Chapter 211: Second Thoughts
After Jamal’s conversation with Abigail, Jamal sat at his desk and briefly considered acting on his own and getting Abigail and Josh far away from Ryan, or talking to Tom and telling him he couldn’t keep waiting for them to make a decision. He wouldn’t let Tom or anyone convince him otherwise to keep them here.
Before he could make up his mind, Tom’s call came in and he frowned, wondering if Tom had gotten his friend to hack his mind too and could read his thoughts.
He walked away from his desk and stepped out of the office as he received the call. "I was just thinking about calling you..."
"We found Karen Combs. Ryan did. We let him lead us to her." Tom’s tone was grave and it made Jamal pause.
He could tell there was more to what Tom was saying. Was that the reason Ryan had made an impromptu trip? He had given Ryan the number after he announced his trip to Abigail, so how did he find her so quickly?
"Why do you sound like you’re upset? Did something happen? Did you find out what Karen knows?" Jamal’s tone was low as he looked outside the glass window at the end of the hallway. The area was the most private on their floor and no one could hear him.
Tom let out a deep breath. Ever since Barry sent him the conversation between Ryan and Karen he has been torn. He didn’t know all the details, but from the little he had heard, he had gotten the picture.
It wasn’t greed that had driven Ryan as they had all thought. It had all been a well targeted revenge plan and that made it a really dicey situation. What made it worse was knowing that Hunter Quinn’s son, Callan, was connected to Ryan. He ran his finger through his hair.
Honestly, part of him couldn’t blame Ryan. Leaving sentiments aside and the fact that Abigail was related to him, he’d probably do worse than Ryan did if anyone laid a hand on Lucy. He’d burn the whole world and not care about a single soul. Or maybe not, but he’d never know.
One could never really know what they were capable of, until they experienced something painfully devastating enough to bring out the monster in them. And that was exactly what he guessed had happened to Ryan.