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He nodded and took a sip of his o in a car crash”

Gasping, Riley dropped her fork with a clatter

Harris grasped her hand

“What kind of crap is that?” She glared at her brother

“What?” He wiped his mouth with a paper towel

“No prea into it Just… they’re dead!”

He stared at her “I’m sorry It’s just that I’h, I lost my dammed sensitivity, ok?”

Riley stared at him

“Besides, no one kneho caused it Was a hit and run”

She felt saddened…Cheated somehow

“Until you poked your nose in it Tracked the man down and the evidence Gave it to the cops and the man is in prison” He took another bite of his food

Her eyes widened

“Well, I believe that” Harris took a forkful of his food too

Riley stared down at her plate

“Eat, Ridge” Harris nodded at her

“Why do you keep calling her that?” Walker asked

Harris shrugged “She didn’t have a name”

“So, you gave her one?” Walker stared at him

“Yeah I mean what? Should I have called her SHE?”

Walker laughed “I bet she drove you nuts”

Harris laughed with him “Absolutely looney”

“HELLO? I’ht here!” she yelled

The guys both laughed

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

Noah and Tanner sat over their plan of attack for a couple of hours How to get in and how to get out Faulkner had an estate that was nearly attack proof It would be gutsy to go after a general and just the two of them too However, two of their kind was like 20 normal men

Yet, they had no choice but to kill this e would never be safe This alone was enough reason to take the fucker out

Tanner had told him of the trail he’d followed From the suicide bomber that set himself off that fateful day, all the way to the source of the boo further, he’d been captured and got loose after ahis escape, he went to pick up his secret cash They all had access to i officials, paying for access to get through custo it to buy his way to the top of the chain, Tanner found Faulkner was the ed their teaood men

Noah didn’t doubt Tanner’s findings He was as good as Noah was, trained the same way No, there was no mistake Tanner told him of the chain of discovery and it all made sense

Tanner stood up and stretched his body “Okay, I’et some rest It was quite the trip up this daet our weapons and explosives ready, check the copter over, load it up and be ready

Noah nodded

“So where did o?”

Noah shrugged “Said she was taking a nap?” He hid his s soundly He’d worn her out last night, though he certainly wasn’t going to tell this man that