The Boy I Grew Up With by Tijan

Author:Tijan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tijan

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Channing

Moose was waiting for us when we drove back into the warehouse.

All the women and children were inside or somewhere else. I couldn’t see or hear anyone.

He stood up from the bench to greet us. “We moved everyone to one of Chad’s aunt’s houses.”

As safe houses went, that was ingenious. He had about sixteen aunts. Even I had no clue who they all were.

I got out and started inside, Moose with me. Hearing my truck start up again, I turned back.

Heather had the window rolled down. She was behind the wheel.

I started for her. “What are you doing?”

Her face was set in stone. Her hand tight on the wheel. “I have to go. I have to try to protect my place.” She spoke over what I was about to say. “And you need all of your men back here.”

Which meant she had a plan. I frowned. I didn’t like this. “Stay, Heather.”

“No.”

“Fuck—Heather!” I growled. This was not the time for a fight. Not now. Not here. Not today. “Get out of the fucking truck.”

“No.” Her eyes narrowed. “Let me go.”

Never.

“Heather.” I started for her.

She kicked the truck in reverse, spraying me with dirt from the tires. Then she lingered. “I have to go, Chan.” Her eyes were suddenly sad, staring at me through the dashboard window. She gave me that sad smile too, the one she didn’t know she wore when she thought about Naly. “You know I do. You need your men here. I need to be there.” She gave me a look.

“What are you planning?” I asked.

“I’ll need extra protection, I get it. So I’ll call in some reinforcements.”

I had a feeling about where she was going with this, and I didn’t like it. Not one bit. “Heather,” I said again, a warning in my tone.

“What better protection than the media? Maybe it’s time I ask Sam, Mason, and Logan to come visit.”

“Are you kidding me? You call them and you’ll make it worse. Sam’s pregnant. Mason’s in the middle of the football season, and Logan’s in law school. They can’t come.”

But…

“You go there,” I offered instead.

“What?”

Shit. I knew she wouldn’t, but I had to try. “You go visit them.”

“Fuck, no.”

If she could kill me with a look, I’d be dead three times by now.

Tightening her hold on the steering wheel, her eyebrows locked down. “I’ll call and see if they can come. If they can, I won’t tell them what’s going on, just that I want them to stay at the house with me. Even if it’s for a weekend, it’ll be worth it. Richter won’t touch me if I’m surrounded by them, and you know it. They’re outsiders. He won’t risk the exposure.”

I shook my head. “I don’t like it. You’re bringing them into this war. If something happened to Sam or the baby, Mason would kill me.”

My insides twisted around a cold-edged knife. Heather assumed they were an added layer of protection, but she was wrong. Richter wouldn’t care. Not in a war. It just meant she would be vulnerable, and nothing could happen to Heather.

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