Page 8 of Fourth Point Of Contact

“Did you talk to Cash about this?” It was curious that a man was so obsessed with taking over her father’s fortune.

“The only thing we could find were holdings my father had kept hidden. But nothing was out of the ordinary.”

That was strange, and didn’t at all explain why Cash hadn’t caught the bastard. Meanwhile, Vira was just hanging out here, waiting for this whole thing to be over. “I’ll check into it, okay?”

“Sure.” She stood and walked away without another word.

“In the meantime, maybe you should?—”

“Should what?” she laughed. “There’s nothing for me to do here.”

“You could hang out at OPS.”

“Sounds fun. Seriously. But I’m fine.”

I shoved my hands in my pockets, unsure what to say to her. There was literally nothing I could say or do right now to make this better. Other than find out where the search for this asshole stood.

“I’ll look into it and check back with you.”

“Okay.”

Her answer was simple enough, but I could hear the disbelief in her voice that anything would come of it. She’d been waiting too long already. By the time I made it to the office, I was pissed as hell that Cash had dropped the ball on this. How long did he expect Vira to sit around cooling her heels.

I knocked on Lock’s door and entered without waiting for an answer. “Do you know anything about Vira’s case?”

“Yeah. What about it?” he asked, not looking up from what he was working on.

“Why the fuck didn’t Cash catch the asshole after her?”

Slowly, his eyes met mine in confusion. “What are you talking about?”

“Vira’s been here for years waiting for this shit to be solved. Why the fuck didn’t he take care of it?”

“Maybe you didn’t get the memo, but the guy is in the wind.”

“And we have the best tech experts working on it. Call her in here,” I demanded, pissed that no one else was taking this seriously.

“Are you okay, man?” he asked as he dialed Rae. “I’ve never seen you this tense before.”

That was only because I had to sit there and see the look of dejection on Vira’s face. “I’m fine. I just want to get this shit sorted.”

“Rae,” he spoke into the phone. “Can you come to my office?” He rolled his eyes with a sigh. “Yes, I’m aware it’s still Cash’s office, and no, I’m not planning on moving in permanently.” He hung up, shaking his head. “She’ll be right in. So, what caused this sudden curiosity?”

“My dick got the better of me,” I admitted.

“I knew you were fucking her, but I didn’t think it was serious.”

“It’s not,” I argued. “But she’s just hanging out in one of our houses, waiting for something to happen.”

“Look, I don’t know if you’re aware of this, but Cash worked in conjunction with Reed on this one. I’m telling you, whatever this Arrington guy is after her for, we can’t figure it out.”

“Fake-boss,” Rae said as she sauntered into the office. “Why was I summoned?”

“Can you please explain to Romeo that we don’t have any new information on Vira’s case?”

She turned to me with a straight face and said, “We don’t have any new information on Vira’s case.”

“Fuck, Rae, you think maybe you could be a little more informative?” Lock hissed.

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