her? I told you I was asleep. I have no idea where that woman went.”

Jacko holds the phone up to his face to unlock it.

That feels like the truth. “Did you rape her?”

“WHAT? No. I would never even touch that ugly little thing.”

The gun disappears into its holster, and I slam my fist into his gut. “Try again.”

“You’re crazy if you think—” He pauses to choose his words. “—if you think I would have sex with her. She’s the last person in the world that I would ever touch.”

“He’s not lying.” Jacko holds out the phone. “He was asleep at four in the morning. He fell asleep around eleven and slept all night. It was a terrible quality sleep, but he was asleep until well after seven.”

Just because the pretty boy was asleep doesn’t mean he didn’t hurt her before. “Was there a spike in his heart rate before he went to bed?

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