Legend by Dale Mayer

Author:Dale Mayer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Military, Romance
ISBN: 9781773367941
Publisher: Valley Publishing Ltd.
Published: 2023-07-28T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Hearing the commotion, Blair woke up, then snuck out to the living room to see a stranger collapsed on the floor, with both Brody and Legend standing over him, glaring. “Another attacker?” she murmured, as she joined them.

Legend nodded. “Yes, found him outside.”

“So you did stay on watch, didn’t you?”

“Of course.” He shrugged. “Instincts.”

“Yeah, your instincts are pretty good,” she confirmed. “I was just so tired. I needed to sleep.”

“Which is why we’re taking shifts.”

She looked down at her cell phone and shuddered at the time but resolutely headed for the teakettle.

“You might as well just go back to bed,” Brody suggested.

She shook her head and sighed. “I’m awake now. Besides, something else is going on here. I don’t know how much of all this you guys have figured out, but I can’t say I’m terribly impressed.”

“What do you mean?” Brody asked, looking confused.

“There’s a reason why they’re coming after Larry, which I get. Money is involved,” she said, with a wave of her hand. “But he’s still a child, and sure it’s easy to assume that controlling the child means controlling the money, but that’s not even true. Plus, how did they find us quickly? They’ve been after us since before we really even left the mansion. This doesn’t seem like random opportunists to me. Surely someone is behind it.”

At that, Brody looked at her with respect. “Yeah, I don’t disagree with you on that. Do you have any idea who?” he asked. “After all, you’re the one who was living there.”

She winced. “Not a reminder I particularly care to have brought up,” she muttered. “But, yes, I did live there, and definitely people were around. I guess the person to talk to would be the manager. He’s … I mean, I called him the manager, but he was kind of what they called the man of affairs because he handled everything.”

At that, Brody looked at her, with a suddenly sharp gaze. “What kind of man is he?”

She stared back at him, surprised. “I would have said fine, but I didn’t really have any dealings with him. I got my paycheck on time, and, if we needed anything for Larry’s care, like clothing or things for school, I’d ask him for the money to get it.”

“Would he just hand it over or what?”

“Yes,” she stated, with a nod. “Cash, usually, or we had a credit card we could use. The limit was kept fairly low, and, if we needed to go above that, then I just had to ask.”

“Were you ever turned down?”

“No, never. The kid could pretty well have or do whatever he wanted.”

“What did Larry like to spend money on?” Legend asked from the doorway.

She turned to face him. “Honestly, schoolbooks.”

Legend smiled. “He really does like his studies, doesn’t he?”

“He loves them. He loves school. That would be the one thing I especially worry about. If anybody took that away from him, I could see him slowly crumbling. Anything else, he’s pretty resilient. He would cheerfully

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