“Might be. Mom agrees. Marv found out about being passed over late yesterday. The fact that he disappeared off the face of the earth is probably not a good thing.”
“He might have been in contact with people who would investigate Scott. We both know that Marv has a real petty streak,” El said.
Her phone buzzed and she looked down. “Sam said that there were a few texts sent out to a staffer for the Senate Intelligence Committee from Marv’s phone.”
“Fuck, that asshole,” El said.
“What’s going on?” Seth asked.
They gave him a rundown on everything that happened.
“Dammit. Sam said they found blood…a lot of it in Marv’s car.” Her face was pale, worry darkening her eyes. “I had my issues with Marv, but I need him to be okay.”
She was right. She had good reason to never talk to Marv again after what happened three years ago, but he was like family, so he understood.
Her phone went off again, and she looked down at it.
“Eden?” Kap asked.
She drew in a deep breath and looked up. For a few moments, she looked lost, as if everything in her life was about to be ruined. Then, he saw her straighten to her full height. “Just more details on the car. None of it looks good.”
He nodded.
“I need a sec.”
“Are you okay?”
She smiled. “I’m fine. Just need to splash some water on my face and clear my mind.”
“Sure thing.”
He watched her head off down the hall that led to the bathrooms, then he rejoined the discussion.
“There isn’t much we can do from here. First, it didn’t happen here in Hawai’i,” Del said.
“Our other problem is that we don’t even know if this has anything to do with our investigation,” Adam commented.
As they went round and round about what this meant for the investigation—which he knew in the end would lead to nothing at the moment—Kap’s gut started to churn. Something was wrong, but he couldn’t put his finger on it. He glanced at the clock and realized it had been close to fifteen minutes since Eden had walked off.
He frowned and started off in the direction of the bathrooms. Even without turning around, he knew that El was following him.
“What’s up?”
“Your sister has been gone for a while.”
El grunted but said nothing else as he followed him. He knew he couldn’t just barge into the women’s bathroom, so he knocked. The door opened to reveal Nikki.
“Is Eden in there?”
“No. It was empty when I came in.”
Fuck. He whipped around and pulled up their security cameras. They all had access to them. Flicking through the history, he found the door that would allow Eden to slip away unnoticed. She even glanced up at the camera, her eyes sad, her expression telling him she was sorry. Of course, she knew that he would see it.
“Get hold of Sam,” he told El as they hurried back into the common room. “Ask her to find your sister.”
He was on the phone, already waiting for an answer.
“What’s wrong?” Seth asked. Everyone turned around.
