Expired Flight: Last Chance County, #9 by Lisa Phillips

Author:Lisa Phillips
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9798885520652
Publisher: Two Dogs Publishing, LLC.

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Someone was here. Jeff’s mind connected the dots, the way it had been doing ever since Zander told him the truth of who Toni was. He figured he could guess precisely who was darkening the doorway of his secondary hideout.

Jeff pulled his pistol from the holster on the back of his belt. No need to flick off the safety, given he never engaged it. If there was a threat, that extra step meant precious seconds during which he could be dead already.

He could hardly believe it was true. Toni’s real identity, and she didn’t even remember. There was so much to say. And yet, the threat was still very real. He wasn’t going to forgive Zander for a while.

And he couldn’t even talk about it with the one person who was right in the middle.

Because she didn’t remember a thing.

“This place is a dump, bro.”

Jeff didn’t stow the weapon back in its holster. Tate. He stepped from the bathroom and saw his friend in the middle of the living room. “What are you doing here? I figured you were…never mind. I could have shot you.”

“Toni is safe, by the way.” Tate stuck a hand in his jeans pocket, despite the fact Jeff still hadn’t put his gun away. “When she’s released from the hospital later today, she’ll be in protective custody at the motel in town.”

He wanted to quip back, asking why that was any of his business, but his mouth couldn’t quite form the words. He didn’t want to talk about Toni. And yet, at the same time he wanted to soak in everything about her.

She was here. Alive.

“That frees us up to find this guy who tried to kill you before he shows back up to try again.”

“You know who he is?”

“We have a lead on a stalker who was interested in Kristine Simmons. Savannah hasn’t been able to find him, but she has all the cops out looking.”

“And you think that’s who tried to kill Toni?”

“Plus burn down that barn with you in it and Ruby upstairs.” His gaze roamed over Jeff, like he was trying to assess him for injuries. “You good?”

Jeff shrugged. Aside from the cough and a couple spots where he was a little singed, he was good.

“She said he hit you over the head.”

“I can still remember who I am.”

Before Tate could comment on that, Jeff continued, “What is there for us to do?” It seemed to him like the cops had it covered with the stalker—if that’s who was behind all this. “Toni is safe, and the cops will take care of this guy.”

“You’d rather stay here and do nothing?”

“I’m not doing nothing.” Jeff stowed the gun then, only so he could scrub his hand down his face. “There are things happening you have no idea about.”

Tate strode to the couch and flopped down. “So tell me.”

“Toni isn’t who you think she is.”

“No? She doesn’t really have amnesia?”

“She isn’t helpless.”

“Seems to me that might not be true. Then again,” Tate said, “we’re all, in our own right, both strong and vulnerable.

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