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“And maybe drugs,” Gable added.
“Hmm. Let me think about that. Nah. I don’t want anything I’m feeling to be diluted.”
“Look, let’s just get on with the job at hand,” Travis told them. “Caren is missing and we need to find her. Who knows what could have happened to her. She might have gone on a date with a serial killer.”
“I think the odds of that are pretty low,” Tyler told him.
“In this city, I wouldn’t be surprised,” Alexa said. “Of course, I’m trying to find a serial killer to date and keep getting nice guys.”
“Yeah, you definitely need to be medicated,” Gable drawled.
“I mean, not necessarily a serial killer. Just someone morally gray who operates on his own set of rules and doesn’t give a shit what anyone else thinks. I really don’t think it’s that much to ask for.”
“I don’t think she needs medication or counseling. I think she needs to be admitted,” Clay whispered.
“Rude,” Alexa said. “All right, I have her.”
“Wait, you do?” Travis asked, looking over at Alexa in surprise.
“Don’t know why you’re so surprised,” Alexa replied. “I am good at my job.”
“Where is she?” he asked. He didn’t have time for this chitchat. It was taking away from finding his girl . . . no, wait, Caren.
Not his.
He wasn’t interested in her like that. He just meant that she was under his protection.
“She’s staying at a hotel in Albany,” Alexa told him.
“A hotel in Albany?” Tyler repeated. “Does she still have family there?”
“I can look into that if you want,” Alexa said.
“We can’t invade her privacy,” Jace said. “That’s wrong.”
Travis disagreed. But he didn’t need to know about any family or friends.
“Just tell me where she is,” he said.
“Well, it looks like she’ll be back in the city in a few hours,” Alexa said. “She just booked a train ticket.”
“I need to get to Albany,” he said. “A train will take too long, though. I need a chopper. Tyler, get onto that, will you? Alexa, keep an eye on her.”
“Seems to me like it would be better to just wait until she returned home,” Rusty said suddenly. “Rather than go all the way to Albany and risk missing her.”
Everyone froze and turned to look at him. Because when Rusty spoke people tended to listen.
“He’s probably right, boss,” Shane said, finally waking up. “Then she won’t know about all of this.”
“Women react badly when they think you’re spying on them,” Clay added. “Alexa, how did you even find out this information?”
“Hacked her credit card,” Alexa replied casually as though that was something she did every day. “And for the record I wouldn’t care if my morally gray hunk hacked into my accounts to discover what I was up to.”
“Gable and Marc are right, you need something,” Travis said, pointing at her. “But we’ll talk about that later. Shit. All right. I’m going to go to her apartment and wait.”
“Slightly less of a red flag,” Jace muttered.
“But still on the stalker scale,” Alexa said with a smile. “I approve, boss.”
