Page 158 of Dust to Dust

“What’s your name?”

“Um, Isla Vaughn.”

The officer scribbled it down in his notebook. His gaze fell on mine. “And your name?”

“Quinn Kavanaugh.”

“Kavanaugh?” He blinked. “As in the Belfast Kavanaughs?”

“Aye. I came up to Dublin to visit my sister,” I replied, motioning to Maeve.

“Right. Well, um, thanks for the information.”

When he started walking off, his partner stopped him. “What the feck are you doing?”

“Keeping myself alive.”

As they hurried away, I glanced down at Isla. “Let’s get out of here.”

“We have suites at the Shelborne,” she said.

“Whose we?”

“Dare, Kellan, Brooke and Henry.”

Her eyes popped wide. “Brooke and Henry are here?

“We were planning to hide them away here while we took care of Mikita.”

“And he took care of himself.”

A shudder ran through Isla. “That’s true.”

“I have a rental car up the street.”

“You don’t need to carry me. I can walk,” Isla protested.

I grinned down at her. “I’m not letting you out of my sight or out of my arms anytime soon. In fact, Maeve can drive, and we’ll take the backseat.”

Maeve snorted. “As long as there’s no shenanigans.”

At Isla’s blush, I laughed. “I can’t make any promises.”

Isla rolled her eyes. “You’re a caveman.”

“Aye. And a beast.”

Isla smiled. “I love you just as you are.”

“And I love you.”

I then started up the street feeling lighter than I had in weeks.

Chapter Thirty-Eight: Isla

While the others went back home to Boston, Quinn took me to Belfast to meet his mother and to see where he’d grown up. Since it was my first time out of the country, I’d wanted to drag him to all the tourist sites, but with my classes, I only had a long weekend to be away. Quinn promised to bring me back in the summer.

When we’d arrived at his house, or I should say mansion since it was bigger than the one in Boston, I’d been a rambling, nervous wreck. Although she’d been as friendly as she could be during our one phone call, I’d worried the staunchly Catholic woman would change her tune and look down on me for being a dancer in Quinn’s club.

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