Page 79 of Broken Daddy

“Asleep upstairs. She took her usual pill and Scotch mix. She’ll be out. I reset the alarm.”

“And he doesn’t know you’re behind him?”

“I’m not an idiot, Hayes,” Donovan snapped.

Okay. He’d never heard the other man get angry like that. He was always so easygoing.

“Right. Good. How did you overhear the phone call?”

“Oh, I bugged his office.”

What?

“I thought Kent said not to do that,” Hayes said in confusion. Had Kent changed his mind and not told him?

“Yeah, I ignored him.”

Fucking hell.

“Are you fucking nuts? Kent is our boss!”

“Yeah, what’s he going to do? Fire me?”

“Yes, you idiot! Or worse, Stein will find out and Kent’s reputation will be toast. He’ll sue. Kent will lose everything and we’ll all be out of jobs.”

There was silence.

“I don’t think I’ve heard you say that much.”

Hayes began praying for divine intervention. Because without that he was going to kill this stupid idiot.

“Tonight, we remove those bugs, got me?” Hayes said in a low voice.

“Got it. He’s entered a shady area of town.”

Yeah, Donovan wasn’t far from Hayes. Because Devi lived in that same fucking shady area.

“Shit, he’s gone into a parking garage. I’m going to park on the ground level and move in by foot.”

“Fucking wait for me,” Hayes demanded.

“Can’t do that, man. I have a feeling he’s meeting with the same guy he was talking to the other night. We need to know what is going on. Plus, he’s still the client, right? I’m simply protecting him.”

God, give him something. Patience, strength, he didn’t know what. But if he didn’t kill Donovan then he deserved a fucking medal.

Hayes pulled over half a block from the parking garage and, sticking to the shadows, he ran toward where the other man was.

Slowing, he moved quietly up several floors of stairs to Donovan’s location. He spotted Donovan crouching behind a large concrete post. Hayes moved carefully forward, choosing a post further away.

Donovan glanced around and he made a quick gesture to him. Then, shielding the light of his phone he sent him a message.

Hayes:I’m to your right and back.

He watchedas Donovan checked his phone. There was no light in here other than Stein’s car lights, which he still had on as he idled in a parking space.

What the fuck was he doing?

Donovan:Got it.