The Immortal Takes a Wife by Pamela Labud

Author:Pamela Labud [Labud, Pamela]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sugar Skull Books
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

The last thing Hawke wanted to do was confide in these two idiots. While the one may have his life together, it was clear he had a huge blind spot where his brother was concerned.

And, Matty? Well, he wasn’t a bad guy, per se, and Hawke surmised that he really did have feelings for Fiona, but he clearly didn’t care for her all that much if he was going to use her as a scapegoat out of his trouble.

“It’s not your business.” He tried again. “I don’t see how you can make a difference one way or the other.”

“Now we’re getting somewhere,” the older brother said. “Go on.”

Hawke held his breath. “I was like you,” he told Matty. “Thought I didn’t owe anybody anything. I have a sibling, too. I’m a couple of years older than she is, so she sorta always tagged along.”

“Little brothers and sisters can be such a pain,” Max said, shooting his brother a knowing expression.

“Go on,” the Matty said. “I want to hear all about this.”

“Right. For what it’s worth, Director Hyland, I was more like you on the continuum. I was the straight arrow. A law man, I worked hard to catch the bad guys, you know. Nothing was more important than that. Until one of the bad guys dated my sister.”

He closed his eyes. All at once he saw the past, as clearly as the moon on a cloudless night.

“What is wrong with you?” he’d asked her. “Do know what this guy is?”

“I do. I love him.”

They’d been sitting together outside the police station in their home of Fairfield Florida. A north Florida town of about twenty-thousand that had a really rich side and a dark underbelly of crime that always kept Hawke busy.

“Drago is bad news. He’s been arrested dozens of times.”

“And none of them have any substance and you know that. Or, he’d be in jail right now.”

“You can say what you want, but it’s clear you don’t trust me. I love him, Ryan. I know I’m right about him. And you can either wish me well or you can turn away from me. I’m staying with him.”

That had been the last time he’d spoken to her. There’d been rumors that they’d gotten married, but Hawke had refused to believe them.

Then, before he knew it, there’d been robberies. Three liquor stores and a deli. After that, several home invasions and a turf war. Drago had been behind it all. He wasn’t above taking anyone down with him. Case in point, Hawke’s sister. Thanks to her boyfriend, she now had warrants.

Their apartment building had been set on fire, two of the tenants had died.

So, when he’d gotten the order for her arrest, it had nearly killed him. When he went to serve the warrant it had been Drago met him. He’d made it clear. Hawke would work for him or she’d suffer.

Quitting his job with the force had hurt like the devil. Taking up the roll of bounty hunter had been even more humiliating for an ex-cop.

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