Page 24 of Merciless Obsession

I glared at his back. “You know this isn’t your house. You just can’t open my door!”

“Of course I can. Tu casa es mi casa.”

Ezra walked to the door, unlocked it, and pulled it open. His brothers were already waiting at the door and piled inside. I was surprised to see Cashlynn among them. Just like the pictures I’d seen of her, her face was blank and her eyes focused. I saw on Instagram Nazai had posted he was expecting his first kid. I didn’t know how far she was, but she had a noticeable baby bump. It wasn’t huge, she looked bloated more than anything. No one spoke as they walked past me to where my couch and love seat were.

“Make yourselves comfortable, I guess,” I mumbled. I walked to the dining room table and grabbed a chair from the table, sitting across from the love seat, but next to the couch so I could see everyone.

Ezra joined us and took the seat closest to me on the couch.

“I’ma jump right into it,” Nazai started. “We talked to my dad, and just like we told you, he had nothing to do with anything. The cops fucked up and he had no choice but to dismiss the case and let him go.”

My hands folded on my lap and I stared at him. He and his wife sat in the love seat across from me, looking like a power couple. She stared at me so intensely, hardly even blinking. It was eerie.

“And I’m supposed to take your word for it?”

His shoulders lifted. “You don’t have to, but it’s the truth. You can think what you want about my family, but we’re not bad people. The law doesn’t always do what it’s supposed to, so sometimes other actions need to be taken.”

I squinted and rolled his words over in my head. “When you say other actions, you mean…?”

He didn’t respond but it didn’t take a rocket scientist to read between the lines. I shifted my eyes to his wife.

“The Cavanas weren’t known to be good people, yet you married one.”

Cashlynn continued to stare blankly at me. “And your point?”

“I’m sure the apple didn’t fall far from the tree.”

A crude half smirk formed on her face. “Guess you’ll never know, huh?”

“Anyway, I got a proposition for you,” Nazai cut in.

“What is it?”

“Work with us.”

My brows furrowed. “Work with you?”

He nodded and leaned forward, resting his forearms on his knees. “You want to find out who’s running this trafficking ring, right? Regardless of what you believe about us, we don’t take kindly to people who hurt children. We have ways to get things handled when the police fail.”

Circling the room with my eyes, I studied each brother. “What are you saying, you guys are some kind of vigilantes?” I snorted.

“Bumblebee, just know we’re not so different from each other. You just decide to spread the news while we take care of it.” Ezra grinned at me.

My bottom lip tucked into my mouth. “You’re resourceful but you’re not going to catch these guys, not by yourself. Work with us and we’ll find out who’s behind this thing together.”

“And why should I join you?”

Lucas spoke up. “I don’t believe Adrian is dead. If she was taken and thrown into this fucking trafficking ring then I want to know.”

I licked my lips and brushed some flyaway curls out of my face. “I looked into your friend’s disappearance. I didn’t get toofar because I was interrupted.” I frowned and rolled my eyes. “But it doesn’t make sense to me.”

“What doesn’t?”

I leaned forward. “Your friend didn’t fit their normal criteria, her cousin did, yet they killed her and not your friend. It doesn’t add up. I need to look more into it, but it doesn’t fit what I’ve learned about these people over the years.”

“I want to look at your files,” Emmet said for the first time. I had actually forgotten he was there. “I didn’t have enough time to get through all your spyware and encryption to learn everything you know.”

“And why should I share anything with you?”