"Hell no, it didn't belong to him. I told him what his percentage would have been and how he even now owed Nicole and Mrs. Gray money that didn't belong to him. He was livid-what?"
Ethan grabbed his shoes and shoved them on. "We need to get to Nicole."
"Why?"
"I have a feeling; Marvin still intends to get that money."
"He can't get it. Not unless Nicole is..." His voice faltered. "Should I have given the money to him, Ethan?"
"The bastard deserves a kick in the ass above all things. That money rightfully belongs to her grandmother and Nicole."
Parker followed him out and they drove Parker's tan Lexus S-Class to the hospital where Nanna was at. On the way Ethan called the detective working on the case against Marvin and told him to meet them at the hospital. Parker stayed in the car and waited for him in front of the hospital.
When he entered Nanna's room Cleo immediately asked him, "What are you doing here?"
"Where's Nicole?"
"She's supposed to be meeting you in ten minutes at your site near downtown. You sent her a message this afternoon."
"I didn't send anything."
Cleo looked a little confused. "She showed me the note. It said to meet you at the site. You wanted to talk."
Ethan remembered the missing keys and his heart pounded in fear. "How long ago did she leave?"
"About twenty minutes ago. If traffic wasn't bad she should be arriving in my car in about five."
He handed Cleo the detective card after he wrote something on the back. "Call him on the cell number and tell him to meet me at the address on the back. Let him know there might be trouble and he needs to hurry."
Cleo caught his arm. "Is she in trouble?"
"I don't know." He rushed out and jumped back in Parker's car. "Let's get down to the site."
Upon arriving at the site by the back entrance, the security vehicle was strangely parked near the front of the opened gate. Parker stopped his own vehicle nearby and they walked up to the vehicle.
"He's dead," Parker said before Ethan got a close up look to see the neck slashed. Ethan looked around the place and saw Cleo's car parked at the front entrance. She wouldn't have seen this so she was walking right into a trap. He went to the security trailer to find the gun the personnel always left in the top cabinet, but it was missing. Parker followed him and let him know the gun on the officer was missing as well.