Shades of Gray by Rachel Ann Nunes

Author:Rachel Ann Nunes [Nunes, Rachel Ann]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction
Publisher: Deseret Book Company
Published: 2011-05-06T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

This can’t be happening, I thought. Jake, my Jake, taken by men in a gray van? Kolonda had to be mistaken. But the panic in her voice was real. What frightened me more than anything was the connection with the Asian. Did he work for the Saitos? The only thing that made sense was that Russo might have been wrong about them coming here for Dennis. If they were also in town for business, it might involve real estate, and the last thing Jake had told me was that he was going to look into Kolonda’s building problem. Could he have uncovered something the Saitos wanted to remain hidden?

It wasn’t the only answer. Whoever was behind the attack on me that morning could be using Jake for revenge.

Unfortunately, I still didn’t know who had sent the thug. Russo was slipping downward on the list of my suspects, seeing as how he preferred the direct approach in contacting me, but it was hard to believe the Saitos would have heard of me and considered me a danger. So we were back to Kolonda and her buildings again. Where was the connection? If there was one, I wasn’t seeing it. Maybe Jake was involved in other issues I knew nothing about.

“Get Jon and Tracy ready to move,” Shannon was saying into his phone. “And get the backup perimeter in place. Call me when it’s done.” He stepped closer to me. “What happened?”

“I’ll call you right back,” I said to Kolonda, hanging up. I took Shannon’s phone and punched in her number from the caller ID on my phone and handed it back to him. “Name’s Kolonda. She says Jake was taken by some men in a van. One of them was a big Asian.” I forced myself to leave him and walked over to where Russo and his men were still talking. Silence fell as I approached. I noticed that the private investigator, Ace, had arrived.

“I need the address of the warehouse,” I said to Russo. “Please, tell me where it is.”

Russo shook his head. “Charlie will take the police there.”

“The detective is setting up a perimeter. The Saitos will know. It’ll be too late for Dennis.” And for Jake.

“You think you’re going in?” Charlie asked, a grin or a sneer beginning on his face. I couldn’t tell which.

“My boyfriend was just taken by a big Asian man.”

Russo arched a brow. “Can’t be related. What would the Saitos want with him?”

“That’s what I want to know.”

“Autumn.” Shannon came up behind me. “I sent someone over. Don’t worry. I’m sure it’s a misunderstanding.”

The feeling in my gut didn’t believe him. I might not be able to trust all my instincts anymore, but I knew something was wrong with Jake. I could feel it.

“If you send a lot of men into the area, they’ll know you’re there,” Russo said to Shannon. “You should go with Charlie and one or two others.”

“We’re only setting up a perimeter. It’ll be far enough away that we’ll go in unseen.

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