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"What the hell is going on there?" Royce asked

"Not a da you should be concerned about Go o, brother I’m halfway home already in an airport Jesse calledhis things I didn’t want hi"

"You won’t hear ue his departure," Luke said "And as for what’s happening, since you’re already on our way home, I’ll be damn happy to have you here Blake and I need backup we trust"

"Oh hell," he gru to Lauren before he returned "Our flight was cancelled We won’t be there until to you up andho

"He is and ashi as they approached the dock "I’ve already told Murphy I’d update hiet to land We don’t need anyone from the task force anywhere near our place unless it’s absolutely necessary We’ll be watched"

Julie headed their way and Blake pushed off the wall "I’ll leave you two lovebirds on your own" He sauntered forward and Julie stepped to Luke’s side and held up his keys "I stole your truck It’s in the parking lot"

He pocketed the keys "We’ll take a cab I’d hate to spoil a night of surviving danger to get blown up in et blown up in your truck either I guess that’s one thing we still agree on"

"Let’s get off the boat," he said instead of what he really wanted to say, which was that they agreed on a lot of things, but he just wasn’t sure they agreed on where they were going together When she’d told hiht they did Now, he wasn’t so sure

Julie slid into the cab and Luke joined her Any relief she felt over escaping for the night alive was replaced with turmoil over Luke and Jesse

He slid in beside her "Jesse called Royce and he and Lauren are already in an airport on the way back"

"Oh no," she said, reaching for her purse to pull out her phone "I have to stop them"

"Too late," he said "They’re stranded at their first stop Their flight was cancelled They’ll be in toed Luke into this mess Destroyed Jesse’s career and now her best friend’s honey she could do to fix it