“I don’t know.” His eyes met hers, their determination impossible to miss. “But I can promise you, I’m damn sure going to find out.”
How doeshe keep finding me?
Allison’s words drove through Liam’s mind as he did his best to focus on the road ahead. Gallo’s pursuit of his wife and daughter had escalated to a B and E. And if Liam didn’t find away to stop the son of a bitch, it was only going to get worse from here.
I can’t let that happen. I won’t let them get hurt.
He ground his back teeth together to keep from letting out a string of infuriated curses. Like his teammates, Liam was a man of action. A doer. And he was done being on the defensive.
Allison and Maddie didn’t just need a safe place to hide from her husband. They needed Gallo stopped. But how the hell was he supposed to do that when he couldn’t even keep the man from finding them?
That’s it. That’s where you need to start.
Liam’s thoughts began working together to come up with a new plan. If they could figure out how Gallo was keeping tabs on Allison—and if Knox was as good a detective as Jagger claimed—then proving Gallo’s been stalking his wife should be enough for Knox to obtain a warrant.
If.
If.
Should.
He couldn’t rely on a bunch of fucking ifs. Not when his girls’ lives were on the line.
Uh…hate to point out the obvious, but Allison and Maddie aren’t exactly yours.
True, but theywerethe ones he’d been charged with keeping safe. And the best way for Liam to do that was to put Gallo’s sleezy ass behind bars.
First things first, however, he needed to get the girls secured for the night. After that, he’d start digging for the solid evidence needed for Knox and his team.
A stalking charge was the very least of what Gallo deserved. But it would open the door for Knox to question him about his involvement in Martin Torres’s murder. Andthatwould hopefully lead to the man being sent to prison.
For the rest of his miserable life.
Liam’s grip on the leather steering wheel tightened until his knuckles turned white. Thoughts of Torres reminded him of that nagging feeling he’d had back in Sloane’s office. The one that had hit him when he saw the strange expression on Allison’s face.
He’d planned to ask her if she knew more about the murder during the plane ride home. But his mind had been too pre-occupied by the thought of Knox trying to use her as bait.
When he’d cleared his head and calmed his ass down, Liam’s next thought was to call his team. By the time he managed to get off the phone, they’d reached their destination.
“Is this where we’re staying?” Allison looked at the house through the windshield before turning her focus his way. “Why here?”
“Yep.” Liam put the vehicle in park and cut the engine before meeting her inquisitive gaze. “And because I live here.”
“Oh.” Her surprise was impossible to miss, her long lashes fluttering with a few quick blinks.
“Come on.” He unbuckled his seatbelt and opened his door. “We’ll get Sleeping Beauty settled in for the night, and then I can give you the nickel tour.”
From over her shoulder, she looked at Maddie’s sleeping form. A sad smile lifted the corners of her lips, revealing an internal struggle that pulled at Liam’s heart.
Wanting to get them inside sooner rather than later, he shut his car door quietly before rounding the back bumper on his way to the passenger side. Allison exited the SUV while he opened Maddie’s door.
Liam grabbed his backpack from the floorboard, sliding its wide, padded strap across one of his shoulders. Scooping Maddie into his arms, he was careful not to bonk her head as he lifted her from the car.
Allison followed him up the short sidewalk to the home’s covered porch. Needing to reach his keys from the front pocket of his jeans, Liam shifted his hold on the precious cargo in his arms so that his right hand was free to move.
He unlocked the door and pushed it open, entering first and then stepping to the side to make room. Once Allison was inside, he shut and locked the door before entering the four-digit code into the alarm system’s keypad mounted on the wall to his right.
“You two can sleep back here,” he whispered softly as he began walking further into the house.
