feel it. Call your men in; you need to get on this. I’m going to head over to her place right now,” I tell him.
“Hold on, man,” he says, stopping me from hanging up, then his voice is muffled and he continues. “Levi, pull up the backup footage feed from the street cam surveillance of Savvy’s condo for the last forty-five minutes.”
“The system is still coming back up. It’ll take me a few minutes to get it back on line and pull up the backup data,” Levi returns.
“You have Savvy’s house under surveillance? When did you do that?” I ask him concerned. Should I have been more concerned about all of this? “What the fuck is going on? Why do you have her house under surveillance, she’s been staying at my house?” I ask him irritated.
“It’s been under surveillance since the night at the bar. And your house is under surveillance, too,” Max says, like it’s not something that I should have been aware of.
“What the fuck, man?” I clip.
“I told you that I had it covered. Don’t go to her house, come straight here,” he says, and hangs up.
I don’t waste any time. I get in my car and drive straight to Max’s PI firm. When I get there, Adrian and Kyle are already there. Jax and Asher walk in the door a minute after I do. The worry in the pit of my stomach ignites into flames. Max walks out of his office with Levi, holding a gun in his hand. His eyes come to me as he puts it in his shoulder harness, holstering it. I take one look at his face and I see it. Something bad has happened. I don’t even think, I lunge across the room toward Max. He gave me his word, his promise, that Reno was gone. How could I be so stupid to blindly put the safety of the woman I love into the hands of another man? I should have never let her go by herself. I should have gone with her. What was I doing that was so important that I couldn’t take her? I was sleeping like a fucking loser, that’s what I was doing. Jax and Asher each grab an arm and pull me back.
“What the fuck is going on?” I shout.
“I fucked up, man,” Max says.
“You fucked up? Tell me what the hell is going on. Where is Savvy?” I bark, fighting to get out of Jax and Asher’s hold.
“We had a software switch over tonight. It was only down for forty-five minutes. It was supposed to be seamless. The live feeds were never supposed to go down during the switch over. I don’t know how this happened. We’re pulling up the backup footage now,” Max says.
“Why the fuck did you call me here? I should have gone to her house,” I yell. “Show me the surveillance footage now, or I’m out of here!” I roar.
“It’s probably that car of hers, this could be nothing,” Max says, holding up his hands.
“Calm your shit, and we’ll let you go,” Jax says.
“I’m calm,” I say, ripping my arms out of their grasp.
I follow Max into his video surveillance room while dialing Savvy’s cell. Again, there’s no answer. The rest of the men also pile in the small room. He has several screens set up with different vantage points. I don’t even know where most of these places are. They must be ongoing cases he has.
“Here, I’ve got it,” Levi says, pointing to the monitor in front.
I look at the monitor. It’s from across the street from Savvy’s condo. It’s from a high vantage point, maybe from a telephone pole or something. Then I see Ruby pull up to the curb. Savvy gets out of her car, then walks around to the back and opens the trunk. She waves at someone walking down the street. She walks to the curb, then stops and talks to a woman walking a dog. She pets the dog, waves bye to the woman, and then goes into her house. She comes back about five minutes later with an arm load of bags.
I should have gone with her.
She turns around to go back into the house again, and then there it is. The brown Chevy drives slowly down the street, then out of view. Savvy walks out again and places more things in her trunk.
I should
“Hold on, man,” he says, stopping me from hanging up, then his voice is muffled and he continues. “Levi, pull up the backup footage feed from the street cam surveillance of Savvy’s condo for the last forty-five minutes.”
“The system is still coming back up. It’ll take me a few minutes to get it back on line and pull up the backup data,” Levi returns.
“You have Savvy’s house under surveillance? When did you do that?” I ask him concerned. Should I have been more concerned about all of this? “What the fuck is going on? Why do you have her house under surveillance, she’s been staying at my house?” I ask him irritated.
“It’s been under surveillance since the night at the bar. And your house is under surveillance, too,” Max says, like it’s not something that I should have been aware of.
“What the fuck, man?” I clip.
“I told you that I had it covered. Don’t go to her house, come straight here,” he says, and hangs up.
I don’t waste any time. I get in my car and drive straight to Max’s PI firm. When I get there, Adrian and Kyle are already there. Jax and Asher walk in the door a minute after I do. The worry in the pit of my stomach ignites into flames. Max walks out of his office with Levi, holding a gun in his hand. His eyes come to me as he puts it in his shoulder harness, holstering it. I take one look at his face and I see it. Something bad has happened. I don’t even think, I lunge across the room toward Max. He gave me his word, his promise, that Reno was gone. How could I be so stupid to blindly put the safety of the woman I love into the hands of another man? I should have never let her go by herself. I should have gone with her. What was I doing that was so important that I couldn’t take her? I was sleeping like a fucking loser, that’s what I was doing. Jax and Asher each grab an arm and pull me back.
“What the fuck is going on?” I shout.
“I fucked up, man,” Max says.
“You fucked up? Tell me what the hell is going on. Where is Savvy?” I bark, fighting to get out of Jax and Asher’s hold.
“We had a software switch over tonight. It was only down for forty-five minutes. It was supposed to be seamless. The live feeds were never supposed to go down during the switch over. I don’t know how this happened. We’re pulling up the backup footage now,” Max says.
“Why the fuck did you call me here? I should have gone to her house,” I yell. “Show me the surveillance footage now, or I’m out of here!” I roar.
“It’s probably that car of hers, this could be nothing,” Max says, holding up his hands.
“Calm your shit, and we’ll let you go,” Jax says.
“I’m calm,” I say, ripping my arms out of their grasp.
I follow Max into his video surveillance room while dialing Savvy’s cell. Again, there’s no answer. The rest of the men also pile in the small room. He has several screens set up with different vantage points. I don’t even know where most of these places are. They must be ongoing cases he has.
“Here, I’ve got it,” Levi says, pointing to the monitor in front.
I look at the monitor. It’s from across the street from Savvy’s condo. It’s from a high vantage point, maybe from a telephone pole or something. Then I see Ruby pull up to the curb. Savvy gets out of her car, then walks around to the back and opens the trunk. She waves at someone walking down the street. She walks to the curb, then stops and talks to a woman walking a dog. She pets the dog, waves bye to the woman, and then goes into her house. She comes back about five minutes later with an arm load of bags.
I should have gone with her.
She turns around to go back into the house again, and then there it is. The brown Chevy drives slowly down the street, then out of view. Savvy walks out again and places more things in her trunk.
I should
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