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"Nik," Mike said softly His anger was gone, replaced with sheer confusion

I climbed to my feet and went to stand closer to him so only he and I would be privy to the conversation "He didn't give a shit, Mike"

"Who? Archer?"

I nodded "It wasn't just that he was clueless, it was that he didn't care about his safety or that of the people around hiets people killed Good people Innocent people A guy like that thinks he's invincible That hisand dealing About the next big score He needed a wake-up call"

"And pointing a gun at him was the only way to do it?" Mike asked

"Yes," I said without a doubt What I didn't tell Mike was that I hadn't given Archer the harsh look at his future purely for professional reasons Sohtly had left ry

So fucking angry

That was the part I couldn't explain The first thing you learned when it caet emotionally involved You couldn't protect the client when yourabout the job was about staying cal the client’s life, not their feelings

Mike stared atbeats, he tapped his fist lightly on the bars between us and said, "Let et you out of here Hang tight"

"You don't need to do that I' locked up with the dregs of society, I wasn't exactly looking forward to explaining all of this to my folks My mother would surely cry and my father would bestow his rarely used look of disappointment on me

Even at thirty-eight, oal in life was to be the e response to Jude Archer to fuck with that

"Shut up, idiot," Mike said good-naturedly and then he bu area It was an hour before I heard the feain