The waiting room was filled with Lisa’s family and friends, and the whole staff from Top there for both her and Linc. All those people who loved her and he was going to disappoint them all because that girl was his and she was coming home with him.

“Did he hit her with something? Like he took out Linc?” The night had been such a crazy one. He’d had to talk to cops and give Big Tag a rundown on what had happened. The problem was he wasn’t sure what had happened.

Why had Biondo tried to take her? Why hadn’t he killed her then and there? It would have been easy to put a bullet in her brain, but he’d tried to kidnap her. Hell, the infamous assassin hadn’t even taken out Linc. He’d hit the man over the head, but Linc had only a minor concussion. He was already sitting up in his hospital bed, eating popsicles and flirting outrageously with all the nurses.

“I don’t think Biondo hurt her physically at all. I believe she hit her head while she was inside the trunk,” Will explained. “I talked to her after we did her CT. She said Biondo told her he wanted to talk to her. She said he didn’t say a thing about gas or killing her. She said he wanted to talk and then they could go on with their lives.”

“Assassins lie,” Remy said. It didn’t make any sense. What could he want to talk about?

“Don’t assassins tend to assassinate?” Will asked, altogether too reasonably.

Remy sighed and leaned against the wall. “Yes. I don’t know what happened tonight, but I’m going to find out. Big Tag is already looking into it. Will, I’m sorry. I thought we were safe at Top.”

“It sounds a lot like you were,” Will replied. “It sounds like if you hadn’t been there and you hadn’t moved as quickly as you did, he would have gotten away with her.”

“Damn it, Will. Why the fuck are you being reasonable? I nearly lost her. You should be punching me, fucking firing me.” He would feel better if the man did. There was a restless anger in his gut that wouldn’t go away.

“Remy, you did exactly what I asked you to do. Hell, you did more. You got her a job to distract her from her trouble. A job in a safe place, and then you watched over her. You saved her when the time came. It was always going to come. It’s why we were willing to pay you so damn much. And beyond that, you care deeply about my sister. I can tell. This isn’t merely a job for you. The EMTs talked to me.”