Page 37 of Watch Me
“Captain isn’t going to let you work this, man,” Shawnadvised.
Ethan turned to face him, pointing a finger as he gritted his teeth, seething instantly. “I don’t fucking care. This is Reagan we’re dealing with.MyReagan.”
Shawn held up his hands in surrender. “I know, but—”
“No buts. My priority is keeping her safe. Some perp is out there killing women and now”—Ethan pointed at me again—“some asshole is coming aftermyReagan.”
His words started to slowly sink in.“That has been at my last two murder scenes.”
A murderer was in mycondo?
My heart hadn’t slowed since the moment I saw that fucking wood plaque on Reagan’s wall. I had no idea what was happening or how she was involved, but I needed to figure out the connection before I lost my fucking mind. If something were to happen to her … If she was to be taken—to leave me again—I would lose my shit.
I wasn’t going to let thathappen.
“Take her laptop too. Have Will do his thing,” I instructed the crime scenetech.
“My laptop?” Reaganasked.
“Remember I told you about the case where someone was watching my murder vic through her webcam?”
“Yeah?”
“She had a wood plaque too, and I’d bet the vic tonight has the same shit on her computer that pings to a shitload of countries.” When we pulled the plaque from Reagan’s wall, on the back was #2 in black marker. Daisy had #9, and that made me even more confused. I needed to find out what number was on the back of Amy’splaque.
“But … we put black tape over the camera.”
I sighed. “I don’t know how it works, but I want Will to check out your computer. This could be the link.”
Reagan nodded. “Okay. This is crazy.”
“Yeah, it is.” Isighed.
“Will I have my computer back for class tomorrow?”
I frowned. “You’re not going to school tomorrow.”
“What? Why not?”
I looked at the crime scene techs and nodded as they bagged Reagan’s laptop. After waiting for them to leave, I replied to her, “Do you think you can just go on with your day to day life as usual?”
She drew her head back slightly and furrowed her brows. “I … I can’t?”
“Not until we catch this guy. If something were to ever happen to you …” I couldn’t finish the thought. It felt as though everything was spinning out of control. First, it was my sister, and now the woman I loved for most of my life was in danger.Fuck!
“So I need to go into hiding or something?”
I sighed, running my hands down my face. “Let’s see what Shawn finds out at Judy’s, and what Will finds on your computer.”
“Okay.”
“Go pack a bag, and we’ll leave.”
“How much should I pack?”
Everything,I wanted to reply because I never wanted her out of my sight. And it wasn’t only because some asshole might be after her. I wanted to move in with her. We were together every night, and paying rent for two places was pointless. I’d assumed I would move into her place since I was living in Ashtyn’s condo.
“For a few days at least. We can always come back and get more if Shawn and I don’t solve this shit.” I had a door guy, and that was better than nothing. Since the incident with Ashtyn, Jose, one of the door guys, had taken it upon himself to make sure that the security for the building was up to par given that a man had slipped past him and tried to kidnap mysister.
