He leaned down, holding her arms above her head, and kissed her. Their kiss grew deeper, and soon she had her legs wrapped around his waist. Then they heard the phone ringing.
She pulled her lips from his.
“We have to see who that is.”
He kissed along her neck then nibbled a little harder.
“Please, Bryant.”
The phone kept ringing.
“We have to,” she scolded.
He released her arms and crawled over her toward the side table and the phone.
“Hello.”
“What’s wrong with you?” Kenny asked.
“I’m kind of in the middle of something.”
Kenny sounded annoyed.
“Get Lena on the phone, it’s important.”
“Here, it’s Kenny,” he told her then handed her the phone.
* * * *
She felt her belly ache and concern filled her.
“Yes?”
“I heard from the detective. They need to know some of the locations Triumph and his gang hide out at.”
“Why? What happened?”
Kenny was silent a moment as Lena looked at Bryant who now sat up and leaned against the couch on the floor.
“The results came back from the lab. There were multiple sets of fingerprints and also semen found on Ariel’s body. Because Triumph and his friends have been arrested before, their prints are on file. The detective has multiple matches.”
“Oh my God, Kenny. Does that mean they did it? The police think that they have enough evidence?”
“They need to question them. Any ideas of where they can start?”
Lena began to ramble off a set of different hidden locations. Then she added information about Bills and Troy and how they would get jealous of Triumph.
“Maybe the detectives could use that information to get Troy, Monte, and Bills to confess?”
“Maybe. Oh, and there was no sign of Sage where they looked.”
Lena felt her belly quiver.
“Wonderful. I’m telling you that I taught her to hide well. If word gets out on the street about the police investigation or that the cops are looking for Sage, Triumph will go after her. I can go there and be back in less than twenty-four hours.
“No!” she heard both Kenny and Bryant exclaim.
She looked at Bryant, and he gave her his stern expression.