Chapter 28: Located
Carl pulled in right behind Mick and Beth in the Benz and followed them into the mansion where Josef, Jean, David and Kyle were waiting. Kyle had arrived a few minutes before and Josef had explained that the humans were going to be involved so he was knocked out with a gun not shot. They'd also cleaned up the blood which had matted at the back of his head.
"What do we have?" Mick wasted no time with introductions.
Kyle stepped forward, "I was assigned to watch Grace. We went to her place to get some more of her things. She asked for some space so I waited in the truck. Then a jogger came towards me and asked for the time, when I looked at my watch I was knocked out by the butt of a gun."
"How do you know it was a gun?" Carl asked.
Biting his lip he lowered his head, "I assume it was a gun given the weight of the blow." He continued hoping to move Carl along, "I had not seen a photo of the husband before but when I came too and went inside to check on Grace I saw the photo on the wall and recognized it as the man who knocked me out."
Carl pulled his phone from his pocket, "I'll call this in."
Josef's eyes flashed to Beth who pulled Carl's arm down, "You can't."
"Beth this is protocol."
Beth used her eyes and looked up at him with every bit she had, "I understand but we don't know who to trust. We know he has Wilkerson in his pocket…we can't risk him getting tipped off. He could kill her."
"Damn it," he muttered. "We do this your way for now."
Josef couldn't help but smirk at Mick. "Those eyes were a good touch," he added in sub tones.
"She's very good at getting what she wants," he added in sub tones catching Beth's eye.
Jean was pacing he room anxiously. "We have to find her before he kills her."
Beth moved over to her friend taking her by the shoulders, "I know this doesn't sound like good news but he went through a lot of trouble to frame her. He must want her alive for something so that works in our favor."
Jean nodded, "Where would he take her though?"
Beth smiled as she thought about it, "I think I have an idea. When I was tracking the money leaving his account I found some of it was used to purchase a couple of old warehouses. Let me just pull up the addresses."
Mick stood over Beth's shoulder as she used Josef's computer and plugged in her external hard drive with all of the case work on it. After a few minutes of locating each address on a map she brought it up on the larger screen. "Nolan has bought four properties that could be used to hold someone captive in the last 6 months."
Josef pulled out his phone, "I'll send someone to check out each one."
Carl stepped up, "You can't take this man down the police need to do that."
Josef sucked in a breath as he tried not to growl at the detective, "I'm sending me to check the building to see if anyone is there. If any show signs of activity they will call in and we'll have a team ready to go and you detective will be more than welcome to join in."
Mick pulled Carl away while Josef made his calls. "Don't worry about him Grace was very important to Jean and he doesn't like to see her upset."
Carl looked over at Jean who was trying to hold herself together but he'd seen enough of this in the past to know she was really a mess inside. Beth moved to Jean's side and comforted her while Josef barked orders. "I get it. I just…I can't believe some of the men I work with are dirty."
"They probably aren't but we don't know who is and who isn't and we can't risk tipping him off."
"I think I have an idea on how to find out…well for you to find out since this won't be strictly legal."
Mick smirked, "How can we help?"
Beth was sitting next to Jean helping her stay calm, "Hey we'll find her okay."
Jean nodded and looked up at Beth, "What about Kayla?" A distraction was what she needed.
"Candice is picking her up tonight. We called her on the way over here and let her know. Promised we'd call a little later and say goodnight."
"She is an angel."
Beth agreed, "She is. She makes it so easy being a mom. I never thought I'd be a mom and then she fell into our lives. I know it was a tragedy that brought her to us but in a way it was also a small miracle for us."
"My people are checking now. We should hear back soon."
Mick had just finished helping Carl when they got the call. "We got a location." Everyone hurried out to their vehicles. Mick gave Carl a nod and he knew things were set. Now they just had to rescue Grace, capture Nolan, and maybe even trap a dirty cop too.
To Be Continued…
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