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Nathan didn’t like the sound of that He wasn’t too sure they should have told him as much about Volto If he took down Volto, they’d owe him a lot more

Besides, when it came to Volto, he was deter, after the swiot them all sick After so much of what they’ve done to theerous Crazy

But he couldn’t stop Raet to him first

Ra to shake “I’ll be in touch Give me a call if there’s any updates”

“You’re keeping Sang out of this, right?” he asked, shaking hands with him “You sure? We need this She needs it”

“You said I did” He held up the bag, showing him before he put it on his back “But if you don’t keep her out of trouble, I won’t be able to help it Lord knows David is going to be in so it solo, but he knows the streets, knows the people Goes into territory other cops won’t”

“And you trust him?”

“As far as I can throw him,” Ramirez said “But he won’t talk if I tell him not to”

Ramirez left Nathan sat back down in the chair at the table He tapped his fingers against the surface, the sound echoing in the kitchen

Sang spent the night with Kota And as far as he knew, Kota was having a conversation with Erica He wasn’t sure how deep he’d go into describing the Acade, but he hoped Erica would understand

After last night, though, this s for Kota The AcadeWould Erica see theet out of it? Would she even understand why they were in the middle of all this in the first place?

And ould Kota do if she did make such demands?

A door opened, the one to his father’s bedrooone” His eyes were shadowed His white shirt rinkled, the sleeves rolled up to near his elbows They’d all been up all night over this

“I know,” Nathan said He looked up at him

Gabriel appeared behind Victor His hair ild above his head, the blond sticking up and out from his face “You didn’t tell him about the rest of us”

“Let’s keep what he knows to a minimum,” Nathan said “We’ve told hiation at some point”

“Shouldn’t we trust hi hiator”

Nathan raised an eyebrow “So?”

“Couldn’t we get his help withyou knowthe whole Sang’s h his network”

“More than we can do?” Victor asked “I don’t know I think he’d get as far as we did With waiting to get information from people on’t talk to us There’s no way Marie or anyone in Sang’s faer and not us”

Nathan chewed on his lower lip He didn’t like the sound of so, like the potential underage rape and all of that, he’d have to report it He’s a private investigator They still have to follow sos We’re asking a lot for him to not include her at all”

“Maybe we could look into him,” Gabriel said He pressed a palm to his forehead “I don’t know After all this, I’ everyone Even Hendricks went off the rails this tiht be next?”

There was a knock at the door Victor yanked his phone out before any of the others could, checking Nathan’s app and the camera feeds “It’s Danielle And Marie”

“Speaking of devils,” Gabriel said and then looked toward the door “Should I get it?”

“No, I will,” Nathan said He waved to them silently There was no doubt Danielle knew soht The police car in the front yard was enough to coht with Sang at the diner

She didn’t go to school, since they didn’t drive them today Maybe he should have made sure she went before he talked to Ramirez

But then, most of them were too busy to keep her contained to the music room

Nathan went alone to the front door Danielle wore jeans and a large, loose shirt, part of it hanging off of one shoulder Marie stood back, a bit away fro frazzled in a simple pair of jeans and a T-shirt

She didn’t want to be here He couldn’t blaood time,” he said

“Really?” Danielle said with an irritated tone “Do you want to tell me about why you were outside with cops all over the place last night? Becauseme a lot of questions about where I was They found out I was gone and thought I was in the middle of that”

“Good,” he said He ihbors, Danielle’s o hoht and you didn’t listen”