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It didn’t sound like Ben was really asking if the body was Tyler’s. He already knew, somehow.
The police officer yanked Matthew toward the door with little success.
“Get out of my office this instant.” Mallory pointed to the door. “We are conducting confidential police business.”
That was when Ben looked over at us, his eyes narrowing when he caught sight of us.
“Are you serious?” Ben pushed himself off the desk. “You’re putting Arrowoods on this case?”
“Now listen here.” Mallory stepped around her desk to stop almost nose to nose with Ben.
Ben took a step back, his shoulders hunching.
“This matter is of no concern to you,” she said. “When we have information to relay to the public, you will hear about it.”
“It is my concern!” Ben cried. “Tyler’s missing. I need to know if it’s him.”
“Wait a sec.” Adrian squared his shoulders as he turned to me and Dad. “They’re scuba people. Are you asking them to get the body?”
Ben’s face fell and his eyes shone. I might have felt bad for him if he wasn’t an Everhart.
“Get out, all of you. Now!” Mallory picked up her desk phone and spoke into it too low for me to hear.
“They’ll sabotage his body, just you watch!” Adrian said. “Give us the body of that old geezer of theirs and see if they play fair.”
Air whooshed past me, and Dad was several steps ahead of me before I knew he had moved.
Adrian’s face cracked into a grin and he raised his fists, slipping into a fighting stance.
I lunged and grabbed Dad’s arm, yanking him back with such force that he almost fell over. Adrian sprung forward in his stance and jabbed a fist toward us.
Stepping in between them, I swiped Adrian’s forearm with my own, deflecting the punch off to my right. The momentum shifted Adrian’s weight onto his front foot. I raised my leg and swept his foot out from under him.
Adrian crashed to the ground, his gasp rattling on its way out as his eyes bugged out of his head.
“That’s enough!” Mallory’s shout came as half a dozen police officers spilled into the room.
Ben smirked at me as the police streamed in my direction.
I gulped.
But when Mallory pointed her finger, it didn’t land on me, but Adrian.
“Put him in holding to cool off,” she said.
Ben opened his mouth to argue, but shut it again when Mallory’s magic finger shot in his direction.
“One more word out of either of you, and you’ll join him. Understand?” Her words came out soft and dangerous.
Ben nodded, his eyes almost crossed as he focused on her finger.
“What?” Adrian cried, as two officers rolled him onto his front and slapped him in handcuffs. “She attacked me!”
Dad’s lips parted, but I elbowed him in the ribs before he could say anything. He grunted and rubbed the spot I hit, glowering at me.
I tried not to look pleased as the officers led Adrian out in handcuffs, his brother and cousin along behind him.
On his way out, Ben shot me a look so venomous, I doubted any antidote would have saved me.
