Requiem of Sin (Zakrevsky Bratva Book 1) by Nicole Fox

Author:Nicole Fox [Fox, Nicole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-01-24T00:00:00+00:00

35

DEMYEN

I’m only halfway down the hall from the gym when Bambi turns a corner and almost runs into me. She jumps, then quickly straightens and gives me a respectful nod.

“Does no one sleep in this place?” I growl.

“I heard you were up,” she replies, smoothing a hand over her tunic. “Reports came in from the schools and I thought you’d want to know right away.”

The fact that reports only just came in tells me that, as usual, Bambi went above and beyond to get what I need. When she hunts down records, she hunts down people as much as paperwork, until even the janitor has given a witness testimony.

Pavel does, too, but his methods are a bit… messier. More windows get broken. Usually by someone’s face.

I sigh and nod. “You thought correctly. But before you tell me—do I need a drink for this?”

Bambi’s expression darkens. “We’ll both need a drink.”

That’s how we end up in the now-empty party courtyard, perched on stools at the abandoned bar with an open bottle of liquor for each of us and only the crescent moon lighting the glasses enough to see how much we pour.

I’m tempted to chug straight from the bottle. It’s a smuggled import from Russia, one of my father’s personal favorites. Strong as fuck. With any luck, I’ll be facedown at the edge of the pool and blissfully incoherent to the shitty mess around me in about three solid chugs.

Unfortunately, that stupid thing called “responsibility” whispers in the back of my brain to pace myself while Bambi turns on her tablet and dives into her report.

“I had a few of my colleagues interview retired teachers, school nurses, whoever we could track down within the city limits.” She scrolls through her notes app and I catch glimpses of photos and personnel files that I’m pretty sure she is not legally supposed to have possession of. “It took some squeezing, but I was able to get files unsealed long enough for a quick peek.”

“And?”

Bambi purses her lips. It’s too dark to see her clearly, but I can see enough between the moonlight and her tablet to know she’s deeply troubled.

“Can you promise me something?” she suddenly asks.

I sit up. She’ll come to me for supplies, necessities, clarification, the essentials… but it’s rare that she’ll ask me for a personal favor. “Shoot.”

“Exactly that.” Her eyes meet mine, even in the dark. “Shoot. When you find Greg Everett, when you bring him in to clean up this whole mess… shoot that motherfucker right between the eyes.”

I was already planning on it, but I bite anyway. “Tell me.”

“They knew.” She pours herself a shot to the brim and tosses it back. “Her teachers, the school nurse… they all knew. Several tried to file a report, but they were dismissed because the case files went straight to LVPD at the same time Child Protective Services received them. Her fourth grade teacher nearly lost her job because Everett tried swinging the accusations back against her, but there was no evidence.

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