Chapter 43
Declan: You might want to hurry the fuck up and get back here.
Xavier: Is Delilah hurt?
Declan: No, but she’s in trouble.
Xavier: What kind of trouble?
Declan: The kind that’ll have you killing someone.
Xavier: Why didn’t you stop her?
Declan: Have you met her? That woman is a pain in the ass. You should’ve disclosed that crucial bit of information before you dumped her on me.
Xavier: Watch your fucking mouth when you talk about her.
Declan: My bad. Maybe if you give me permission to hogtie her, I can get her to behave. Even then, it might be too late.
Xavier: Wherever she is, get her the fuck out of there.
Declan: Dude, Ben is the face of a tech empire and his system security is top-notch. How in the fuck am I supposed to get her out of his room? You know it’s basically a vault.
Xavier: I’m taking this really fucking personally. I trusted you to look after my bride, and you didn’t. Now, you’re interrupting me in the middle of my summons to tell me that the reason you texted me can’t be resolved?
Declan: Yeah, pretty much.
Xavier: You know those organs you traffic? Well, you might want to check your supply because I’m going to fucking shoot you when I get back.
Declan: Love you too.
Ishove my phone in my pocket and pick up my plastic gloves, covered in blood. The Broker whimpers when he sees me put them back on, his eyes bulging from his skull.
“Here’s the thing,” I say. “My girl is back home, getting into all sorts of trouble. Which means I need to speed up this interrogation so I can get back to her.”
I grab the angle grinder and turn it on. The blade whirls, a high-pitched sound that blends in with the man’s cries. He jerks back, rattling the chains keeping him suspended in the air. The hook in his back digs deeper, and he screams.
“The faster you talk, the faster I’ll put you out of your misery,” I say. “A merciful death is something Edward Donovan would never offer you. Trust me, I think he’s a bigger dick than you do.”
“Then why are you doing this?” he sobs.
“Because my loyalty is to a woman, one that’s driving me fucking crazy. And if you don’t tell me what I need to know, you’ll be keeping me from her. Trust me, you don’t want to do that.”