Page 114 of Double the Redemption

“You think he’d get those orders out through his lawyer? No one else has contact with him, and they check him and the lawyer every time they meet.”

“They’ll be verbal orders. Diego sent four of his smartest men to university to become lawyers for him. It was his insurance that they would stay loyal, and they had to be very good at what they did to secure their freedom and that of their men. He’s going to be counting on whoever it is to get him out and fast.”

Code snorted. “I’d like to see him try. The Feds are working overtime to keep him there and make sure nothing derails the case.”

Naomi didn’t feel like arguing with him. She’d seen it far too often. Hell, when her sister got arrested for possession after being the mule for them, they planted evidence that the DA was dirty, and it stuck like glue. The man was disgraced, disbarred, and ended up killing himself months later from it all.

Diego and her father had no conscience and would do anything to win. And her sister wasn’t that important either. She probably wasn’t on the Feds’ radar for any of this …

Her brain locked in, and she straightened, eyes widening. That was it, wasn’t it? That was what was missing. Her sister. Where was she? She would help their father no matter what, and she’d worked her way up to their father’s personal right-hand man. She did whatever he told her.

“Fuck, fuck, fuck,” she rasped.

“What is it?” Glitch demanded, eyes wide. “What did you figure out?”

“I need you to search up my sister and her last known whereabouts. Nina. She’s the missing piece. She doesn’t do anything unless my father tells her to. She’s gonna be on a list somewhere, but she’s not the big fish, so they won’t be looking for her. She’ll either be scouting out places for my father to lie low or looking for Asher and me.”

A few tense moments later, Glitch cursed. “You really are a genius.” She laughed humorlessly. “Your sister has been located in all the places just a day or two ahead of your father.”

“Can you overlay where they spotted her? If she’s going to be ahead of my father, we might be able to figure out where he is.”

Glitch nodded, but the image that popped up on the screen froze them all.

Naomi’s blood froze, and fear slid like ice through her. “They’re here,” she breathed, voice shaking as she got to her feet. “They’re here in town.”

“Don’t panic,” Glitch told her, but Naomi caught the worried frown she couldn’t quite hide. “Just because they’re in town doesn’t mean anything. I’ll see if I can find her cell phone and ping it.”

“She won’t have anything but a burner,” Naomi whispered, trying to calm her breathing.

“I’ll still … Shit!” Beeps and sirens filled the room. “Fuck!”

Code moved quickly, taking the seat next to Glitch. “I’m on it.”

Naomi stared with tears in her eyes as they brought up the camera screens, and she saw them. Asher with Ink and Ice at the edge of the property. Asher played close to the woods while Ink and Ice talked nearby, looking at their bikes.

Then she saw them. The shadows coming out of the forest, ready to grab her son. Even the cameras couldn’t hide their confidence.

Her father and sister were here and were going to take her baby.

“No. No. No!” She rushed through the door, even as Code and Glitch ran after her, barking orders.

She had to get to her son and Ink before she lost them both.

42

INK

“You and Naomi figured your shit out,” Ice said, bending down to inspect the paint near his engine. “Never thought I’d see the day you actually settled down, man.”

Ink snorted. “Me either. Or that the woman I picked is the complete opposite I thought I’d go for.” Ice looked up at him with an arched brow. “Oh, nothing terrible. I guess in my head I always thought I’d end up with someone more like me. Wild, crazy, and tatted up like crazy.”

“That would have driven you nuts. A second you? You’d have wanted to murder yourself.”

“I’m not that bad!”

“Dude, trust me, there have been a few times I thought the Old Ladies were going to Taz you.”

“Taz me?”