The Gallows at Midnight by Courtney Lynn Rose

Author:Courtney Lynn Rose [Rose, Courtney Lynn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Knox Publishing
Published: 2019-08-26T16:00:00+00:00

The funeral home Jameson’s family picked is much more upscale than any I’ve ever seen. Then again, that isn’t many. I’ve never been to an actual funeral that I remember. This one is all deep walls with plush carpets and Tiffany lamps.

A white sheet covers his chest, so his family won’t see the bullet holes. Once Dr. Monroe examined him and Samuel, I’d gone into the room, ignoring Blake’s protests against torturing myself further. The bullets hit left of the center of his chest, right side of his stomach, and bottom of his left ribcage. He’d never had a chance of making it, no matter how hard we tried.

I’d applied some foundation before coming in to try and look like an Interpol agent, but a miracle couldn’t cover up the redness of my eyes right now. The tears should’ve subsided by now, but staring at his face, they sting my eyes again.

“Damn it.” I swipe them from my face as they trickle over.

All the missions we’ve been on. Eleven fucking years and Jameson dies patrolling a goddamned safe house. This isn’t how he should’ve gone out. He deserved better. Jax never would’ve let something like this happen.

Jax . . .

By the time I get back to the safe house, Sammi should have something on him. She’s hell-bent on finding the connection and as much as I don’t want to be right about this, something in my gut tells me otherwise. It’s too big a coincidence that the gunmen speak the language native to Jax’s home.

Human trafficking is huge in Nigeria. That’s why Jax is so against it. He’s tired of seeing the women and children from the villages disappear, tired of watching their parents sell one child to get enough money to feed the others. Romania is the same way, especially in the smaller, mountain villages like my birth home. Pungesti is nothing but poor families dying from starvation.

“Agent Williams?”

The funeral director ushers in three adults, a small blue-eyed little girl following them. She can’t be more than three or four.

“This is the Scott family. John and Dawn are his parents. Jessica is his longtime girlfriend.”

The younger woman is my height, slender build, with long blonde hair and deep green eyes. She extends her hand and we shake. Mrs. Scott moves past me to her son, gently running her fingers through his hair.

My eyes drift down to the little girl clutching Jessica’s leg. She glances up and my breath stops.

She has his eyes.

“Hi,” I whisper to her, squatting down.

“Hi,” she replies, her voice soft and musical.

“What’s your name?”

“Cassie.”

“Nice to meet you, Cassie. I’m Lily.”

She glances over my shoulder at Jameson’s body, fear shining in her doe-like eyes as she clutches her mother’s leg tighter.

“Why don’t we go out in the hall, Cassie?” Jessica takes her hand and leads her out of the room.

Tears stream down my face, all the pain and anguish flowing through me. I never knew he had a daughter. His ass would’ve been sent home if I had.

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