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“Do I look scared, Morgan?” Grant asked He pointed at Blake and said, “Neither one of us are afraid ofyou”

“You’re crazy if you believe he’ll stay away because of a cowboy’s threat Several o I tried to detox on htmares When I woke up, Kilo asked me who Grant and Blake were and what they meant to me When I told hian He rewarded asped as she covered her mouth with her small hand “I’m so sorry”

“Why are you sorry?” Grant asked “I just told you, I gave him directions myself”

“Yes, but that was your choice I ht have cost you your lives”

“We’re still here,” Grant assured her “No harm done Like I said, I want hi”

Blake ian, what else did you tell him?”

She shook her head, the tears flooding her face “Please let et out of here Maybe if I run, he won’t coive me a second chance”

Grant’s nostrils flared “A second chance? Are you serious, Morgan?”

“You’re not going anywhere,” Blake told her, shaking his head quickly at Grant, hoping he’d let hi “Honey, this is your hoht here with an? You’ve been running all this ti right back into the deadly clutches of a drug you can’t seem to leave behind”

“You don’t understand He’ll come here for sure He’ll find me He’ll kill you because you have me!”

“He’ll go through an aran, ill shoot to kill”

“He will, too! Don’t you understand? I don’t want this! I couldn’t bear it if Kilo killed you because of me”

“Can you live with yourself if you know you’re the reason Kilo dies or goes to prison?” Grant asked

She sed hard After a see consideration, she finally said, “I honestly don’t know”

Grant shrugged “Then I guess you need to take a ure that out If you believe he’ll come here, and you must, you need to prepare for the worst If Kilo arrives in East Tennessee, whether he’s here tomorrow or the next day, he will leave one of three ways—in a body bag, on a stretcher, or in handcuffs”