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AFTER THE EXCITEMENT OF THE afternoon, I wasn’t ready to go when Hawk showed up to takethe final touches on the contract Rory had asked for,sure every possible loophole was closed I was alwaysI drew up, but this time, there was more at risk It wasn’t just about Rory and Matt and that dickhead mayor Hawk and the rest of the MC were at risk too I wanted Derrick Michaels out of Creswell Springs just as hter did

At two lower on his handsorowled as he sla to the doctor Now, grab your things”

I held up a finger as I turned my attention back to the contract I reread what I had just corrected, ot her bastard of a father to sign on the dotted line, Creswell Springs was going to be a better place And given Rory’s plan, I doubted the honorable mayor would be able to walk away Two hundred and forty-nine million dollars was a lot of money for even a saint to walk away from, and Mayor Mic

haels was far too greedy to be the exception

“Gracie,” Hawk bit out impatiently, and I se of the contract and put it into the envelope with the rest of the document

“Al like I hadtime, I skipped out of my office and down to where Jenkins had moved his stuff His old office was still under renovation after Santino’s men had broken doith their van to takethat had followed—could daht then

I knocked once on his door then opened it Still s happily, I handed over the envelope “How did the o?”

His face was full of ah, but by the tie”

“Great So…have you given any ested? That you run for mayor?”

“That’s not a good idea I’uy to run this town, and it’s not like anyone would actually vote forup excuses not to run, I could tell the idea held some appeal for him

I rolled o “I know about three hundred people just off the top of ood job cleaning up Michaels’s messes, and I already knohat your first order as mayor should be”

Eyes sparkling with laughter, he snorted “What’s that?”

“Fire Campbell and Bates”

“Campbell’s position is an elected one,” he reminded me

“Then Bates Fire that lazy sonofabitch”