Page 41 of Dark Endures

That’s never a good sign. “Hey.”

“So how goes it?” He sits down on a chair across from my desk.

He means with Mindy. “Enzo found nothing.” There are a couple of semi-wild pictures from when she was a teenager that he purged from the internet and that’s it. She lives a plain, boring life. But she’s terrified of something. “I’m working on it.”

“Really?”

If having dinner and creating awkward conversation counts. “Really.”

“We should do more.”

“What do you suggest? Because I’m out of ideas. We can’t pull her in and sweat her like we did Everett.” Though Mindy all sweaty—Stop. She’s your employee and a woman that needs help.

“Well, we could. But I wouldn’t recommend it.”

“What would you recommend?”

“Find out everything there is to know about her.”

The only way we could know more is to follow Mindy — “We aren’t stalking her.”

“Call it a recognizance team. It’s for her own good.”

“You want me to stalk one of my employees?” Though I kind of already am. But the cameras are in full view and she knows they’re monitored.

Canyon’s brows raise. “We’ve got to do something.”

Like seeing her terrified and overworking isn’t already eating me alive. “I’m working on it.”

***

“Does anyone else have an issue for the Council to discuss?” They better stay silent. I’m not in the mood.

“We need to talk about Everett Jaymes. He needs a lesson.” Pit almost never suggests a lesson for one of the kids. He always deals with issues privately. “That boy flirts with every female he crosses paths with. Young or old. He’s making a nuisance of himself. And he’s going to get one of the girls or a couple of the girls in trouble.”

“You’re just upset that he flirted with your wife.” Enzo chuckles.

“My beautifully pregnant wife. That boy needs to mind his manners. Wait until he flirts with your woman.”

Enzo’s laughter stops and a frown replaces it. “Everett needs a lesson.”

All eyes turn to me. They’re right. I’ve seen him flirt. “I’ll give him the birds and bees lesson.”

“Can I watch?”

You mean hit him upside the head every few minutes. “No.”

***

“What did I do wrong to be called to the principal’s office?” Everett struts in like this is a reward, not a lesson.

Made my brothers grumpy. And you’ve only been here a little over a month. “Sit down. We need to have a talk.”

“Uh oh.”

Maybe I should have let Pit stay. He could have stood behind the little punk and whapped him every time he said something asinine. “How are you liking your time here?”

Everett shrugs. “It’s okay.”

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