Page 39 of Jonas

“Yes.”

Her lip curled at his answer.

“You’re a dick,” she spat.

The man didn’t hesitate to shrug.

“As far as I know, you’re having an affair with a man who’s old enough to be your father and who has been married for over forty years.”

“Well, I’m not.”

He shrugged again like it was all the same to him.

“Are we done?” he asked, no longer posturing but instead wanting to make a hasty exit.

“You tell us,” Derrika drawled. “Is there anything else you need to tell us?”

“We’re done.” Daryl pushed back from the table. When he stood, he demanded, “Tell your boss I did what I was hired to do but I’m out. If Lou calls again, I won’t be answering.”

There it was; he didn’t want to butt up against Zane or the power of Z Corps.

“I’ll give you that,” I told him before he could leave. “But if I find out you’ve been holding back, the next visit will be someplace private.”

“You won’t have any reason to find me.”

With that, he left Derrika and me sitting at the table alone.

“An affair,” she murmured. “What the hell?”

“Blackmail.”

Her gaze went to Daryl’s vacated seat and she nodded.

“He was scared of you,” she noted.

“He’s scared of Zane,” I corrected. “There aren’t many people who are stupid enough to fuck with him. It’s also known he wouldn’t get involved in something as petty as a cheating spouse. Daryl might be greedy enough to plant bugs in a woman’s home but he’s smart enough to not want to be involved in a situation that has garnered Z Corps’ attention.”

“How’d Lou get the fob for the apartment?”

My phone vibrating in my back pocket was a good reminder we had more important shit to worry about than Lou trying to fleece Anson for whatever reason.

“We need to get back to the house,” I told her as I leaned to the side to retrieve my phone.

Easton’s name flashed on the screen.

“Got anything?” I asked by way of greeting as Derrika got up.

“Yeah, brother, this shit is FUBAR. Layla will be texting you with a new location to meet. Kira and Cooper have already been picked up. They have your stuff.”

Christ. We’d been gone less than two hours.

With my free hand, I tagged Derrika’s and towed her around the table toward the exit.

“You gonna fill me in?”

“Not right now. Coop said you and Derrika went to meet with Daryl Barns.”

“We did and we’re done. Lou Peterson hired him to get the goods on Anson Sutton. He thought Amy and Anson were having an affair.”