Page 158 of One Last Chance

“He’s the one! He’s the Midnight Sun Killer!”

So many questions her words barely registered. Still. “No—Flynn. We got him. Dillon?—”

She tried to unlatch his hands. “It wasn’t just Dillon. Put me down. He’s getting away.”

And then he got it. All of it.

Shehadn’tcome back for him. But it didn’t change the fact that he wasn’t letting her go. And yeah, if he had to simply keep rescuing her from herself, he’d do it. “Let him go.”

She drew in a breath—he felt it, even as her struggle died.

“Let him go, Flynn. We’ll find him again, I promise. But he’s not worth you getting hurt. Or killed.”

He leaned down, pulling her tight against him. “Or me. Because you know I’ll run after you. Always. And this time, I’m choosing to save the person I love.”

She gasped. “Let me go.” Her words emerged softly, and he loosened his hold. She turned in his arms. Looked up at him.

A moment passed between them.

“I left you a voicemail,” she said. “Two days ago.”

He looked back at her. “I just got it.”

Her eyes searched his, then she glanced down the boardwalk. Sighed.

She turned back to him, her eyes glossy, and smiled.

And maybe he was wrong. Maybe shewashere for him.Have a little faith?—

“Why are you here?” He met her eyes.

“Because . . .” She shrugged. “Because . . .”

“You missed me.”

“Yeah.”

“You’re in love with me.”

She rolled her eyes.

“Flynn.”

“Okay, yeah.”

“Because you can’t live without me.”

“Don’t go crazy.” But her eyes sparkled. “But maybe I’m . . . I’m happier with you. With the Flynn I find when you’re around.” She pressed her hands against his chest. “Truth is, I need someone who can rescue me . . .”

“Yeah, you do,” he said.

Footsteps pounded along the boardwalk and he looked up.

Sheriff Deke, along with a couple deputies, ran up.

“He went that way,” Axel said, and Deke nodded.

“You good?” Deke asked as the deputies took off.

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