Page 10 of Capone
Nicole clenched her fist before taking a step toward me. “I don’t have to explain anything to you.”
“You’re right. You don’t. But I am not going to stand by and watch you antagonize the two people who MercuryandDanny said can find my daughter. I don’t know what your problem is, but you need to check yourself.”
Nicole whipped her head around, pinning Danny with a heated glare. “I thought you said Mercury was the one who suggested we reach out to Cara?”
Was she for real right now?
It was like everything I said went in one ear and right out the other. All she seemed to care about was Cara. At this point, I didn’t want her on my daughter’s case anymore. It was clear she didn’t give a damn about Gabi missing.
Danny rubbed his palm down his face, seeming completely frustrated at this point. “What does it matter, Nicole? My niece is God knows where and all you can do is worry about Cara! If you can't focus on the task at hand, then maybe you should take a flight back home and allow us to do what we came here to do.”
Nicole’s face twisted in anger. If looks could kill, Danny would be in the ground. “Oh, you would just love that, wouldn’t you? I saw how you were looking at her in that room!” she growled.
She opened her to continue her rant, but Mercury cut her off. “Enough, Nicole. This is my one and only warning to you. Either you focus on the case or go back home.”
Nicole looked between Danny and Mercury before storming out of the building.
“What is her problem?” I asked Danny.
He looked away quickly, but I could see the guilt in his eyes. He was hiding something from me. There was something he was leaving out and I wanted to know what it was.
“It’s nothing to worry about, Giovanna. It’s in the past and it’s not worth bringing up. Just keep me updated with the progress since they don’t want us working with them anymore.”
Danny quickly walked away, not giving me a chance to say anything else on the matter. Mercury placed a hand on my shoulder before following behind him. I took a seat on the leather couch in the waiting area, astonished by Danny and Nicole’s behavior.
I didn’t know what was going on with those two, but something told me this was not the end of it.
After two hours,Sara and Cara were done with their meeting, and we were headed to the clubhouse. Gone were the business suits they wore in the conference room. They were now both dressed in jeans, a t-shirt, and a leather vest that had the MC’s name on it. When I asked what they were, Sara told me it was called a property cut.
Cara and Sara asked me questions during the drive about the day Gabi was kidnapped. They wanted to know what we did from the moment I opened my eyes. It was painful speaking of the last time I saw my baby girl. I choked up a few times, but I managed to tell them everything. By the time I was finished, we were pulling through the gates of the clubhouse.
As I hopped out of the truck, I examined the clubhouse. It looked like a warehouse that had been renovated into a home. I noticed a few houses in the back of the property. There were bikes lined up front, along with a few guys. Their eyes raked over me from head to toe. I looked away nervously.
“Come on, Giovanna, let's get to the cave,” Cara said as she walked up the stairs to the clubhouse.
“Cave?”
“Yeah. It's where we keep our equipment.”
I nodded and followed behind her and Sara. Once we entered the building, I was surprised to see there weren’t many people inside. There were only two guys sitting at the bar and their attention was on the woman behind it. She was barely clothed in her tiny shorts and crop top. Her boobs were practically falling out of it.
“Bubbles, did you get my text?” Cara asked the woman behind the bar.
“Yeah. You need me and Mouse to cook dinner tonight because you and Sara are working on a case, right?”
“Yes. Mom will be by here in a little bit to help as well.”
“Okay. That’s cool.”
As we walked away, I noticed the two men sitting at the bar were now eyeballing me like the men outside. I quickened my steps until I was walking beside Sara. We took many turns through the clubhouse until we approached a room that had a scanner mounted on the wall beside the door.
Cara placed her palm against it, and you could hear a click from the door unlocking. She pushed the door open, and we walked inside. My mouth hit the floor once I saw their setup.
There were five screens lining the walls with three stations set up. Each station had a laptop with other devices I had no clue what they were. There was also a glass table in the middle of the room.
There was a man seated at one of the stations. He spun his chair around with his brows furrowed. “What are you two doing here this early?”
“We have a case about a missing child, Tech,” Sara told him.
