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“Nothing. You say nothing.”
She glances out the window, and the smile fades from her face. “Something bothered me about what he said during your questioning, Cain.” I don’t know why the tone of her voice sends alarm bells clanging in my mind. It’s like a warning bell, like thewailing of a siren before a storm. I shake my head, willing myself to stop acting like a pussy.
“What?”
She frowns, and hits the gas, her speed creeping up as she heads onto the highway.
“Babe, watch the speed.”
“We have to get back to the house.”
I stare at the mirror to see if we’re being tailed. Still, nothing. “Doesn’t do us any good if we arrive in body bags.”
She rolls her eyes. “You’re being dramatic.”
“Slow down, or I’ll make you pull this car over.”
She glares at me and punches the gas again. Oh, this woman is in so much goddamn trouble. Before I can respond, something catches my attention in the rearview mirror. A flash of green.
“Keep it steady, Vi. Someone’s behind us.”
I flip the switch on the side of the seat so it reclines, fold the headrest back, and kneel, gun in hand. I don’t care if anyone sees us. I don’t care about fucking anything but making sure we get home safe and sound.
Hardly any cars are with us on the road, but Violet zooms past every one of them. I’m not telling her to slow down now.
I kneel on the folded-down seat, gun in hand, my eyes on the target. If this is anyone of importance…
The green is gone. I wonder for a second if it was only my imagination, when a flash of green appears a second time.
“Come at me, bro,” I whisper. Violet’s peal of laughter makes me smile. God, I love this woman. She just watched me interrogate an old man, almost kill another, and now I’ve got a gun trained on someone following us, ready to pull the trigger. And she makes jokes about her left boob andlaughs.
“You’re either perfect or psychotic,” I mutter.
“Aw, you do say the most romantic things. Do you need me to maneuver in a way that gives you better vision?”
“No, babe. What you’re doing is perfect.”
The flash of green is only a speck, so far behind us I can’t see much. I don’t want her to slow down because that could put us in a compromising situation, but I want to see the motherfucker up close.
“Can you see anything at all?” she asks.
“Looks like a sunroof… but I can’t see much else.”
Violet frowns. “That sounds familiar, but I can’t place it.”
“Me neither.”
“Fuck, they took an exit.”
I watch as the green car slows and gets off the highway behind us.
“Maybe they weren’t following us?”
I shake my head. Doesn’t make sense they weren’t. Doesn’t make sense at all.
My phone rings, and I quickly answer it. “Yeah?”
“Boss.” Henri. “I’ve got some information for you that may prove useful.”
