Chapter 18
Asher squats next to Nick's lifeless body and presses two fingers to his neck to check for a pulse.
"Is he..."
He looks up at me and shakes his head. "No, he's still alive. It looks like he was whacked in the head pretty good though. The blood doesn't look very fresh, so it's possible this happened before Ryder got to him."
"Ryder wouldn't have known where to find Nick anyway. That means....he went after Kathryn..."
Asher jumps to his feet and tucks his gun into his pants. "Call an ambulance for him. I'm going to try Ryder's phone again."
He walks outside, leaving me staring down at Nick in shock. I'm glad he's not dead, but if Asher's right and his head wound looks too old for it to have been caused by Ryder, then who did this? Nick was always sort of an asshole, but h
