Heart of a Hero (New Beginnings Book 4) by Margaret Daley

Author:Margaret Daley [Daley, Margaret]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: New Beginnings Book 4
Publisher: Margaret Daley
Published: 2019-06-06T16:00:00+00:00

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David pushed the door open a few inches and reached toward his gun in his holster. But his hand shook so badly he didn’t think he could hold it. Sweat beaded his forehead. Joey was thirteen years old, just like the kid he’d killed because of a drug deal going down.

Lord, if You’re listening, please don’t let there be a repeat.

He continued inside the restroom without pulling his weapon. It might be a stupid move, but he couldn’t pass up the chance to catch Joey red-handed and possibly put an end to what he was doing. Easing through the doorway, he moved quietly toward the voices he heard around the corner.

“Give them to me. You aren’t going to deal. You won’t make the same mistakes I did. You have a chance to make something of yourself.”

Unless there was more than Joey and his older brother in here, Mitch must have said that because of the deeper pitch. David inched closer until he could get a glimpse of what was going on in the room by the teens’ reflections in the mirror mounted on the wall over the sinks.

“Leave me alone. This isn’t your business.” Joey stood with his hands straight at his sides, his fingers clutching a plastic baggie with a lot of different pills in it. “Since when do you care what I do? You’re always too busy for me.”

“I’m trying to support us. That takes money.”

Joey shook the bag of drugs in his brother’s face. “This is money. Easy money.”

“Dad’s gone. It’s just you and me now.” Mitch pushed his brother’s hand away from him. “It’s wrong. I’ve seen my friends all go to jail because of drugs. I’m not gonna see you end up there, too.”

David took a deep breath and turned the corner. “And neither am I.”

Joey’s eyes widened. Then suddenly he whirled and slammed open a stall door. David surged forward, but Mitch beat him to Joey. He yanked his little brother back into the main room and wrenched the baggie from his grip.

Mitch’s gaze lit upon the holster clipped on David’s belt under his jacket. “You a cop?”

“Yup.”

Mitch thrust his little brother behind him. “These were mine.” He held the assortment of pills, jiggling them in the baggie. “He was trying to stop me from using them.”

“Son, I heard enough to know that’s not true. You were trying to stop him from selling these.” David took the plastic bag from Mitch. “So quit trying to protect him. He needs help.”

“Help?” Mitch snarled. “No one offered me any. I had to do it all on my own.”

“Well, Joey’s got me,” David said as he flipped open his cell to call the police station. Amazed by what he’d said, he thought about taking back his declaration. But he couldn’t. Maybe this was what he was supposed to do. He wasn’t sure anymore. Something was missing from his life.

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