Total pages in book: 90
Estimated words: 81977 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 410(@200wpm)___ 328(@250wpm)___ 273(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 81977 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 410(@200wpm)___ 328(@250wpm)___ 273(@300wpm)
He was just another victim of these assholes and he’d basically given up his life trying to help her. Just a fucking kid, I didn’t want to think what would’ve happened to him if his old man had gotten ahold of him.
Or if the senator had ever known that he had the evidence he had. My guess is that Starks was planning a double cross or he was just covering his ass in case of contingencies. Either way.
"It doesn't matter baby because now he'll be staying with us." The smile she gave me made me wish I could fight all her demons at once, fuck. How could one human being own another so completely without any effort at all? I stole a quick kiss before being addressed by Maurice.
"Intel coming in boss you want it now or when we're alone?"
"What is it?" He smiled wide and I knew. I walked off leaving the two of them whispering while she checked him over like a mother hen.
"First four houses cleared, working on the last now and transporting in about two hours after that; don't want to sit on it too long." Damn that was quick, it seems the men hadn’t waited much longer after they’d landed to get to work.
It helped that the men already in place had pretty much set shit up, but the ex-mercenaries I’d sent in knew their shit so I shouldn’t be surprised. I’d chosen them specifically for their prowess in this area after all.
"Safe house set up and ready boss?"
"Yep everything's in place Gage." Gage took over the briefing from there. "We have the contact info for the parents ready and now with this new info from the kid looks like our job was just made easier."
Yeah everything was coming together nicely, it’s about fucking time something was going right for the good guys. This was only the beginning though, there was still a fuck load of shit to do.
"I guess the bastard gets to live after all then." I hadn't really been sure of what I was going to do but Gage was right. With the photos and diary Jason had given us it wouldn't be too hard to prove to the American public that the senator and his cohorts were guilty as sin.
"Can we authenticate the pics, make sure they can't cry foul?"
"Stefan just did that while you three were having your little family reunion." The fucker had the nerve to smirk at me.
"Cute." While we'd been chatting Ashley and Jason had been playing catch up. One of the guys came in with food, which was a good idea since the kid looked like he hadn't eaten in days.
I put Blossom in a chair and whispered in her ear. I'd guessed correctly that Jason was full of pride and wouldn't touch a morsel but I knew if she enticed him to he would. He started digging in as she picked at a croissant on her plate peppering the poor guy with questions. He seemed more interested in pissing me off though as his next words proved.
"I can't stay here, thanks for the offer but I'm no charity case."
"Don't be stupid kid; this isn't about charity, you did me a service and now I'm repaying you. Besides, I'm sure it would make my wife very happy if you stayed here with us and that's my only concern. Look at it as a favor to her if you'd like."
That's all I was going to say on the matter, I'd told him the truth Blossom wouldn't be happy now unless she knew where her friend was after finding him again after all this time. And even if she hasn't yet figured out that he's been living on the streets I have and I just couldn't let that shit go on.
He was as much a victim of these twisted fucks as her and the others. If she wanted him here then here’s where the fuck he was going to stay. I’m pretty sure if he’d had a safe place to go in the first place he wouldn’t have been on the streets.
"What's this safe house Gideon?" Shit, I was hoping she'd been too preoccupied to hear that little bypass, no such luck. "Nothing for you to worry about baby."
She pouted my way but kept still. I've noticed that she never contradicted me in front of others, no she saved that shit for when we were alone so I was sure I hadn't heard the end of it.
I needed to go over all the stuff Jason had brought with him but I didn't want to do it with her in the room. I had shuffled everything back into the envelope before she came into the room, I didn’t want her hurting anymore than she already was over this shit.
With things moving though we needed to get on the ball, I didn’t want her anywhere near it but I didn't want to send her away either, shit.