“We do need to get back,” Travis said, his tone deep, authoritative. “Our wife’s holdin’ down the fort.”
I glanced over at Rhys, then at Wolfe. I still found it hard to believe that Travis had a husband and a wife. And two children, I thought I remembered them saying. It was surreal. But in the same sense, it gave me hope.
“We’ll be plantin’ a few agents in the area,” RT explained. “Just to keep an eye out.”
Agents? What was this?
“Keep your eyes open, Amy,” Gage told me. “It’ll be over soon.”
Another thing I didn’t believe, but I nodded because I knew that was what they expected from me.
“Walk us out?” Travis said to Lynx. “We’ll be in touch.”
And with that, most of the testosterone vacated the building.
Rhys
When the five men cleared out, I changed seats, moving to Amy’s other side so that she was between Wolfe and me.
Oddly enough, now that Travis Walker and Sniper 1 Security were involved, I felt a little better.
Not great, no, but at least I felt as though there would be eyes on the situation. The biggest issue was that I couldn’t even alert my deputies to keep an eye out for Chief Jackson. It would raise suspicion, and until Amy decided to go forward and speak up, I knew it would only cause problems.
Which left me with my hands tied.
Unless, of course, Kelly Jackson showed up again. Then all bets were off.
According to Travis, this situation wasn’t going to simply go away and talking to Kelly Jackson wasn’t going to be an option.
Good news was, the bastard wasn’t going to get away with what he’d done.
Bad news was, he wasn’t going to go away anytime soon if we couldn’t pin him down.
“Not hungry?” Wolfe asked Amy, nodding toward the food she had hardly touched.
“No.”
Obviously that meant her food was fair game because Wolfe reached over and snatched her bacon. Amy smiled and for the first time that morning, I didn’t think it was forced.
We sat silently for a few minutes after I signaled for the check. Wolfe beat me to it, though, only to find out that Travis had picked up the tab anyway.
“I’ve come to a decision,” Amy said suddenly, her eyes fixed on her hands, which were clasped tightly in her lap.
“About?” I glanced at Wolfe, who shrugged.
Those dark eyes lifted to meet mine, and I saw something in them that told me Amy was about to show just how steely her backbone was. I had never thought of her as weak. Not for a single second. Sure, on the outside, she was sweet and innocent. However, deep down, there was a tough woman.
“Jo came here to help me,” Amy stated, her eyes darting back and forth between the two of us. “She died because she thought there was something off about Kelly.”
Wolfe nodded.
“I’m done sitting back and waiting for him to kill me.”
I cringed at her choice of words.
“And I can’t sit back and let Jo’s death be in vain.”
I leaned forward and took her hand, linking our fingers. Yes, we were in public. In the diner, for crying out loud. Probably no more of a public place right in the heart of the gossip grapevine than right here, but I didn’t care. I could still hear Calvin’s words ringing in my ears. Family. That was what was most important.
