Unbroken -Part One - A Second Chance at Love Romance: The Collective - Season 1, Episode 1 by Edwards Riley

Author:Edwards, Riley [Edwards, Riley]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2017-04-03T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

A Hundred Large

Reid

“Here you are, enjoy. Is there anything else I can get you?” Melanie placed our plates on the table and tilted her head to the side as she studied Ava crying next to me.

I shook my head and gave her a reassuring smile. The last thing Ava would want was any attention drawn to her tears.

“No, we’re great, Melanie. Thanks. Is that wife of yours at work today?”

As much fun as it was teasing Ava about her jealousy, and that is exactly what it was, now was not the time nor the place. Melanie’s wife, Roni, worked for me as an office manager. If Ava thought Melanie was pretty or flirtatious, she would think doubly so of Roni. It was ironic. Melanie wasn’t flirting with me, she was innocently flirting with Ava.

“Yes. The flu bug seems to have passed, thank the Lord. I was ready to send her to her parent’s house,” Melanie laughed.

“Bullshit. You love taking care of her,” I shot back.

“You’re right, I do. I just like teasing her. I don’t want her to know how soft I really am. I have a rep to protect. Give her a smooch from me when you see her.” She winked at me. “And little man, I snuck you a couple extra pancakes on that plate. Enjoy.”

“Really? Thanks so much, Melanie. That’s really cool of you.” JJ looked at his plate and counted the pancakes.

There was no way he would be finishing that stack.

My phone vibrated on the table. Before I could silence it, the office number across the screen.

“Yo,” I answered.

“How long until you’re in the office?” Austin asked.

“Food just got here. Not that long, depending on bridge traffic.”

“Shit,” Austin grumbled.

“What’s the rush? Is Mac there already?” I tried to use a nonchalant voice. I didn’t want any added stress on Ava and JJ. They’d had enough for a lifetime.

“There’s a hundred large in the duffle.”

Shit. Fuckity fuck. I bit the inside of my cheek to prevent myself from uttering a string of colorful language that Ava would no doubt chastise me for using in front of the little ears. Mother shit! Whoever owned that hundred thousand would want it back. This had just gone from fucked to completely FUBAR’d. Fucking Jimmy Kelley would die.

“Anything else of interest?” I asked.

“No dope. There’s a notebook you’re gonna want to look at. If I’m not mistaken he’s running a book.”

Christ Almighty, the shit storm kept getting better and better. Gambling. What would be next? Was he running women and guns too?

“Copy that. See you soon. Do me a favor? Make sure that the notebook and anything else of interest are in my personal safe. The rest needs to go in the vault until Mac can pick it up.”

“Already done.” Austin disconnected. He was a thorough son-of-a-bitch. I was lucky to have him on my crew.

“Everything alright?” Ava seemed to have pulled herself together.

Earlier, when I saw the tears well in her eyes I desperately wanted to pull her soft body into my arms and hold her, comfort her, take all of the pain away from her.

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