Up in Smoke (Firehouse Three, #4) by Sidney Bristol

Author:Sidney Bristol
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: fireman, step-brother, contemporary erotic romance, fireman romance, stepbrother romance, friends to lovers, second chance, psychological thriller, family drama
Publisher: Sidney Bristol
Published: 2016-12-06T05:00:00+00:00

13.

Payton was on her...sixth—or was it eight?—cup of coffee.

Sleep had eluded her, but maybe that had to do with being in a strange house.

The big bed in the upstairs bedroom had felt empty and the sofa in the living room too lumpy to allow her to rest.

Her phone was cut off by Webb’s order. There was no Wi-Fi, no phone, not even a fax machine. She had all the TV she could want, but the only things playing were Christmas movies, and that made her think of Chaz.

The tree.

He’d been so insistent they get one.

It’d been perfect.

The lights. All his old ornaments from his younger years. The pictures of his dad.

When she’d left, Chaz had just begun to look at it. The shattered remains.

That was what she left in her wake.

This was all her fault.

If it weren’t for her...

Payton descended the stairs to the living room.

When this was over, when they’d caught Alice, Payton was going away. Somewhere far from Texas and Chaz and Martha. She’d find a place where she couldn’t screw up anyone else’s life.

Arizona could be nice. All that sun, no cold weather. She could get a place off the grid and finally be free. Free from her father’s legacy. Free from her own stupid decisions. Free from the DEA. All of it.

She drained the last of her mug and rinsed it in the kitchen.

Tate would be here sometime mid-afternoon. She was hoping for some kind of news on the shooters, the investigation from Webb.

Unlike a typical agent, Payton couldn’t just walk her happy ass into the DEA offices. She was so far under cover that most agents didn’t know who she was or that she existed. Webb was old-school that way. Given the number of agents he’d worked with who’d taken bribes, she couldn’t say that she blamed him. If she didn’t dislike his cutthroat tactics so much, she might thank him for being so careful with her real life.

He wasn’t doing it for her though. What mattered to him was closing cases, and if that meant putting her in a tight spot, she didn’t doubt he’d do it. It was why he was still so bitter about her firm stance to become an agent. With credentials came procedure. And procedure would hopefully keep her alive. There were rules that Webb had to follow with her that he might not if she were simply an asset. Which was why she’d had her credentials and service weapon collecting dust in a safety deposit box for the last two years until she swung by the Houston bank to pick them up before heading to Dallas. Those just might save her life in the end.

In an effort to protect her and the case, she might as well be a real criminal. Until Webb was back to officially debrief her and transition her out of the field, she was stuck in limbo, waiting at his beck and call. She couldn’t even hand off the phone. Without her on hand to

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