Expired Hero: Last Chance County, #4 by Lisa Phillips

Author:Lisa Phillips
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9798885520409
Publisher: Two Dogs Publishing, LLC.

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Dean jumped out of the car first. Stuart needed a second. The street was filled with police vehicles, even an ambulance. Zander stood in the center, holding onto a cuffed Trina.

Dean went inside the house where they’d been told Kaylee was with a kid and his mom. An officer took Trina from Zander and started to walk her to a police car. Stuart went to Zander who was talking to the sergeant.

What he wanted to do was go inside so he could see Kaylee, but the thought of getting rejected again held him back. Kaylee wanted “space,” and that was exactly what he would give her. The kind of man he wanted to be didn’t do whatever he wanted against a woman’s wishes. Stuart had to respect her choice.

But then, the man he’d always been knew that protecting her ranked higher in priority than her need for that “space” she’d asked for. The covert agent would haul her off to a safe house and set up a way to take down the threat. She didn’t need to be happy about it. She would be alive enough, and she’d realize later it had been the best course of action and then forgive him.

Zander’s conversation with the sergeant broke off as he approached, and he lifted a brow. What had they been talking about that they didn’t want him to hear or be a part of?

“Stuart!” Trina’s shrill voice drew all their attention.

He turned to her, his mind still full of Kaylee. And the two men. People weren’t his strong suit.

“Help me, please! I can’t go to jail!”

Zander said, “You should’ve thought of that before you committed multiple crimes.” He glanced at Stuart. “Just so you know, you’re the fourth person she’s tried appealing to.”

“Good to know.” Stuart folded his arms, holding back the wince. His entire body ached despite the dose of pain meds Dean had insisted he take—not the ones that made him drowsy. Unfortunately, that left the ones that made him nauseous.

“I won’t survive jail!”

Stuart glanced at Zander, who shrugged. Then Stuart said, “US prisons aren’t that bad. I’ve been incarcerated in France and Russia. Serving time here would be a cakewalk compared to either one of them.”

Basuto stared at him.

“Russia?” Trina shook her head. “My Dad is Russian.” She switched to the language and said, “He taught me everything I know. How to hide. How to kill.”

Basuto glanced between them. “You understand that.”

Stuart nodded. As for Zander, he wasn’t sure if the man spoke Russian, though he did speak several other languages. Stuart used Russian to ask Trina, “Why should that make me consider you any differently? You threatened to take away my ability to walk, all to force your own way and make Kaylee give you the flash drive.”

“He made me do it.” She scrunched up her face, and he wondered if she was trying to get tears to fall. “It was all his idea!”

Stuart turned to Basuto. “You should probably call a translator, just in case she sticks with this tactic.

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