Switch by Jayne Blue

Author:Jayne Blue [Blue, Jayne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Nokay Press LLC
Published: 2019-01-21T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Switch

Kitt’s truth exploded my world. It was about to explode Sly’s. Her words burned through me. Sly’s daughter. She was Sly’s daughter. There was no way he knew about her. But did he even suspect? It wasn’t for me to judge how he lived his life twenty-plus years ago, or even now. If things were as bad as Kitt said they were for her mother, I knew Sly would have done something about it. I didn’t question that for a minute. She did though. God, no wonder she hated him.

It took me most of the day to track down the missing liquor shipment Dex called about. Thankfully, it appeared to be an innocent mistake. A number got switched around on the purchase order. I got it all sorted and headed back to Green Bluff. I called two of the probies and ordered them to meet the driver at one of our warehouses on the other side of town. The Ridley address was out of the question. As it was, we were up to our ears in overstock now that the bar was shut down. Sly was planning to move forward on a sports bar we bought just outside of Redding. We needed it. A few more months like this one and we’d be in a serious cash flow problem.

It was dark again when I pulled into the lot behind Benny’s bike shop. Gunn and Angel were just getting there.

“Hope you got good news,” Gunn said. “This day just keeps getting worse.”

“Yeah,” I said. “I put out my fire. What about the rest of you?”

“Something’s up,” Angel said. “Didn’t you get a text?”

I pulled out my phone. I’d been riding for the last two hours. Sure enough, there was a text from Big John. Sly was calling for church. Nothing from Kitt. I had to take that as no news being good news. I made her promise me to just sit tight at the Hansen. I wanted to call her, but the look on Big John’s face as he came into the office killed that idea.

“Sly’s inside?” I asked, slipping my phone back into my pocket. I threw a look at Angel. Ava and Scarlett probably wanted to murder him for leaving the house so soon after he’d been shot. It made me feel better though. It meant Sly was just fine. What he’d said to his wife was true. He was too damn tough to kill.

“We’re just waiting on the three of you,” Big John said. I followed close behind Gunn and Angel. Sly was at the head of the table looking pale and uncomfortable, but mad as hell.

I did a quick headcount. Only Ford was missing. His empty chair at the far end of the table sent a wave of fear through me.

“You got news?” Sly asked me.

“We’re good,” I said. “Shipment just got waylaid on account of a clerical error. It’s fixed.”

“Good,” he said. “That’s damn good. I don’t need another complication.”

Dex sat at his side looking fierce as always.

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