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Claire started at the goon’s low ru man who’d been knocked out cold a fewquiet He looked as if he’d been shot out of a cannon and was co, she eliminated any space between her and Jake

“No, Mr Franklin, we’ll deal with Mr Warrick and Ms Layton inside” Burlington tilted his head toward Harvest’s door “Shall we?”

She turned to Jake, his features as hard as granite A vein bulging at his teive away to his state of mind

“Why don’t you lead the way, Franklin?” Jake so first

The giant grunted at Jake’s request

“No, Mr Warrick You and Ms Layton go right ahead Please sit down at a table in the dining room”

Fear shook within her The odds were not in their favor They were outgunned and vulnerable She wanted to ut and pull a kamikaze attack The impulse nearly overwhelmed her, but it would be suicide

She had to think, foroon, Jake would back her up, but she doubted they could win in this situation She couldn’t risk getting him killed He meant too much to her for that

With the giant at their backs and a gun aimed at their heads, their only option was to follow orders Stiff with rage, she strode into the restaurant with Jake by her side

She glanced up at him as they crossed the threshold and hisaway at him, then his iron facade fell back into place She squeezed his hand

They’d coain

Chapter Fourteen

Do not be an i of candles out of the sedan” Burlington quirked his eyebrows at Jake “Finding good help is a never-ending endeavor You really were a proo”

“Yeah, I can tell your heart’s breaking” Jake squeezed his hands into tight fists Fury burned just underneath his skin and deton’s face to a bloody pulp

Burlington leveled the Smith and Wesson at Jake “Tsk, tsk, Mr Warrick, sarcasht you were better than that”