Page 154 of Protecting Peyton

“I said sit. We’ve got you closer to him than you’ve ever been.”

O’Connor glared at me, then finally sat.

Constance hid her smirk as she focused her eyes on the table in front of her.

Pete had kept his mouth shut, but gave me an imperceptible thumbs up as he combed his hair back with his hand.

“I can’t find any other properties,” Jordy answered.

Lucas pointed a finger at the detective. “Cameras are faster and more accurate than people’s hazy memories.” His voice had returned to normal. “You should know that.”

“Sure are,” Jordy added.

O’Connor took a moment to respond. “Then show me.”

“Narrowing the area,” Jordy announced.

I got up to see his laptop.

He waved me back. “Hold on. I’ll put it up on the projector.”

The large screen at the end of the room came alive with a map and a circle in red that slowly reduced in area.

“Where does Chen work?” Lucas asked.

“Hold on. There’s only one of me,” Jordy shot back. “And being a wizard isn’t easy.”

“If it was easy, we wouldn’t need you, little brother.” This had to be the third time I’d heard Lucas use that line on Jordy.

It was torture to be reduced to helpless waiting.

Jordy pumped his fist. “Gotcha. She was within that radius when she made the call.” He squinted at the screen. “Near Pico and Broadmore.” He leaned back in his chair.

“You sure?” O’Connor asked.

I thought Jordy was going to react, but Lucas beat him to it. “I’d suggest not questioning my brother’s capabilities again, or I’ll allow him to max out your credit cards, empty your bank accounts, and ruin your credit history. He can do that in less than three minutes. I’ve timed him.”

The blood drained from O’Connor’s face. “Sorry.”

To me, the douchebag did not look at all like he was sorry.

“That’s great, now cameras?” Lucas prodded. “And where Chen works.”

Jordy got back to work. “There’s a lot of nearby cameras. This will take a while.”

Lucas nodded. “Divide the work. Pete, you stay and help Jordy go through the video. Now, let’s mount up and get there to be in position for when Jordy and Pete tell us where she went. Two teams. Constance, you’re with me in alpha team. Zane, you’re bravo team and O’Connor rides with you.”

The detective gave me a withering look, but didn’t object.

Pete’s mouth opened for a second.

I shook my head at him to keep it zipped.

He looked like he wanted to be out with us, where the action was, but heeded my warning. Lucas had given us assignments, and arguing would only slow us down.

I followed Constance and O’Connor to the door.

Lucas held me back when I reached it.