Chapter 25
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AFTER NOT HEARING FROM Raptor for two hours, I decided to call him. For some reason, I couldn’t get Raina out of my mind and was curious as to what she was up to and if she’d met up with Cole. “What’s going on?”
“We’re in Waterloo, Iowa,” he said.
“Really?”
“Yeah.”
“She hasn’t spotted you?”
“I don’t think so.”
“Okay. Call me back when you know something more.”
“Okay.”
I hung up the phone and decided to take a drive over to Griffin’s to check on things. When I arrived, Cheeks was there, managing the bar.
“Hey, hot stuff,” she said, happy to see me. “Want a beer?”
“No, I’m not staying,” I replied, looking toward the stage. It was Happy Hour and the place was packed. “New stripper?”
“Yeah. Don’t you recognize her?”
“No,” I replied.
“Try looking at her face,”
