Flawed Justice by Tibby Armstrong & Bianca Sommerland

Author:Tibby Armstrong & Bianca Sommerland [Armstrong, Tibby & Sommerland, Bianca]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

How had a teenager become more difficult to face than a gang of armed thugs? Lawson stared at the door, rubbing his hand over his mouth and debating the logic in him taking on any kind of guardianship role with Ezran. The boy had Curtis. And Reed.

But in all respects, Reed was his brother. And Curtis had more than enough on his plate. Aside from the MMA lessons he gave at a Dojo owned by Noah’s old teacher, he’d finally put down the money to open his own training center. One in a decent area that was still close enough to the poorer neighborhoods to be easily accessed. He’d started a scholarship and an outreach program so kids whose parents couldn’t afford to pay could still have the opportunity to participate.

He was a good fucking man.

Lawson tended to focus on Curtis’s flaws, the way he cut too close to the darker side of the world they lived in, how often he found gray areas to get what he wanted. But ever since Matt had come here, he found it impossible to ignore the reasons behind Curtis’s outlook and how many benefited from it.

Including Matt.

What would have happened if Curtis hadn’t gone after Garet? If he hadn’t dragged Matt here, whatever his intentions? Even if Matt hadn’t stepped up for Garet, Curtis would’ve put the teen to work and seen that he was trapped in a horrible situation. Instead, he’d done so for both brothers.

And probably saved their lives.

The idea of Matt having gone on alone trying to protect his brother from the gang set Lawson’s teeth on edge. Matt might have spent some time on the streets, but he’d managed to avoid so many of the dangers out there. Standing against those fucking thugs? With the way Matt ran his mouth sometimes, he’d be dead.

If nothing else, Lawson owed Curtis for that. The man would still discipline Ezran, as he’d done with Garet because he was damn good at it, but Curtis had been raised in an environment where anything that was considered a weakness wasn’t discussed. Not that he couldn’t comfort the kid, but he struggled when conversations turned to emotions.

Not that Lawson was much better, but he’d damn well make the attempt.

Or he could always get Matt to talk to the aspiring delinquent.

Enough. Ezran hardly knows Matt. And Noah put you in charge.

“Because he’s an idiot.” Lawson sighed and rapped his knuckles on the door. “Ezran?”

A loud, irritated groan, then a muttered, “Fuck off.”

He was so cute when Noah first got him. What the hell happened?

For some reason, Lawson had imagined children grew up a bit like puppies. Going through an awkward stage before becoming loyal companions. He’d never had a puppy, but the men he knew who had them always described the process that way.

He knocked again.

“I said fuck off! I ain’t doing shit, just fucking leave me alone!”

Why didn’t Noah just get another dog?

Turning the handle, Lawson drew in a measured breath when he realized it was locked.

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