Page 101 of Iron

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX

Iron

“What have you got so far?” I asked as I entered Cable’s room.

He sat up straight and stretched out his back.

I knew before he even turned to face me that there wasn’t a stitch of clothing on the brother. It didn’t even faze me at this point.

“They still have the mom in holding while they figure out what to do. She was booked five days ago.” He gave a sad shake of his head. “I haven’t found any emails indicating that they’ve reached out to any of the surrounding departments or the FBI. And as far as I can tell, they haven’t made any attempts to talk to anyone here.”

My brows pinched as I tried to figure out why they hadn’t made any kind of move.

“Honestly,” Cable said, “it seems like they haven’t done much of anything.”

I let out a long breath as I thought about what to do next.

“What are you thinking, Prez?” he asked, giving me his full attention.

“There has to be some reason that they haven’t reached out.”

He nodded like he had thought the same thing.

“Need to figure out what the fuck that reason is,” I said giving him a look.

“I can’t tell you all that much about the town. Small, like Moon Hill small. But it’s also spread out more. The impression that I get is it’s a bunch of people that own acres and acres of land. You know, those types that like to post those No Trespassing signs everywhere.”

“Paranoid, gun-toting folks?” I asked with a raised brow.

“Yeah, and mix that in with crazy religion, you have yourself a town full of people that might want to keep their shit on the down low.”

“Super religious people?”

“Yep,” he answered with a nod as he reached for his mouse and clicked to pull up an image for me to see. “There’s one church in the town. One big, evangelical church.”

I took in the huge building that had very few windows. It was plain and looked more like a shelter than anything.

All the shit that Ingram and Ky had gone through flashed in my mind.

“It’s run by a man named William Sampson,” Cable said. “And get this, he is the brother of the sheriff and uncle to the two deputies.”

“Fuck,” I breathed out.

That could be a good thing for us. If they were trying to hide things then they wouldn’t want to get other law officials involved. They would want to keep things as quiet as possible in order to stay as invisible as they could.

On the other hand, if they were shady, there was no telling what lengths they would go through to cover up shit.

“Why do you think they want the girl so bad?” he asked.

“Midori? I’m not sure.”

“Maybe you should find out why she’s so important. I don’t know. It could just be a control thing, but what if it’s not.”

“Yeah, she could be hidin’ shit. But I know Petra and I don’t want to fuck up the trust she has with Midori. If you lose Petra’s trust it’s not something you’ll ever get back. What if what Midori is keeping to herself isn’t something all that big?”

“Rock and a hard place, Prez.”

I chuckled.