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Another furtive glance over her shoulder I remembered what she'd said when she'd stabbed JT Daisy had heard her , ‘Kill Royal and I'm free,’ as if someone had sent her after Royal She'd denied it later But if it was true, if someone had sent her after Royal, maybe that sa in the woods or peering out from one of the Inn s

Since my father's death, it had been open season on the Sawyers Someone was after us I needed to knoho We all did I tried one h to Vanessa

"Who are you looking for, Vanessa?" I asked gently

She started, eyes flashing up, wide and panicked "No one No one I just… I need to get out of here, Tenn I don't have a lot of time"

"Then giveThere was no way I was going to help this woman evade justice, not even for the name of ave me a name that panned out, I'd help pay her lawyer's fees Considering her laas Cole Haywood, Ford's defense attorney, I knew exactly how expensive those bills had to be

"Tenn," she sidled closer again, wheedling "Surely we can work soht a healthy flash of cleavage and long leg I rolled my eyes to the sky

How desperate did she think I was?

It had been a while for me—I didn't partake of hot tourists like Royal had before Daisy—and o I wasn't a teenager, swayed by a flash of her tits into forgetting who she was

"Like I said, I wouldn't fuck you with someone else's dick, Vanessa And if you co to deck you and then call West"

She stepped back, crossing her ared with fear

"I' you for help, Tenn We're family You don't have to be such an asshole about it"

Was she serious? "Vanessa, get real You broke Griffen's heart ere kids, then h to h for me But then you tried to kill Royal, and in the process, alet bail granted, ed to cover it when you claiet you thrown back in jail, I'd do it in a heartbeat There's nothing we can work out"