Chapter 10

CHAPTER 10

Myrah

“ S till nothing?” Rowan asks, walking into the break room.

I shake my head, looking up from the phone I’ve had my eyes glued to for the last three days. Knox still hasn’t called after hanging up on me. Not even during his usual prison allotted call time. God, he was so mad about Zig. The look on his face…

She takes the seat next to mine, placing her food by my untouched plate. “He’ll come around. There’s no way he’s going to let Zig come between you two. I promise. And I’m sure when you go to visit him this weekend everything will be fine.”

I shrug my shoulders. I’m not even sure he’ll see me. For all I know, he’s taken me off his approved list and I’ll be turned away at the prison door.

“By the way, I need to tell you something, but you have to keep it a secret.” She looks around the room but we’re the only two in here. “I told Ryker about the cop that’s been creeping around, and he said that the guy is a dirty cop. Ryker’s working discreetly to build a case against him and a few others he knows are bad news, but he’s having a difficult time getting hard evidence. He said an old buddy of his is helping now and working on recovering some surveillance footage that was deleted.”

My stomach suddenly jolts to life. Deleted footage? Maybe that means they’ll find the lost dash cam footage from my brother’s case. Before I can even speak my thought, Rowan continues. “I already told him all about Knox and what happened, and Ryker said that he’s going to make sure your brother gets the justice he deserves.”

Hope and relief come rushing in. Finally, someone is fighting for what’s right, working on my brother’s side for once, and will hopefully uncover the truth. My intuition was right about Ryker. He’s one of the last few decent law-abiding officers still out there.

“You need to give that man a seriously big kiss for me.” I smile, reaching for my fork, my appetite returning for the first time in three days.

Her cheeks pinken, eyes turning down to her plate. I’m dying to press her for details and find out exactly why she’s blushing over what I just said, but there’s one thing I know about my best friend: she keeps her emotions locked down. I’m still not sure how deep she is with her mom’s boyfriend, but it’s obvious she’s struggling with her feelings toward the man. I just hope that whatever happens between them doesn’t interfere with him working on my brother’s case.