Page 108 of Night Hawk
“I thought she was with you.” Clay held his breath.
“There’s a fire at the hotel.”
“A fire.” Clay’s heart dropped. “Toni. Is she—?”
“We were separated during the evacuation. When I got outside, she was driving off in a car with a woman in the backseat. She had a gun to Toni’s head.”
Gun? No.
“A woman? Who?” Clay asked though he knew Drake wouldn’t have an answer for him.
“Don’t know, but I got the plates,” Drake said. “Erik’s having someone at PPB run them, and he’s also pinging Toni’s phone.”
Clay gripped the edge of the table.Ursula.Had to be her. The woman who had no regard for life. The woman who’d sold out her fellow females. The woman who had people killed. Could she have taken Toni?
Dear God, no. Please, no.
Clay shared what they’d learned from Hibbard.
“Wow. Just wow.” Drake’s voice was unusually high. “Never figured she’d be behind this. I mean a female pimping out other females. That’s really low.”
“It tells us what kind of woman she is.” One who could easily kill Toni if she was the one holding her captive. “Hibbard says she’s the one behind trying to kill Toni and me, but she had Sharkey do her dirty work for her. Maybe with him behind bars, she had to take over.”
“There are security cameras on this side of the building, but to review the footage, I’ll have to wait for the fire department’s okay to enter the building.”
“Get in there as fast as you can.”
“Hang on,” Drake said. “My phone’s signaling a text.”
Clay’s gut churned as he waited for Drake to come back on the line. He couldn’t stand still, so he started pacing. Planning. Figuring out how to find Toni, but he hadn’t a clue where Ursula would have taken her.
Please let Hibbard give up Ursula’s location.
If, in fact, it even was Ursula who had Toni. Might not be her.
An icy chill settled over Clay, and he struggled to breathe.
“She’s driving a rental car,” Drake said. “Sharkey rented it three days ago.” He shared the vehicle’s make, model, and license plate.
Clay wrote down the info, his hands shaking so badly his writing was barely legible. “I’ll have Trent put out an alert, and Hibbard could always give up Ursula’s address. Hopefully that’s where she’s headed with Toni. If not, I have no idea how we’ll find them.”
“Not with her phone. Erik said it pinged at this location. I’ll look for it and let you know what I find. Erik also texted me Ursula’s photo so I can ask around to see if anyone saw her.”
“Keep me updated.” Clay disconnected and saw Trent and Blake leave the interview room.
Clay raced to the door. “Trent, a word. Now!”
Trent spun. “You want in on bringing Ursula in? Fine. Follow me.”
“No.” Clay grabbed Trent’s shoulder. “Toni’s been abducted. Looks like it’s Ursula in a car rented by Sharkey.” Clay handed the paper with the vehicle’s details to Trent and shared Drake’s call. “We need an alert put out on the car.”
“I’ll do it from my vehicle.” Trent spun. “Let’s move.”
“We need a plan,” Clay called after him.
“We’ll make one on the way.” Trent marched down the hallway.
Blake followed. “Hibbard told us where to find Ursula. She’s moving the girls tonight. We have to stop her.”
