Page 62 of Rescued Faith

Emma laughed. “You don’t know squat. Because if you did,neitherof you would be here right now.”

Jude looked to Penny. “I think we’re done.” They stood up to leave.

“Darn right we’re done.” Emma shook her hands in the handcuffs. “Better run home now. Keep your new family close, Agent Brooks.”

Her words chilled Penny to the core. Emma knew Jude was recently married.

Which meant that Sosa had Bryce Crawford and his family in his sights.

TWENTY

The lobby of the police station must’ve been designed to be as uncomfortable as possible. The hard bench pressed into Bryce’s back while he lay on it. He tossed a nerf football up in the air and caught it again. Background chatter from the other police officers working buzzed in the background. Izan had left earlier, but Bryce wasn’t going anywhere until he talked with Penny. He had to show her that he wasn’t a playboy. He wasn’t a cheater. He was serious. Plus he needed to know what they figured out about the Sosa guy from his girlfriend.

But this was taking forever.

A rush of footsteps made Bryce drop the ball and sit up. What was all the commotion? Anthony, Olivia, Jude, and Penny rushed from the back hall. Jude was on the phone.

Bryce stood. “What’s going?”

Penny did a double take and stopped. “You’re still here?”

“I told you I?—”

“That doesn’t matter now. Your family.” She grabbed him by the arm and dragged him to the door.

“What about my family?”

“You have your keys?” she asked him.

“Yeah, but?—”

“You drive. I’ll explain.” They all ran out into the night air. “I’ll ride with Bryce. Meet you there,” Penny yelled to the other three as they split up. Other police officers ran for their vehicles.

This wasn’t good. And it had something to do with his family. Bryce sprinted to his truck. Penny hopped into the passenger seat, and he took off. “What happened?”

“Sosa is back.”

Bryce squeezed the steering wheel tighter. “That guy is really a Sosa?”

“The man that got away tonight is Diego Sosa’s nephew. Alonzo. We weren’t able to get a whole lot of information from Emma, but we at least got that much.”

“Is he back for revenge?”

“It would make sense that he’d target you guys, since Jude shot Diego.”

“That was two years ago. Why now? And is Izan okay?” Bryce’s mother had hidden the identity of the child Diego had thought was his heir. Turned out Izan was that child, but Diego wasn’t his father. His father was Diego’s accountant, who’d run away with Diego’s girlfriend and, over the years, siphoned off a few million dollars.

“We don’t know exactly. But when we were interrogating Emma, she told Jude to keep his new family close. How else would she know anything about his new family,yourfamily, unless they’ve been studying up on what happened back then?”

At the sound of the threat, Bryce pressed the gas pedal even harder. He swerved around a sedan and SUV. “If that man even thinks about hurting my fam?—”

Penny’s warm hand cupped his shoulder and squeezed. “He won’t. We’re almost there.”

“He had a head start!” Bryce pounded the steering wheel. “He left the club hours ago. Who knows what he’s been doing ever since, and I’ve been lounging around like?—”

“This isn’t your fault, Bryce. Emma could’ve been taunting us just to rile us up. We don’t know for sure but wanted to take extra precautions. We’ll bring your parents somewhere safe.”

“And Andi?”

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