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I laughed, moving out of his way so he could sit down.
“I think she’ll need a little while yet, Reacher. It’s only been two days!”
Ally suddenly gasped, turning to Reacher.
“You were supposed to meet with Jock! I stopped you from being able to see him. Did Stitch go instead?” Reacher shook his head, taking her hand again.
“Don’t worry about that, babe. Everything’s under control, yeah? Focus on getting better, so we can get back to our lives.”
Nineteen
Sointheearlyhours of the morning, we’d discovered two people were missing, right? One of them was that dumb fuck, Rocket, who I warned about sneaking off to rub one out with his girl, but we still had to follow it through, because of the risks to the club.
I’d say it was hilarious that Ryder was the one to get an eyeful of that, but this time he’d found him in the doc’s infirmary, and that’s not fucking cool. We don’t wanna get covered in cum, or end up laying down where he’s been rubbing his junk.
“I can’t fucking believe him! In the midst of all that’s going on, he decides to do something this stupid.”
I was with Stitch and Has, looking for the other missing person, who was still not visible at gone nine in the morning. Tommy. Tommy, our fucking bartender and chef. Nobody had any record of him leaving the night before, even the guys on the gate, and that was disturbing, because our camera also didn’t show him using the killer’s secret escape point.
We searched the entire place, from top to bottom, every room, every storage area, the basement, the second ‘basement’ where we also interrogate people, but there was no sign of him. He wasn’t answering calls, or even showing as receiving text messages. His phone was completely dead, and his family didn’t know where he was. Stitch had been the one with the pleasure of ringing his parents to ask about him.
“He wouldn’t just not show up, VP. Something’s not right,” I said for the third time, as I followed him back to Ice’s suite, which was the only place we ever fucking hung out these days. I missed Grace, and that was weird, right? I’d only known her properly for a few days, and all I wanted to do was bury myself in her, and then sleep wrapped around her, breathing in that sweet perfume of hers, even if I had to sleep in that posh bed.
“At what point do we go from wondering if he’s the bad guy, to wondering if he’s in a fucking ditch somewhere?”
Ice was checking traffic cameras in the area, and hacking whatever private cameras he could access, with Grease’s help, of course, and that fancy equipment he’d brought along.
“There was another attempt at breaching our system last night too. This fucker is all up in our business. If it’s not Tommy, we need to be concerned about his safety, because he’s as fucking reliable as-”
“His phone last pinged here, and that’s all we have. He doesn’t room here, right?”
I just sat back and listened to Ice and Grease discussing Tommy, and trying to work out shit. I wasn’t much use after helping search the clubhouse and grounds. Rocket, Micro, and the rest of us had spread out, and been as thorough as we could. The prospects on the gate were edgy, but assured us they’d tell us if they’d helped him sneak out. I believed them. A patch was too important to them, to risk it over one brother, or prospect, acting out.
My phone had been buzzing in my pocket as we carried out our search, so I finally got around to checking it.
Bossy doc:Ally is awake and seems in good spirits. I wasn’t sure if you’d been updated yet.
Bossy doc:I met Has-Been earlier too. He seems nice. He looks so familiar, but I can’t work out where I’ve met him before. Did he visit you when you were here?
I really hoped she wasn’t finding him hot, because I’d have a real issue with that, and so would Elise. Maybe she’d seen his show, because I had no idea if he’d visited me at any time when she was around. I couldn’t recall seeing them at the same time, but I’d been unconscious for a lot of it too.
Bossy doc:Are you okay? I hope you’re getting closer to finding you know who.
I snorted, having seen the first Harry Potter movie, and wanting to make aVoldemortjoke at this point.
Me:I was trying to think of a cool Harry Potter joke to make there, but I’m drawing a blank. Thanks for the update about Ally.
“Hey guys? Ally’s apparently awake, and ‘in good spirits’. I guess that’s something, right?”
I could see my own relief mirrored on their faces, but I turned quickly back to Grace. This wasn’t the time or place for phone sex, but it didn’t mean I couldn’t have a little fun. God knows, we all fucking need some fun right now.
Me:What are you wearing?
I was grinning like an idiot while I waited for her reply, and boy did she make me wait, which I probably deserved, after keeping her waiting all morning.
Bossy doc:Nothing right now.
What?! Fuck me, way to give me a semi with three little words.
