He looked up when we entered.
“Marcus, this is India Savage and Ally Nightingale,” Lee said then turned to me. “This is Marcus Sloan.”
So this was Marcus.
He stood and shook our hands. I knew by the way he greeted us that he knew who we both were before the introductions.
He wasn’t creepy, like Wilcox. He didn’t look Ally or me over. He was all business, by the look of his expensive suit, big business, maybe a little dirty business, but he was professional and, you could tell, totally sane. He was still kind of scary, I didn’t know why I thought that, he just was.
Lee ran down what happened outside Liks for Marcus. It was embarrassing, sounding like schoolyard antics being discussed by the teachers. Lee and Marcus were not the type of men who messed around with ice cream cones.
Marcus listened to Lee without reaction.
“You’re being patient,” Marcus commented when Lee was done.
“My patience just ran out,” Lee replied.
A chill ran down my spine the way Lee said that. Something was happening here, something not about Rosie and The Kevster and ice cream cones.
“They didn’t even look at me,” I cut in, I probably shouldn’t have but what happened this afternoon was not about me, it was about Rosie.
Marcus ignored me.
“Your next move?” he asked Lee.
“Do a sweep. Come tonight, Coxy’s out of commission.”
Holy crap.
That didn’t sound good.
Marcus nodded then his eyes came to Ally and me.
“Nice to meet you,” he said politely and, without another word, he left.
I turned to Lee. “What just happened?”
Lee sat on the edge of his desk, leaned forward and grabbed my hand, pulling me to his side. I leaned a hip against the desk and looked at him. Ally moved in closer.
“Rosie and Kevin are going to a safe house. Hank set it up for them. I’m sendin’ Mace out to pick up Coxy’s boys, all of them. I want Coxy vulnerable before the show.”
“What show?” I asked.
Lee didn’t answer.
Uh-oh.
“Lee –”
“I’m done f**kin’ around. Tonight, it ends.”
“What about the mob?” I asked.
“The mob?” Ally cut in.
“Don’t worry about it,” Lee said.
I put my hands on my hips.