Page 88 of Righteous Enforcer
"Understood."
I end the call and stare at the empty bed, hardening my heart against the memory of her touch.
Of how I’d once again given her parts of me no one else has ever had. But it meant nothing to her.
She could cut my heart out with a dull blade and it still wouldn’t hurt as much as I hurt now.
I leave my room, deciding work, perhaps killing someone who needs to die, will distract me.
It doesn’t work well.
Every minute that passes feels like an hour.
Eva has a several-hour head start, and with each passing second, she's putting more distance between us. Between me and my daughter.
I think about Mirabella. Is she confused? Scared? Does she miss me?
The next thought has me calling a few of my men. “Put extra men watching Ivan and his goons. Let me know what they’re up to,” I order. The last thing I need is for Ivan to find her first.
It’s hours later before my phone vibrates with Gabriel’s call.
"Talk to me," I answer immediately.
"We've got something. Security footage from Port Authority shows a woman matching her description with a small child purchasing tickets to D.C. at around 4 a.m.”
“D.C.?”
“Yeah, but she got off in Philly. She’s on a train heading south to Florida, Miami.”
Florida. I guess that’s a smart move.
It’s far from New York.
But she has to know I’m going to hunt her down.
She wouldn’t make it this easy.
In fact, she’s already shown her hand, but buying bus tickets to Washington D.C., but getting off in Philadelphia… she’ll do the same on the train.
The question is where?
"I need eyes on every station between Philadelphia and Miami," I order. "Every single stop that train makes. I want facial recognition running on all surveillance footage."
"Already on it. I've got a team monitoring the cameras remotely. If they step foot on a platform, we'll know."
I’m eager to get myself on the train, but I know I’ll just as easily miss her as find her if I don’t wait for Gabriel’s intel. “The moment you spot them, I want to know. And Gabriel? Keep an eye out for any Russians. If the Bratva is tracking her too…"
"Understood.”
I end the call and pull up the train route on my phone.
There are way too many stops on the long journey.
Eva could disappear at any of them.
But not this time. This time, I'll be waiting.
My phone buzzes with a text from Alessandro.
