Fight for Me by Jessica Linden

Author:Jessica Linden [Linden, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2016-08-30T04:00:00+00:00

“That’s him.” Natalie nodded toward the black sedan with tinted windows sitting at the red light. Knox couldn’t see anyone but the uniformed driver.

“Are you sure?”

“Oh, yeah.” Natalie laughed. “Check out the license plate.”

As the car turned into the restaurant parking lot, Knox caught a glimpse. MNYTLKS.

“Money talks?”

Natalie shrugged. “He’s kind of a douche bag.”

Knox just shook his head. “Come on.”

They waited for a break in the traffic, then came out of the alley they’d been lurking in to cross into the parking lot. They’d become expert alley lurkers, blending into the shadows.

Natalie had wanted to go directly into the restaurant to talk to him, but Knox vetoed that idea. She might be able to blend in—if they had suitable clothes—but there was no way he was getting in there unnoticed. And there was no way in hell he was letting her go alone.

So instead, they were spending the evening waiting in a parking lot.

The first order of business was taking out the cameras monitoring the lot. Natalie figured if they disabled them, an alarm might sound. So they were taking it old school—spray paint. It took Knox back to his early days of living with X when he was a punk teenager with too much time on his hands. As long as he stuck to his MMA training and didn’t get picked up by the cops, X didn’t care what he did. At the time, Knox thought the free rein was the best thing in the world. Years later, he realized it was because X didn’t give two shits about him. Not really. He was nothing more than a piece of livestock.

He and Natalie settled behind a large potted bush to wait. They were out of sight from most of the lot, but Harding’s car was still visible. Luckily, his driver was nowhere to be found.

The sound of footsteps had Knox tensing with his hand on the gun. Natalie sucked in a breath and stayed absolutely still.

A woman dressed in all black except for a silver vest walked by, too caught up in her cell phone to even notice they were there.

The silver vest . . . there was something about it.

Suddenly Knox shuddered, closing his eyes.

Splatters of blood on a silver vest.

“Knox, what is it? Are you okay?”

Knox exhaled, taking a second to calm himself. When he opened his eyes, Natalie had her hand on his arm and a concerned look on her face.

He’d seen that silver vest almost every day of his early childhood. His mother must have worked at this restaurant. He knew she was a waitress, but he hadn’t known where. It wasn’t like his family could actually afford to eat somewhere like this.

He never talked about it. Hadn’t since he’d given his statement to the police from his hospital bed. But looking back at Natalie’s sweet eyes, he suddenly wanted to.

Natalie was the first person he’d loved since his mother died.

“My mother was murdered,” he said. “In front of me.”

“Oh my God.” The words escaped just before Natalie put a hand up to cover her mouth, the other one going to Knox’s arm.

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