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It would be out in the open, or one of his parents put it away. There was still the chance that Liam Seville had spoken to his son, and put it somewhere.
Hemmingway could have mailed it for all they knew.
It could be lost in the mail.
They searched through pockets of clothing, and they even went through his shoes.
His desk.
His bed.
And still, nada.
The place was clear.
There was nothing there that looked like it held a fifty-million-dollar crypto key.
“Did your brother have a footlocker sent home?” he asked, thinking about what Poe had told Elizabeth.
“Nope. I made it up.”
Well, shit.
It was going to be a long night.
That was for sure.
After an hour, they sat on the edge of the bed, and had nothing to show of it.
Even Rufus was over it. He was asleep on the bed, ignoring the whole thing.
“We know they didn’t find it here, and we know your brother wasn’t here. That narrows it down,” Gamble said.
Poe was honest.
“At this point, I’m inclined to buy fifty million in cryptocurrency, write the key down, and give it to Von Douchebag so he leaves us alone.”
Gamble laughed.
“Oh, got a spare fifty million lying around?” he teased his mate.
Poe didn’t bat an eye. Instead, he did the same thing Gamble did earlier when he showed him his bank accounts. He logged into his, and handed him the phone.
When Gamble saw the number, he stared at Poe and said not a word.
“Is that going to freak you out?” he asked, knowing one of them was hyper-masculine, and more likely to be bothered by his mate having money.
And it wasn’t him.
Gamble was not sure what to say. He had so many zeroes in his account, that it was staggering.
“Gamble? Will that be a problem?” he asked again.
He blinked and recovered quickly.
“Hey, Sugar Daddy,” he said.
Poe began laughing.
