“Four. I saw three faces, but the fourth had his back to me.”
“Could it have been the cop Swartz?” Mack asked.
Her eyes widened. “Yes. In fact, I remember hearing his voice. I don’t know why I just remembered that. He was the one getting yelled at.”
So, they must have been talking about something they didn’t want anyone to hear, but how did they know she’d seen them? Why was she a threat to them now?
“We’ll talk to Brody tomorrow. He might have a few questions for you.”
She nodded. “That’s okay.”
Mack nodded. “Good. Let’s get some rest. Go and hop in the shower. We’ll be right up.”
“Okay.”
He waited until she was upstairs. “What do you think?”
“I can’t figure out how this ties together,” Jace said.
“I don’t either.” Fuck. This might get pretty messy, but he only worried about keeping Kaylin safe.
Chapter Twenty
Kaylin could feel the tension in Jace’s office as they waited for Brody.
“How bad is this?” she asked.
Mack rubbed her back. “We don’t know, but we don’t want you to worry.”
She almost snorted. “It’s kind of hard not to.”
“Let’s deal with one thing at a time,” Jace said.
She sighed and nodded.
Brody walked in with a file. “Good morning.”
“Good morning,” Mack said.
She could tell by the look in the cop’s eyes that he didn’t have good news.
Brody sat down and tapped the folder against his knee. “I received the pictures of the men in the alley. One was Swartz. Two of them belong to a mafia in town, but it’s not them I’m worried about. The last one is Deputy Chief Jackson. I’ve been working with I.A., and they suspected he was in on it but had no proof until now.”
She watched the expressions on the guys’ faces. “What happens now?”
Brody looked at her. “We protect you until Internal Affairs can take them down.”
“How long is that?” she asked.
Brody wiped a hand down his face. “Hell. We have no idea how long it will take to bring this group down. It could be today or years from now.”
“I won’t be able to deal with this for years,” she said. God, the thought of looking over her shoulder for even a few months would drive her crazy.
“You’ll deal with whatever happens because you’ll have us,” Mack said.
Her shoulders drooped.
“Why don’t you go into your office, baby? You can work on your writing,” Jace said.