Page 235 of The Silent Note


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Unable to contain myself, I whirl around and slam my fist into the hood of Dutch’s car.

My wife is pregnant, and all I want to do is hug her, but I don’t know where the hell she is right now.

“We need to find them,” Dutch barks.

“Wewillfind them,” I correct him.

At that moment, all our phones light up with a message.

“What the hell,” Sol exclaims, shock tightening his face.

Playing on my phone is a clip of two women being dragged into a van. It’s too filmy to make out any details, but I am one hundred percent sure that second, unconscious woman is my wife.

I told Grey that yellow looked amazing against her skin and she bought a yellow jumpsuit that made me want to stay home with her instead of leaving for school. The video is black and white but I’d recognize those curls and that mini-skirt from this morning anywhere.

In the video, the vehicle speeds away and the footage ends.

My throat closes up. “Who the hell is this, Finn? The yakuza?”

“I don’t know.”

“What do you mean you don’t know?” Dutch asks darkly. His voice bristles with the promise of death.

“I don’t know what’s going on,” Finn mumbles, his eyes panicked.

“We’re going to find them,” I say, my voice as sharp as a knife.

There is not a universe where I can exist without Grey. I promised her I’d burn the world down if she needed me to.

Whoever took my wife and unborn baby is about to see their world turn to ash.

Jinx: Hello Princes of Redwood,

Did you get my gift? This secret keeper is ready to lay out all her cards. Why? Because I have something you want and you have something I need.

You don’t know me yet, but soon, I’ll be closer than your next secret.

See you soon,

Jinx