Locked Out: A Secret Society, Enemies to Lovers, Romantic Suspense by Lori Matthews

Author:Lori Matthews [Matthews, Lori]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wild Coyote Press, LLC
Published: 2024-02-28T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

Archer glanced up as Cash entered the room. The man’s expression was downright frigid. “Took your sweet time.” Ice hung off every syllable.

“I thought I should get dressed and make sure the other residents were tucked up in their beds. I also did a sweep of the house just to make sure the system hadn’t failed and no one had managed to come in from outside.” He’d done it more to calm his nerves than anything else. He knew it was someone on the inside, but he needed to do mindless things to bring his heart rate down and shake off his rage at the thought of someone hurting Riss. Wrangle that particular monster back in the box where it belonged. It wouldn’t help him any and worse it could hurt her. He needed to be on his game, not blinded by anger.

“You could have done all that from down here,” he pointed to the bank of video screens.

Cash wasn’t rising to the bait. “I prefer the hands-on method.”

Archer’s look was frosty. “Just make sure you’re keeping your hands off the members.”

So that’s what this was really all about. Archer didn’t want him to get too close to Riss. Too damn late for that. When he’d heard the scream, he’d known instinctively that it was Riss. He could’ve sworn his heart stopped beating. He was damn lucky he managed to get his pants on before running down to her room. He wanted to run in his underwear, but he knew Archer was in the building and that would’ve been a major mistake. Archer insisted on professionalism at all times.

“No one came in from outside,” Cash stated.

Archer nodded and then motioned to the chair next to him. He had two cups of coffee in front of him and moved one over to Cash. “I do value the fact that you did a physical check.”

Cash nodded and took a sip of the coffee. “But it means that someone on the inside just broke a very serious rule.”

“Yes, and we need to find out who.” Archer gestured to the screens once again. “Unfortunately, there are no cameras pointing to that hallway.”

Cash leaned forward and started typing on the keyboard. “True, but there is a camera pointing towards the door to the roof on the floor above.” He didn’t pick up their earlier conversation about having more cameras inside because Archer would probably reach out and throttle him but now, more than ever, he wanted to install them. As long as Riss was in trouble, he wanted any advantage he could get.

One of the screens turned into an image of the third floor hallway. Cash rewound the feed and they watched the video record from one forty-five a.m. until they saw Cash run down the hallway at two-oh-eight. Cash leaned back again. “That tells us that none of the employees are responsible, assuming they are all in their beds. I can have Antonio watch the video in the morning and verify that.”

Archer let out a quiet sigh.

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