I hesitated, not sure what I wanted to reveal at this moment. "I'm still waiting to talk to him," I said. It was partly true. "Is there anything else, Jeremy?"

"I did some research into the death of Kade's father."

I licked my lips as I looked across the counter at Kade, whose expression had turned to stone. "What did you find out?"

"The robbery occurred after an event at a private estate, owned by billionaire real-estate developer James Holden. The crew took jewelry worth about ten million dollars at that time, probably double that now, two paintings valued at over a million dollars each, and about five-hundred thousand dollars in cash."

"That's a lot of cash."

"It is. The police believe the crew got access to the estate before the party started and hid away until after the event ended, as there was no evidence of forced entry. It was also believed that it could have been an inside job as the private security firm had the alarm codes. There was some speculation that Kade's father was part of it, since he was supposed to have left with the other security personnel. One theory suggested he gave the crew access, but there was a disagreement, and he ended up getting shot."

"No fucking way," Kade said loudly.

"I guess Kade is there. A heads-up would have been nice, Brynn," Jeremy said dryly.

"That didn't happen, Jeremy," Kade said, moving closer to me and the phone.

"I'm just telling you what I saw in the police report," Jeremy said. "Apparently, your father had been arrested for petty theft when he was in his late teens and was involved in a gang."

"That was when he was a kid, running with a bad crowd. He got his life together. He did not let that crew into the house."

I saw the anger in Kade's eyes, as well as a hint of uncertainty. We both wanted to believe in our fathers, but now we had questions.

"I'll keep looking into it," Jeremy said. "Anything new on your end?"

"A lot," I said with a sigh. "Someone tried to kidnap me last night. The police have him in custody, but he was hired off the dark web. Maybe you can check in with Inspector Greenman and see if you can help."

"Of course. Are you all right? I just spoke to your brother-in-law; he didn't mention anything about a kidnapping."

"He doesn't know. I'd appreciate it if you would let me talk to my sister and brother-in-law about what happened."

"All right. Take care of yourself."

"I'm trying," I said, ending the call.

"Jeremy is wrong," Kade told me. "My father was a good man. He tried to stop that robbery. He wasn't there to participate in it. I would bet my life on that."

"It was just a theory, Kade."