Page 113 of Love Takes Home

“I’ll have to talk to the county attorney. I don’t know.”

“Thanks, Sammy.”

“Are you going to be okay?” he asks, the cop mask removed and my friend in its place.

“She’s going to be just fine,” Claire answers for me, grinning.

“What she said,” I assure him.

“But I’m staying a few days to help you through anything.” She winks at me.

Sammy stands, patting my foot. “Take care of yourself.” He turns to Joker. “Can I see you and Davis in the hallway?”

“Be right back,” Joker says to me, kissing my forehead before following Davis and Sammy out of the room.

“Why do they always talk about the good stuff without us?” I ask Trish.

“Oh, sweet girl, it’s not just them, it’s all men.” Claire laughs. “But if they are good men, they’ll come back and fill you in.”

I grin at Trish. “They are the best men.”

Chapter 32

Joker

I pull the doorclosed behind me and look at Sammy. “What did you find?”

“It’s not good.”

“Figured it wouldn’t be,” I agree.

“First, there were drugs. Lots of them.”

“Little white pills?” Davis asks.

“Pounds of them. And all the equipment one needs to distribute it.”

“What else did you find?” I ask.

“Lists.”

“What kind of lists?”

“Very detailed lists. Your DEA friend took pictures of them and is working with Daniel to figure out who they are and what connections they have to each other.”

“Is that all?” Davis asks.

“No,” he admits. “He also had a diary. We’re still going through it, but it detailed exactly how he started to break Ginny down. When he started alienating her from everyone and how. His celebration the first time he…hit her.”

“Wait, the first time?” Davis blinks, trying to get his brain to wrap around his sister being hurt by a man.

“Not the time,” I tell him.

“You knew?” He turns on me.

“Not until after. We can talk about it later.”

“Fucking right, we’ll talk about it later. How do you keep that from me?”

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