Nox hated the prestigious driveway, the tall pillars. Fucking obnoxious door with its creepy gargoyle knocker. He hoped to hell he didn’t have to come here too often after he convinced Soph to marry him.
The door had opened before he had his car in park, and Anthony was walking down to him. “Good morning, Mr. Hogan.” He sounded a hell of a lot less pained now than on the phone.
“Mr. Bennett.” He nodded, walking around the front of the car.
“Thank you for coming. Inside, shall we?”
Nox followed behind the man, wary of whatever was going on and the news he’d wanted to share. As they stepped through Anthony’s office doors, two other men were there that he didn’t recognize.
“Mr. Hogan, these are Detectives Vichy and Cassidy. They have been investigating Rebecca and my suspicions.”
“Mr. Hogan.” They greeted him at the same time. He nodded and looked back to Anthony with a raised brow in question.
“Some things have come to light, Mr. Hogan.”
“It’s Nox, Anthony. I’m marrying your daughter, might as well use my name,” he told the man bluntly.
His shock was quickly masked but not before Nox caught a quick glimpse of it. “Right, then, Nox. Evidence has confirmed that it’s been Rebecca doing all these things to Sophia.”
Detective Cassidy took over. “There was DNA evidence belonging to Rebecca in the car that crashed into Miss Bennett, as well as the threatening notes. We can also put her cell phone in the same vicinity as the phone used to text Sophia. All evidence points to Rebecca working alone.”
Satisfied they could put the crazy woman away, he only had one question. “Why?”
Anthony looked saddened. “I always thought she was vindictive and mean to Sophia because I fell in love with the biological mother and that her jealousy was over any attention I gave to our daughter. I really did. What Sophia doesn’t know is that her real mother had another daughter. A daughter only two years older.” He pauses to look away and clear his throat. “Elianna has been trying to get in touch with Sophia and me for a few months now. Turns out Rebecca has been able to intercept nearly every contact.”
That was a bombshell Nox hadn’t been expecting.
“So you think this is because of her then?”
“Directly, no,” Vichy began to explain. “We believe Rebecca sees her as a threat to her entire life. That she may think Elianna will topple her world.”
“Then I don’t understand why Sophia is targeted?” He was getting frustrated again.
Anthony’s sigh had him looking back at the man. “Because if I didn’t want Sophia, Elianna wouldn’t be a problem. Rebecca sees Sophia as the problem, her only problem. To Rebecca, eliminating her is reasonable.”
His ears rang.
Eliminate.
They couldn’t possibly be saying…
The looks on their faces spoke the truth.
“You think she’s going to try and kill Sophia.” Nox didn’t voice it as a question. He knew the answer. “I have to go,” he rushed to say, turning for the door.
“Lennox, wait!” Anthony called as he was halfway to the door. “Rebecca’s in custody.” His feet stopped. His forward momentum nearly had him face-planting on the floor.
“You have her?” He looked to the detectives as they followed him.
“We do.”
“Will she make bail?”
“Even if she does, I won’t pay it, and I’ll make damn sure no bail bondsman in the state does either,” Anthony snarled.
“I thought she had money, too?”
“All the money is mine.” A sick smile played on his face.