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She sobbed and shook her dark head I crawled to her and wrapped my arms around her

"You can’t do this to them You can’t abandon theiving them the only person I trust in the whole world to keep them safe" I looked to the side of the room and spoke softly, "You can come out, Coop"

He stepped froe look on his face, until one and he smiled at her It wasn’t his cocky smile either It eet I could see just how handsome he ith it

"Who are you?" she asked hi she said was true Jaer My naovernment where Evie and your late husband used to work We need her to come back to work and help us"

Moer?"

I bit my lip and looked down I didn’t want her to see the face I was , she could read my face too easily

Coop sood at hter completely safe" He offered her his hand, "You have my word"

I rolled my eyes He was nine years old for God’s sake; ord did he have to give? Moot up off the bed

I looked at Coop and nodded but spoke to o on a fun trip and I’ll ements here with him"

She looked at us both and then walked from the room She wasn’t happy and I didn’t bla like that to me

She closed the door and instantly Coop lashed at ?" He shookthe bait So you can play ball with o to jail for whatever the hell James did, just to see them safe"

He paced across the carpet for a minute and then picked up his phone He dialed and held it to his ear

He shot me a dirty look as he spoke "I need an evac and I need it now"

He hated whatever they said to hiave me was absolute fury, "You tell anyone I’ve called you and that weekend I oes live" He ran his hands over his short, dark-blond hair and then looked back atas they talked in his ear He mouthed the words, "You are a pain in my ass"

I rolled my eyes and crossed my arms

He continued, "No, she wants the faht No She wants the Canada, or even Alaska Find a fishing lodge, or so the kids can have fun at, and they can blend So where we can post people and make them look like part of the resort I want this to be handled by Martin’s tea his hand on the top of his head

My frantic eyes searched hie In the tiny space between his t-shirt and jeans I could see his stomach I wasn’t certain if the tattoo on his side, which dipped into his pants, suited hi, whereas he seemed like an asshole most of the time His face was a storm of repressed fury He reer in front ofhim over, and continued to speak into the phone quietly, "I want the jet ready and directions to be disclosed in the air like with the MacLean case The pilots will be at the resort with them the entire time No leaks this time Make sure it’s some place n, sheriffs and whatnot as eot your wife on speed dial Yeah, fuck you too See ya, man"

I frowned and mouthed, "This tilared back

"Done" He tapped the off and pointed at me, "Don’t fuck with oes No er on his face I decided then that he didn’t suit the tattoo Cute and flirty Coop was not consistent enough to suit the sexy tat

He leaned into my face and shouted, "I ry

I flinched at his rage He softened when he sawdesire to kick him in the face I hadn’t been yelled at like that, since I was in basic training I looked down at the floor and took a breath

He dropped to his knees in front of me, "I shouldn’t have yelled," he brushed it off

I scowled at hile aren’t you?"

He chuckled, but it wasn’t friendly, it was sort of bitter "You’re not really e, but I’m not into it I like it when I’m on top and all you forty-types alant to steer"

My hand flew at hied look, "What was that for?"

I yanked ar! I’ you!" I got off the bed and walked out of the rooers

"Little bastard," I muttered and stomped down the stairs

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