Sworn to Protect by DiAnn Mills

Author:DiAnn Mills [Mills, DiAnn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-05-27T22:24:43+00:00

Jacob unlocked the door to his apartment, a furnished one-bedroom where his only company was cockroaches—a miserable hole, much like his life. On the balcony, children played and a mother scolded them in Spanish. A motorcycle revved up its engine, then sped through the parking lot to the street. The driver probably didn’t pay taxes or have a valid driver’s license. It scraped at his gut to think of the billions of tax dollars spent to educate and take care of illegals.

The stench of garbage permeated the air, and the grit of desperation clung to his fingertips. He knew that with the setting sun, those inside the apartments would be out looking for something to steal, a dealer to feed their habits, and a hundred other ways to raise the crime rate.

And now he lived among them. Probably the only legal citizen in the bunch.

With a newspaper in hand and a stack of mail that he’d picked up from the house, he tried to tell himself life would get better. But hope had disappeared, leaving nothing but perpetual heartache in its wake.

The silence produced an offensive ringing in his ears, not like riding the line alone at night or during the late hours when everyone in the house was asleep. This was different, a terrifying solitude that nearly paralyzed him. He no longer had a career or a home or a family. At forty-eight years old, his life had fallen into quicksand. His means of support was now constructing furniture, what he’d depended on to put Nadine and her sisters and brother through college.

Powerless to save his daughter.

Powerless to salvage his career.

Powerless to restore his marriage.

Powerless to bring Toby’s killer to justice.

Where had it all gone wrong? Had Danika and Toby worked together to undermine the work of the Border Patrol and shift the blame to him?

He tossed the paper and mail onto the bed and sat down on the lumpy mattress.

“If the board decides to fire you, that’s a signature on Nadine’s death certificate.”

Jacob buried his face in his hands and cried. His body shuddered. A vise seemed to squeeze his heart, and for a moment he willed the pressure to end his life.

God, if I can’t make any of this right, let me die now.

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