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Detective Brooks nods. "I don't normally travel to deliver such news, but I felt given your circumstances, it was warranted I speak to you in person. I wanted to tell you we have closed the case on Rex and his club Savage Outlaw. His body, along with several members of his club, was found just outside of Texas. A drug deal gone wrong. With only a few members of the club left and no leader, I have on good authority Savage Outlaw is no more." The detective looks at Riggs then back at me. I sense she knows that's not the truth but sticks to her story. "I also felt you had the right to know who compromised the first safe house and your location back in Montana."
"Who?" I ask. I had always wondered how Rex found me both times.
"Officer Conner."
"Wait. Are you talking about the one who was at the hospital when Rex beat me? The one you found in my room? I knew that guy gave me the creeps for some reason. I couldn't explain it, though."
"I'm sorry, Luna. I should have known something wasn't right when I found him in your hospital room. I reprimanded him for it because he was instructed not to enter unless there was a threat. He never gave us any more trouble after that. It turns out he was our leak."
"Where is he now? In jail?"
"No. He was found dead in his apartment a week ago with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. I can safely say he is no longer a threat; along with Savage Outlaw."
"So, no more hiding?"
"No, Miss Novak. No more hiding. You are free to return home to Arizona."
Riggs slides his arm around my waist and kisses the top of my head. I peer up at his handsome face and beam. "I am home Detective Brooks."
