A Desperate Man by Tia Fielding & Lisa Henry

Author:Tia Fielding & Lisa Henry [Henry, Tia Fielding and Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-01-07T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Aaron exchanged a dubious glance with Charlie as Quinn sprawled on the couch, laughing like he’d heard the world’s most hysterical joke. None of it made any sense to Aaron—or it made perfect sense, because Quinn had been born fucking contrary, and what was more contrarian than a MacGregor deciding to become a cop? It was just that it was the last thing Aaron would have imagined too, because Quinn had hated authority when they were kids; cops, teachers, adults of all stripes—the only adults Quinn had listened to had been the adults in the MacGregor clan, but at least half of them, and Aaron had always suspected maybe more than that, had beaten that compliance into him.

He reached forward and picked up Quinn’s badge off the coffee table, part of him expecting it to be some cheap Halloween costume piece. But it was heavy and real. Aaron held it in his palm and brushed the shield with his thumb. “Okay, so that’s why you want Charlie and Lennox safe. Because there’s a good chance people will do the math and realize Lennox is your kid.”

Charlie pressed her mouth into a thin line, but she didn’t say anything.

“Why me?” Aaron asked, feeling a flutter in his stomach. “Does anyone know about us?”

Quinn’s laughter faded and his smile vanished. “No, but I’ve got the eyes of the whole town on me right now, Aaron. And it feels like you’re written all over my face.”

That flutter again. Aaron raised his eyebrows. “If that’s true, then you must be shit at undercover work.”

Quinn’s mouth twitched in a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it grin. “Or maybe you’ve always been my weak spot, Aaron Larsen.”

“Or maybe it’s the perfect job for you because you’ve always been full of crap,” Aaron shot back.

Quinn’s grin lingered this time, but it didn’t reach his eyes. This was a dangerous situation, and they all knew it. “So that’s the deal. My being here is going to seriously stir shit up with the clan. Except I’m not here to take over, or to challenge Jimmy, I’m here to get intel on the Burned Skulls. Maybe even get an in with them. But I can’t trust that Jimmy’s not going to flip out, you know? Which means that anyone I care about, or anyone Jimmy thinks I care about, is in danger.” He looked between them. “I want you guys to leave town.”

Aaron blinked at him. “Leave town?”

Charlie snorted. “Yeah, if I was able to just pack up and leave, do you really think I’d still be here, Quinn? You think I want my son to grow up in this shithole?”

“I’m not bullshitting, Charlie. This is serious.” Quinn held her gaze, the muscle in his jaw ticking.

“Yeah,” Aaron said. “I mean, I’ve got the house, but Uncle Will has said he can take care of selling it for me. I wanted to get it fixed up some more, but…” He shrugged. “I don’t need the money.”

Charlie raised her eyebrows. “Must be nice.”

Aaron exhaled. “My point is, I’m here because I’ve got nowhere else to be right now.

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