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Thankfully, the ping of Trick’s phone interrupts my train of thought, and I don’t have to make the decision about whether I’m going to tell them or not. I doubt I will end up telling them I don’t want to be a burden to them, and I can handle it anyway.
“It’s Atlas,” Trick says, his eyes wide with shock.
“No, fucking way,” Jensen exclaims. “What did he say?”
Trick frowns as he reads and then replies, “Not much actually, it just says that he’s okay, but he had to leave, that he’ll contact us when he can,” Trick’s eyebrows raise, “he also said that we should wipe the place of our prints too.”
My eyebrows hit my hairline, “Well, I guess that answers the question about who is on the other end of that camera.”
“Yeah,” Riot agrees and then sighs, “I’ll go get the gloves and stuff that we’ll need to wipe the place down from the truck.”
Trick nods and then smiles smugly, “I told you it was a good idea to keep shit in the truck.”
“Yeah, yeah,” Cash mutters with a smirk.
It doesn’t take long for Riot to come back with the stuff, and we all pull on a pair of gloves so we don’t add more prints and then get to work wiping the place clean of our presence.
It’s not until we’re done and back in the car, heading back to Trick’s place, that we talk about Atlas.
“I know he said that he was okay, but the fact he got us to wipe the place again and he said he’d contact us when he can, well, that all suggests that he’s not actually safe,” Jensen says with a frown.
Trick nods, “I know, but he’s told us he's safe and that he’ll contact us when he can. If we keep trying to contact him, then we could end up putting him in danger. We have no idea what he’s going through.”
I frown, “Shit, that’s a really good point. I hadn’t thought of it like that. I don’t like this at all. I wish he’d just fill us in so that we can help with whatever it is.”
Trick nods again as he pulls into his drive. “It would, but again, he may not have much of a choice.”
“I fucking hate this,” Jensen curses as he jumps out of the truck and heads toward his car, yelling over his shoulder as he goes, “I’ll see you guys tomorrow.”
Chapter Five
Luc
“Is he okay?” Cash asks.
I shake my head, “I don’t think so. He doesn’t do very well with people leaving him, not since his mom and sister. Then Ever disappeared too, and it's left him finding shit like this difficult.”
As soon as I say her name, I regret it. The effect it has on all of us is obvious, as darkness clouds all of our features. The conversation of Ever always affects us and always will until she’s back with us. We quickly realized when she was taken that she belonged with us, and as we grew up, so did our feelings for her.
Usually, we can have a conversation and reminisce about her without causing such a strong reaction, but there’s an extra layer to it now.
“Should we talk about the other thing Atlas leaving is going to have an effect on?” Riot asks into the silence.
Trick’s shoulders are tense as he replies, “I’m not sure there’s much to say. Atlas was going to help us find her, but now he’s gone, and he can’t.”
“We’ve got contacts of our own, so we can try to see if they’ve come up with any new leads since the last time we asked.” Rafe signs.
Cash nods, “It’s worth a shot; we haven’t asked for an update for a while since Atlas said that he’d try and help, and he has so much more reach than we do.”
“Do it,” Trick replies, “we’ve got a few people who owe us favors. See what they come up with.”
“On it,” Cash replies. He already has his phone out and is tapping away.
“Should we tell Jensen?” Rafe asks.
“I’ll text him and let him know; you know he doesn’t like to face things head-on, and he’s already on edge,” I reply.
“Yeah, he needs the fight at the Pit.” Trick replies, “Trev should get back to me tomorrow, and then at least I’ll be able to give him some good news too.”
