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I heard hiain and then a flood of really nasty words hit er”

Relief hitto hearup, but now that ere adults and both in the trenches, albeit on opposite sides, I really felt like we needed each other I lovedhiht in front of one I needed a reason beyond right and wrong to keep up the fight I needed Bax to reuys weren’t bad because they wanted to be; they were that way because they didn’t have any other choice Bax hadn’t had a fair shot fro a sadistic killer Not to mention that I had bailed on him when he needed me the most It was a miracle the kid had as ive my brother options, to rereed, and I would do it until they put round

The diner was packed with fellow cops and the only spot available was near the door It was too exposed and I didn’t want to sit there, but , so I relented and slid into the booth The waitress hurried over and I ordered the burgers and coffee The tension that was sitting in ht that pain shot up the back ofshe held out to me The only time that I had felt any measure of peace, felt any kind of relaxation or mindless oblivion, hen Reeve had done exactly what she had threatened to do and taken care of ot naked and down and dirty in a strip-club bathroom, but it was the only ti else I hauled around all the time There was no Bax There was no Point There was no Roark There was no job that was sloearingme into a hollow shell of a man There was just a beautiful wo thatthings she was doing to me I shouldn’t want her, but I did, and the level that as growing to was really starting to get bigger than ht have had

I made small talk with a couple of patrol cops that stopped by my table to ask about the shootout at the club In particular they wanted to kno “Honor” was doing Keelyn had a place in the hearts of uys in the city, so I told the okay She had taken a bullet to the chest and another one had caught her in the shoulder and lodged in the bone She was a ery, but she ake now and she was pissed off According to Nassir, as blowing upany information I had on Roark, she had quit and told hi the Point Nassir see sutter since the beginning I wouldn’t blame her if she was ready for some new scenery, and I saw the way Nassir had freaked out when he caught sight of her bleeding on the floor She ht have been able to stay out of his clutches so far, but eventually he would wear her down That wouldto be stuck here in this place, with hinized the way he looked at her He wanted to possess her

The waitress dropped the food in front offrom blocks away That car was a beast It was louder, faster, and meaner than ician when it came to old muscle cars What he could do to theot shiny eyes of envy when I rained in et a little bit of a hard-on when a car sounded as powerful and badass as the Heainst Bax’s ride becauseshown up

I was spewing facts about horsepower and torque when one of the guys e face and pointed out theMy heart immediately stopped because the last time someone did that in this diner Race’s car was on fire in the parking lot Another unforgettable calling card from Roark

“What?”

“I dunno A garbage truck just went flying up the street It’s not trash day in this part of town and it looked like it was in a hurry”

I didn’t hear the rest of the sentence My ears were ringing as I scrambled out of the booth and pushed past both the unifor by the entrance I hit the door just as the sound of tires squealing and the screech of metal onSeveral of the other diner patrons had followedbut nizable heap under the heavy front end of a e truck

I heard screa for help, but I didn’t realize it was me until my hands hit the metal as I tried to pull the collapsed driver’s-side door open to get to Bax

“Shane!” I was pulling and pulling but theand neither was Bax He was folded over, his shaved head resting on the twisted steering wheel Blood was strea all across his face and out of the ear that was turned , and I was about to shove h the still-intact hen a set of hands clasped around me and tried to pull me back The skin on the palory tracks on the metal as I continued to screan of life or movement

I turned around and without a second thought swung at the cop that was trying to pull me back “That’s my brother in there!”

My little brother in a car that looked like a tuna can

My little brother as bleeding way too

My little brother who had survived every single shitty thing life had thrown at hiood in his life

My little brother as finally recognizing that he had people that cared about him, so he needed to care about himself

I would e truck with my bare hands if I had to

“Detective, the first responders have the Jaws of Life We’re gonna need to cut him out”

I slaain He still didn’t hters surrounded the car While I was trying to bend metal with my bare hands, paramedics and hters, had arrived on the scene I started barking orders, telling anyone that would listen to go look for whoever had been driving the truck I knew Roark was behind it I had no idea how he knehere Bax would be, or how he had gotten his hands on ara to annihilate hiot my hands on him