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“I need you to promise you won’t let anything happen to my sister or Zeke and Jericho or his family.”
“So, he doesn’t know you’re calling me.”
“No.”
“Naughty.”
“That’s the deal.”
“Well, sweetheart, I’ll look out for your sister, although your boyfriend has stationed guards already. As far as the St. James brothers, though, they’re more than capable of taking care of themselves.”
“No. Not after what he did. I need you to promise.”
“I’m intrigued. What did who do?”
I wipe a stray tear. “Zeke gave the Councilor the laptop but it’s empty.”
He whistles then laughs. “Well, that explains the excitement at the house.”
“I don’t have a lot of time. Will you do it? Will you promise?”
“I could come and take it from you. Then I won’t need to promise anything. I paid for it after all.”
“You won’t though,” I say, not really sure he wouldn’t. It’s not exactly a secret where I am.
“No?”
“He beat her.”
“Excuse me?”
“Ines. He beat her until he broke skin, and he made me watch.”
A loaded silence weighs the phone down. He cares about her.
“He calls it her Hour of Atonement,” I continue, not wanting to cause pain but needing to. “He lets those soldiers watch. It’s a whole sick ceremony,” I say, my voice breaking, my stomach turning. I push through though because I need Antoine Girard angry. I need him to act now because time is running out. “He has to be stopped.”
“And that’s why you’re coming to me.”
I nod even though I know he can’t see me. “Please. Don’t let him hurt them.”
“When I’m finished with the Councilor, he won’t be able to hurt anyone. Where and when am I picking you up?”
“He’s taking me to the airport. I don’t know which. Maybe private. I really don’t know. We’re leaving within the hour. We’re at the Bishop house,” I add, just in case he doesn’t know. “You need to get to me. I can’t get on a plane.”
“You want me to kidnap you?”
“I can’t get on a plane,” I repeat. “I won’t.”
“Blue?” Zeke calls out from down the hall.
“I need to go. You figure out the rest. I’ll bring the flash drive. If that plane takes off, it goes with me.” I disconnect the call and rush into the bathroom, closing the door just as Zeke enters the bedroom. I drop the card into the toilet and flush before splashing water on my face. I need a minute to calm my racing heart. To mask my betrayal.
“Everything okay?” he asks, studying me closely, when I walk back into the bedroom.
“I don’t want to go, Zeke.”
“I’m sorry, Blue. You have to trust me that this is best. You have what you need?” He gestures to the tote.
