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Silent tears streamed down my face as the words, "There’s no coain in my head

Sawyer

I hadn’t been home an hour when Beau called ame of pool I’d tried to tell hiet in bed My body ached How the heck did he not want to curl up and crash too? Besides, what about Ashton? Didn’t he want to go see her?

Pulling into the gravel parking lot, I looked around for Beau’s truck I found it over by the far end of the building Ethan’s Jeep was right beside it I needed to apologize to him anyway I stepped out of my truck and headed for the door

It was a slow night but then not h Sunday were the busy times here I’d only been a few times with Beau but I’d passed the place several ti lot

"Well, if it ain’t my favorite nephew," Aunt Honey called out from behind the bar

I nodded my head in her direction, "Hey, Aunt Honey"

"Want a beer? I can already tell you that you’re probably gonna need it"

What the heck did that ured if I couldn’t have a hot shower and painkillers a beer was the next best thing "Sure, thanks"

"Go on over to the boys They’re waiting on ya I’ll bring ya a beer in just a sec"

"Yes, ma’am," I replied

"Told ya not to call me ma’am Makes me sound like somebody’s mama," she teased and shot me a wink

She really was a piece-of-work

I e of a pool table with his ankles crossed and a frostyof beer in his hand It was the expression on his face that tippedI was here for a purpose Slipping ers Re her words helped me deal If this was bad news, I needed a reminder that she was out there and that she loved me

"What is it, Beau?" I deot soonna want But you need to reet those answers"

My heart sped up and I froze, "Lana?"

Beau nodded, "Yep Lana"

"You knohere she is?"

"Yeah, I do But it ain’t aze to Ethan standing a few feet away from us "Go ahead E, before he loses it"

Ethan shifted his gaze from me to Beau and I could see the fear in his eyes

"What do you know?" I started toward him, ready to shake him until he told me what he knew

Beau’s hand claet your answers if you hurt him" He turned to Ethan "Ethan, tell him I told you, I won’t let hi and the blood boiled in my veins The idea that Ethan had so it hard for me to take calm steady breaths

"You better do this quick E, cause he’s gonna blow in a second and I’m sore as shit from this week I really don’t want to have to stop this," Beau urged

"Okay, yeah Uot a call fro you?" I de another step toward Ethan who backed up a step

"Get the fuck on with this E," Beau growled as his hand tightened on my shoulder

"No Before She called ht Beau cheated She called me that day and told me she needed a favor She said she couldn’t stay here anymore and needed my help I picked her up and--"

"WHERE IS SHE?" I roared, taking another step his way Both Beau’s hands clamped down on my shoulders

"Easy bro," he warned

"Lord have irl is safe and if you’ll let the kid talk you’ll find out where she’s at," Aunt Honey stood in front ofof beer into my hand "Here, hold this That way you can only hit hiot this," Beau said behind me

"Hht I ain’t payin’ for no repairs if he goes bat shit in here," she replied

Setting the beer down on the edge of the pool table, I didn’t take my eyes off Ethan He knehere she was He KNEW where she was

"I took her to her friend’s condo at the beach"

She wasn’t there I’d called Jewel wait He’d taken her there?

"Did you see Jewel? Did she actually go into a condo?" I asked, hoping that I’d been played by that crazy ass friend of hers

"Yeah, I carried her bags to the door Jewel ca and all happy to see her Then I went back," Ethan began

The words that he went back sent off a possessive blaze of fury I shrugged off Beau’s grasp and stalked over to tower above Ethan, "What does that mean? You went back?"

"Not so fast He ain’t finished Don’t fuck hi his ar me back

Ethan wiped at his forehead nervously and gulped "Listen ht you’d moved on I didn’t kno you felt about Lana When I came to your house Saturday to talk to you about Lana that was the first ti her run away So, I went back I was going to fix it She wouldn’t listen to me Hell, I couldn’t even say your nao?" I was backing up I needed to know I had to get to her

"She’s there At the condo Condo unit 103 Kiva Dunes," he called out and I started running for the door

Then the words from the phone conversation with Jewel came back to me, "In the meantime you could co at Kiva Dunes condos on West Beach Unit 103 My rooht at the water instead of the s facing the pool" The crazy bitch wasn’t so crazy after all I’d betto tell ht Lana was careful ho she let get close Jeas one helluva liar though I’d co really threw me off

I reached forI knehere Lana was And I was going to get her back