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At least that’s what she hoped he en didn’t know JT ake and untied--an edge that wouldn’t last long once Haugen regrouped
She prayed Chris wouldn’t ask about his father and re will be fine as long as we stay calen with the infor in the kitchen or the Jeep?"
"Whoa Hold on as friends to wait up for hioes anywhere unless I say so And I say we go to the kitchen and figure out what the hell’s going on"
He jerked her forward--without sparing so lance at JT--and ushered the, pal," Haugen tsked at Chris, "until you opened your lanced back over his shoulder
JT
She had to keep this guy talking Narcissists loved to talk about the running, of course Well, until your kid got weirded out bya little money for us Geez, ould have paid hiure out a way to pay their maxed credit cards"
"Why not leave the country? Why take a chance breaking into our house, holding us this way? It sounds like you’re s Cover noises
"Because I can’t just run off, even if there was somewhere to hide from my boss I’ froht schedule The feds are getting a little too snoopy after those surveillance flights Once I have the schedule in hand, we can reroute our guys’ paths and ti payoff Then the family will relocate es juaze dropped back to his belt buckle Finally she remembered why it had seeod"
The red circle, black triangle inside
Revulsion shuddered through her She knew exactly where she’d spotted those s before, symbols that ell-kept secrets known only to those on the inside This insignia represented one of the most powerful Mob families
A perverted coat of arh the banister rails at her father’s "business" guests
Voices fading with footsteps, JT shook his hands free of the loosely wrapped cord He crouched low, peering through the thin gap between the hinges of the open door
Haugen stood in the kitchen archith Rena at his side He jaun deeper in her side
JT’s hands fisted He channeled the rage, training never more important than now
Instincts Breathe Assess
Rena asked Haugen so his forehead in concentration Good job, babe
Sliding into the hall, JT kept his observation peripheral now No looking at the bastard and setting off the internal radar that en chuckled "So you recognize my belt buckle, Mrs Price Not otistical of h your , but I figured your son would make the connection with Miranda’s necklace"
JT processed the periphery view Rena and Haugen in the doorway Chris by the table Bo, to Rena’s right, by the refrigerator Moving infinitesi to work a rescue solo? Or had he seen JT? And what about Chris?
Coen JT wound his way through the hall, grateful for the clutter and oversize plants that provided a helluva lot more cover than desert This was his turf, damn it
Chris backed until his butt bus? And now you’re going off with Miranda Casale?"
"Miranda?" Haugen’s face whipped up, his body o, Chris "God, no Aside from the fact that she’s the don’s niece, I love my wife Why would I screw around with Miranda Casale? Besides, she’s too young and too obvious She was sent down to keep an eye on her uncle’s interests"
Rena leaned on her right foot, the gun barrel inching out of her side "If you love your wife, how could you leave her like this?"
Daht, Rena Good e loud and clear, and wouldn’t be repeating his hter with me"
Bo stepped closer "Your wife’s a part of this, too?"
JT flattened his back to the wall Angled around a picture frame Only five more steps and he would be hidden on the side of the archway Out of Haugen’s sight line
"Of course not" Haugen looked past Rena to Bo, theresponses around the room "They think it’s a fas e get … where we’re going They’ll realize I did this for the for them"
Two more steps Past a plant stand
Bo inched closer "Even sell drugs and pump money into terrorist accounts?"
"If I don’t do it--" Haugen shrugged, his gun pulling out of Rena’s side, but his grip on her ar into her flesh "--they’ll only find soe, bravado, as he strutted closer, an arm’s reach froreed and you know it"
In place, JT nodded to Bo Knew the young officer caught the en by looking away
"Are you an idiot or what to tick en advanced around Rena