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Sierra pounded down the stairs before she whipped around to face Julia. “Well, that’s par the course. That’s what I do. I hurt people.”
She stormed out the door toward the waiting sports car. Julia hurried after her. “Sierra, don’t do this. Let me drive you.”
“Pass!” the woman shouted as she slid in behind the wheel and revved the engine.
Her mind whirled with fear and desperation as she pressed a trembling hand against her forehead. “Sierra, please!” she pleaded, her voice cracking.
Where was Grant? Had he not overheard their argument? She shook her head. It didn’t matter where he was. He wasn’t here. She had to deal with it.
Julia’s heart raced as panic set in. With no time to weigh her options, she yanked open the passenger door and slid into the seat as the reality of danger crushed her like a tidal wave.
CHAPTER 7
GRANT
Grant’s heart pounded as he replayed the robotic voice over and over again. With a shaky hand, he scrawled down the address the voice had given him and slid the note into his pocket.
“Sir?” Worthington asked, his features pinched.
“That was…someone. I don’t know who. They used a voice changer. But they gave me an address.”
The color drained from Worthington’s face as he stared at Grant with wide eyes. “Surely, you are not considering going to it.”
“Of course, I am,” Grant said as he rose from his chair. “This could be the break we need. And believe me, Worthington, we need a break.”
“I understand, sir, but what if this isn’t the break you are searching for.”
Grant crossed the room and swung a painting away from the wall, revealing a safe. “I’ll take any break at this point.”
“Surely, you’ll take protection. James? Or Max?” Worthington asked.
Grant finished keying in the code for the safe and flung it open, tugging a pistol from inside. He waved it in the air. “I’m taking protection.”
“But, sir–“
“Don’t but sir me, Worthington,” he answered as he closed the safe. “They said to come alone.”
“Another reason not to believe them. This could be a terrible idea.”
“And it could break this wide open. I’m going.”
“Mr. Harrington–“
“Worthington, I’m going. Do you think Julia hesitated even for a second before she went to that abandoned warehouse?”
Worthington followed him into the foyer as he slid the gun into his waistband. “She took James.”
“Or when she followed Alexander Knight?”
“Dr. Carter was with her.”
“Fine, when she followed Christopher Metcalfe,” Grant said, flinging his arms out. Why couldn’t his butler understand the urgency here?
“And might I remind you those results were disastrous.”
“But we got information. I’m sick of Julia risking her life for every lead. My turn. I’m going. And I only have sixty minutes to get there. Less now.” He glanced at his watch and shook his head. He’d barely make it. “I have to go.”
“Should I tell Mrs. Harrington what’s happened?”
