Page 89 of Shattered Dreams

“Yeah, Kelly was here. Listen, I want you to track Regi’s cell phone. Can you?—”

“Give me a sec,” Sabrina said, as tapping sounds echoed off the phone. “So… How’s Boom doing?”

“Who cares—he left.” Decker glared at the phone.

“What about the tracker on the truck?” I mouthed, thinking it was easier than tracking her cell phone. But what did I know.

Decker tapped the mute button, glanced at me and shrugged. “There’s no tracker. I checked my truck yesterday and there wasn’t any. I doubt Jay and that other dead idiot would have tagged it.”

I nodded in understanding and then offered, “I’m sorry about your friend.”

“He wasn’t my friend,” Decker said with indifference, then unmuted the phone.

“You know muting your phone doesn’t do anything. I can still hear what you’re saying,” Sabrina said with a chuckle, her fingers still tapping away.

My eyes widened, but Decker rolled his eyes. “If I wanted you to listen in on our conversation, I wouldn’t have pressed mute. If you do that again?—”

“Got it, bossman. Now, I, have,” a few more taps, “got her. She’s heading along Route 87. Her Waze app is marked for Elida, Ohio.”

“How do you know that?” I blurted out.

“It doesn’t matter,” Decker said. “Sabrina, can you get a rental car out here as fast as you can? Something non-descript.”

“Can’t Boom give us a ride?” I asked, but Decker glowered at me. I guessed that was a no.

“No worries. I got you, boo,” she snarked. The rapid sound of keys being tapped drowned out her chuckling.

“Why is she heading to Elida?” I questioned.

“I don’t know,” he hissed, limping away. “We will soon find out.”

Out of all the places Regina would run to, why back home? She had made it clear that she would never step foot in that town again.

“Krew.” Decker’s voice cracked like a whip—sharp and commanding.

I froze. My fists clenched tight before I even turned. I wasn’t some dog he could order me around. Baring my teeth, I spun to face him. “I know you’re pissed, but don’t take it out on me.”

“I’m sorry,” Decker said with a hint of remorse. “I’m fucking riled up and worried that Regi is going to do something stupid, and we won’t get there in time to safe her ass.”

The glimpse of the tired man in the doorway and I recognized the fear on his face. I strode up to him, leaned my forehead to his, and pulled him into me. “I know we have to get to our girl before she does something reckless. But babe, don’t bark at me again.”

“I’m sorry.” He kissed me, and we held each other for a little while.

Knowing Regina, she was going to confront Teke. And that was the last thing either of us wanted for her. Regina would lose, especially to my monster of a brother.

It took almost an hour before the rental car showed. It was a black 8 Series BMW Alpina Gran Coupe.

I whistled. “That’s not keeping it on the down low.”

“Fucking Christ. Sabrina,” Decker hissed before getting into the driver’s seat. “Get in, K. We’ve wasted enough time.”

I got in, and Decker took off like the proverbial bat out of hell. I just hoped that we got to Elida in time—before Regina set the town and Teke on fire.

And from the last messages I had with Teke, he was on a hair trigger. It wouldn’t take much to make him explode, and Regina would be the casualty.

Chapter Twenty-Seven

Decker