Chapter 64

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sixty-four

Gage ran into the warehouse. Saw two men sprawled on the floor.

Were either of them Austin?

His heart lodged in his throat as he searched for his friend.

Then movement in the shadows caught his eye.

Gage aimed his gun.

“It’s just me.” Austin strode from the shadows. “I got them both.”

Relief washed through Gage.

He felt incredibly grateful now for all their training.

It appeared that most of the danger was over.

Until sirens sounded outside.

The next instant, several police officers flooded the space.

Good. They would arrest Graham, and the man would finally learn his lesson.

Gage’s relief was only temporary.

Another man strode inside behind the uniformed cops.

Mario.

Gage’s throat tightened.

The man glanced around, hands on his hips like he owned the place.

As his officers checked out the men lying on the floor, Mario walked straight to Gage.

The man observed him a moment before letting out a grunt.

“You do this?” Mario nodded toward the bodies.

Gage shrugged. “They were going to kill Nia.”

“Sounds like you have a lot of explaining to do.” His gaze hardened. “Where is she?”

Gage nodded toward the office. Even though Mario was a jerk, he didn’t think the man would hurt Nia. Especially not in a place like this with so many people around.

But the guy could make her life more difficult.

Gage would fight with everything inside him to make sure that didn’t happen.

Nia had peered out from the office. Had seen Gage was okay.

Relief flooded her. Praise God.

Then she watched as Mario stepped inside the office. As his officers apprehended Graham, she lowered the gun onto the table and began to untie her sister .

But she couldn’t ignore the smug look on Mario’s face.

“What have you gotten yourself into now?” he chided as he shook his head and let out a tsk-tsk .

“My friends and I brought down this man who has not only had at least two people killed but also who abducted my sister.” She nodded to Sophia as she continued to untie her. “Graham was also planning on selling dangerous technology to some less than honorable people who wanted to use it to hurt others. You should be thanking me right now.”

Surprise flickered in his gaze but quickly was replaced with vengeance. “You fled a crime scene last night.”

“That’s your biggest worry right now?” She shook her head in disgust. “I guess I shouldn’t be surprised.”

“There’s a lot about me that might surprise you,” he muttered.

Nia freed her sister’s arms, and the two pulled each other into a hug.

Mario stared at them and let out a grunt before stepping back. “I’ll have questions for both of you.”

Nia and Sophia held on to each other. “Of course.”

“Don’t go anywhere.”

He was in over his head, Nia realized. Not just with this case. But with his job. With the compromising situations he’d put himself in.

This man was no leader.

He was a bully.

He stepped out of the room to answer some questions from his guys .

She instantly relaxed as soon as he was gone.

This was over, Nia realized. There would still be a lot of questions. A lot of answers that she needed to give.

But Graham wouldn’t hurt anyone else.

And Nia needed to destroy this app before it did any more harm than it already had.