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Thomas’s phone buzzed, and I watched his reaction through the rearview. He gave nothing away, just said “Yes, sir” and “No, sir.” Once he disconnected the call, I didn’t have to ask.
“Aiden wasn’t in the restroom,” he informed me.
“Where was he?”
“Seems to have given them the slip. We have to keep an eye out.”
Motherfucking fuckballs of fucking epic proportions. “I guess it was too easy to ask for this to go smoothly.”
“Nothing in life ever comes easy,” Thomas responded, and I couldn’t argue with that.
Thomas watched the front of the car and I watched the rear; he took left and I took right. All I saw were people coming and going—no one I recognized, certainly not Aiden.
“What if he left before we began searching for him out here?” Fuck, he could be long gone.
“How would he do that without anyone seeing?”
“How has he been able to do any of this, Thomas? He’s smart.”
“Security is coming to the car.” Thomas sat up straighter, and I turned to the left and saw a uniformed man approach the vehicle. I couldn’t make out his face just from midtorso.
“Why is security approaching a parked car?” Shit. “Thomas, don’t open the window.”
Thomas didn’t argue and when the man tapped on the glass, Thomas refused to slide it down. The man was on to us. He stepped away, pointed his pistol at the window, and shot.
“Bulletproof glass, asshole,” I muttered. I texted Vin that he was trying to shoot the car. No response but I knew in my heart he was on the way.
“Fred!” Aiden shouted. There weren’t a lot of people in the parking lot, and those that were scattered once gunfire was heard.
He kept shooting the glass. Thomas started the car, ready to hit the gas, just as the window shattered. Thomas reached for his pistol, but there was no question he’d be too slow, and I couldn’t sit here and watch another person I cared about die.
“No!” I shouted and opened my door. “Me, you want me. Leave him alone, Aiden.” I had my gun clutched in my hand behind the open door.
“Drop your weapon, Fred. I know you’re carrying. You have two seconds.”
I didn’t let him count; I dropped it. “Leave him alone, and I’ll go with you.”
“I could shoot him and take you anyway.”
I looked around quickly and saw the front doors to the train station open and Vin, Zion, and a few others came running out. But they were too far away. They wouldn’t make it in time.
I inched toward Aiden. “You’ve killed enough people. Take me or I run, and you’ll have to chase me.”
He narrowed his eyes but he jerked his head to the left. “Company’s coming. We’re out of time.” In a swift and strong movement, he slammed the butt of his gun to the side of my head and as I fell to the pavement I heard two shots, and then darkness surrounded me.
CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
Vincenzo
I couldn’t run fast enough. I saw Fred standing by Aiden—who was dressed like a security officer—and just like that, he hit Fred, and Fred collapsed, Aiden holding his limp body close.
“We can’t shoot in a parking lot—we might hit someone,” I shouted. We all raced to the car. I couldn’t tear my eyes away from Fred lying in Aiden’s arms.
“I wouldn’t do that,” he growled as each of us lifted our weapons. He tipped his chin, and I looked over my shoulder, where several men flanked us from behind. I didn’t recognize them.
“I’m leaving with Fred, or you all die right here. I don’t want a war with Lex Talionis. This is a family matter, and you should never have been brought in.”
Was he serious? “If you think I’m going to pack up and leave, you’re mistaken, Aiden. See, Fred isn’t yours, he’s mine.”
