Redemption by Eden Winters

Author:Eden Winters [Winters, Eden]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: mm romance
Publisher: Rocky Ridge Books
Published: 2015-05-28T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Lucky stood in the dilapidated warehouse. This time, he didn’t have to pick any locks like the day he’d found Vincent’s body. The doors stood open. Once more his Kevlar vest chafed him beneath his shirt.

Nestor placed a hand on Lucky’s shoulders and stared into his eyes. “Lucky, my friend, here’s where we part company. But should you have a change of heart, you’re welcome anytime. And I dare say Graciela will take it as a personal insult if you don’t visit her.”

Bo stood off to the side, his mere presence as reassuring as an arm around the shoulders.

“Nestor, let’s not kid ourselves. You’ve helped me. Thanks. Hell, Bo and I might not have made it out of Mexico in one piece without you. But we’re in different businesses, and if it comes down to it, either one of us will have to do what we have to do.” It might break Lucky’s heart to arrest the man. But if he proved half the things Nestor intimated, the man would spend the rest of his days in solitary confinement or wind up on death row.

“Then let’s hope it never comes to that. Vaya con Dios, my friend. I have a final gift for you.” He handed Lucky the jewelry box.

“I told you I don’t want that.”

“But you haven’t looked inside.”

Lucky lifted the lid. Bo’s hummingbird spirit totem. He slipped it out and into his jeans pocket. “Thanks.”

“De nada. What about the rest?”

Two gold rings, a few chains, a Rolex. Things Lucky had no use for now. “You remember that kid who’d offered to watch the car that time? The one who’d lost his father?”

“Yes.”

“Give it to his family, for his school.”

Nestor’s grin showed even, white teeth. “That, I will do.” He clapped Lucky on the shoulder. “Happy Thanksgiving. Now, time to send you home.”

“What about you?” The man had his revenge. What now?

“Oh, don’t worry about me. You see, I’ve been considering your advice. Maybe it’s time to retire. At any rate, I’ve reconnected with an old friend, and tomorrow I’ll leave for Paris. See the sights. I’ve even given thought to painting again.”

Lucky shook the man’s hand. “Take care of yourself, old man.”

“You do the same. And Lucky?”

“Yes?”

“Old habits die hard. I’ll still be watching over you.”

The words comforted Lucky as much as they scared him.

He waited until he and Bo were out of visual range to pull Bo into his arms. They’d done it. They’d returned to Mexico, met Nestor face to face, sent Stephan to justice, and were now on their way back home.

So much could go wrong.

“What did he talk to you about?” Bo asked once they’d resumed their trek, hand in hand, path illuminated by an overhead string of lights. The darkness earlier must’ve been for Stephan’s benefit, not Lucky’s.

“Remember when Stephan said he’d kill me if it weren’t for the will?”

“Yeah.”

“Sly old coot Victor arranged for me to have dual citizenship and inherit. He’d originally left everything to Graciela, but was scared of what Vincent and Stephan might do to her.

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