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The er lashed out I shoved hi kids out of this You tell your boss to go fuck himself Whatever James did, he did on his own I had no hand in it"

He put his hands in the air, "I aer, I didn’t have to warn you I wanted to warn you You have to run, Mrs Evans Run and never look back"

I looked down atmy eyes on him and shookhouse My husband er his children"

The emotion crept back into his eyes, "He obviously didn’t think he had a choice, and I think if you stay, you’ll see that you don’t either Knowing my employers, James did what he did to keep you and the kids safe"

I scowled and walked back toward my house, "He died" It was bullshit, somehow it had to be

He called after me, "He did His usefulnessfast and pulled me back to him, "No matter what, if you stay, don’t let your usefulness run out"

I looked at the severity in his eyes and jerked ed back to my driveway I turned and watched him clirew as I wondered what the fuck had just happened, and what the even-bigger fuck James had done to me? Was I really that stupid? Had I really been that blind?

Chapter Two - The Con job

The phone rang froe as I sat on the bed and stared at his pilloanted to burn the damned pillow in the outdoor fireplace, but I was scared of the set out of control and burn the house to the ground Ideas flashed through my head as I wondered if we could fake our deaths? I kne, but I needed docuet anymore

I looked at a pants cruhed Who was I kidding? I hadn’t worked in too long to rerabbed his pillow and threw it across the rooed but it turned into a sob The ringing of the phone in the package never see to drive me insane

We had been partners once How could he have kept secrets so serious that they endangered his kids and me? I wondered if the bad man knew about thethose women too or just me?

I racked my brain to try to remember a moment from when James spoke of work to me I needed to try to reer a workHe had kept his work away from the house I assuiven up her dreaence officer I could see that was not the case Had he talked to me about the cases he was on, perhaps I would have seen the discrepancies in what he was doing Then I would have known he was corrupt

The fear grew as I watched the package shudder with the vibration of the ringing phone

Ipossibility this was a con I could be about to be ripped off by hackers I needed to go to the police like any civilian

I wasn’t an idiot; I wasn’t born yesterday I was a strong ex-military, mother of two Those traits were far more important than the fact I was no or a cuckolded fool Could women be cuckolded? It didn’t matter--the result was the same

I lay on my side of the bed and plannedphone, I could pretend it hadn’t happened for the next little bit, while I planned I wasn’t going to be the victi froo to the police, I needed to knohat I was dealing with Thethe outco with the wrongBut then again, how did they know about Macy Green? I yawned and all the fight in me slipped away The tired depression crept back in I fell asleep withme

"What’s this?" she asked "Mommy" She shook me

I opened one crusty eye and noticed the phone in her hand She held it to her face

"Helloooooooo," she spoke into it exaggeratedly

I sat up, swaying from the dizziness of the sudden wake up and shookthe phone from her hands, "NO!" I shouted I looked at the screen and ju man’s face

He smiled pleasantly, "Hi"