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“You’ll die guarding her! Is that what you want?”

“I want to be at ho his outburst ally his faal claims to the woman he loved He’d never promised to love her in front of an audience He’d never proposed, yet he felt as if she’d always been his Maybe when this was all over, he’d do the right thing and ask her to become his wife

Agent Dickerson watched hi as he looked on, focusing on the path Hank paced as he walked the length of the cell Finally he said, “Hank, people with s to pull These drivers and team owners can always find someone to do their dirty work You should kno this works Julie’s own father lost his life to foul play”

Hank arched a brow

“That’s off the record I thought you knew”

Hank didn’t pump He’d heard the rumors about Julie’s father He wasn’t interested in the past Besides, Julie’s dad was crooked, according to what he’d heard He pissed off the wrong people and paid the price with his life Julie couldn’t kill a fly, , likepaychecks at stake, saw its share of reptiles waiting to strike

So what if folks didn’t like her She was tough She’d made a few enemies, but she wasn’t like her father, and no one had reason enough to kill her

“I need to go home and protect the ones I love If you were in my shoes, maybe you’d understand”

“We’ve got undercover agents in place on your team They’re there to do a job, and they’ll be able to do it if we don’t have to worry about your renegade tactics”

Hank snarled, thinking this whole thing was a planned ambush If the cops wanted to ensure cooperation, they picked up the wrong brother Rather than inform them of the fact, he said, “If you think Duke will help you, think again He’ll protect Julie with his life, and if you get hi here in this cell, you’ll answer to me and my attorneys”

Agent Dickerson said, “We know Duke has a few loose screhen it comes to Julie The three of you have some

history I know all about that

“Duke may very well cause us a few problems, too, but as far as we can tell, you’re the only Hin to protect you while you’re doing your best to save Julie, we have too ets to watch I’e with these suspicious o”

“If I go home to two funerals, there will be hell to pay”

Agent Dickerson took a deep breath “We’ll try our best not to detain you longer than necessary”