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“Shelby?” I ask, and he chuckles.

“Yeah, Officer Shelby. Fuzz’s friend.”

I nod. “Oh, right. Didn’t realize his name was Shelby.”

“It’s not something he advertises,” Henn says, laughing, and I grin, shaking my head.

“All right, my girl’s gonna wake up soon so here’s the deal, Ian’s gotta go, and Blaze wants you to find someone to do the job. Someone who is never gonna get out of there and would be willing to do it.”

“What kind of compensation are we talking here?”

“We’ll deposit two grand in their account over the next six months.”

He’s quiet for a minute, and I worry that our plan will fall apart. “I think I can make that happen. I’ve got a couple of guys in mind.”

“Thank you for doing this.”

“Don’t mention it. There isn’t anything I wouldn’t do for my woman. I get it.”

“Give me a call when it’s done?”

He sucks in a breath, and I pause. “Yeah, you got it. Listen, there is a favor I need to ask you for.”

“What is it?”

“I’m looking at getting out in the next year, and I need to find my girl.”

I push off the wall and walk down the hallway a little bit. “What do you mean ‘find’ her?”

“Fuck, I don’t know, man. The night I got pinched, I was supposed to pick her up, but of course, I couldn’t, and ever since then, Blaze says she disappeared. I haven’t seen her in six years, and it’s fucking killing me. She’s my world, you know?”

“Yeah, Brother, I get it. I’ll look into it.”

He thanks me, and we hang up before I slip back into my room and climb into bed, pulling Ali into my arms. Weight lifts off my shoulders as I realize that this is almost over, and a smile stretches across my face as I close my eyes.

Chapter Thirty-Two

Alison

“Oh my god, I missed you so much, bitch,” Izzy squeals as she runs across the parking lot and practically jumps into my arms as Carly follows behind her, shaking her head. Laughing, I hug her, and she pulls back before looking over my body. “Are you okay? What happened?”

When we left my house Sunday night, there wasn’t much time to explain everything. I did tell them that I had to go to the clubhouse for my safety but I couldn’t give them details. “It was crazy, Iz.”

“Well, tell me everything.”

I glance over my shoulder to the picnic tables that surround the fire pit. All the guys are on one side, drinking beer as they talk and stare into the fire. I point to the table across from them. “Let’s go sit down, and I’ll tell you everything.”

We move over to the table, and as they sit down, I take a deep breath and begin explaining the whole weekend to them – telling them about Logan’s cabin and how amazing it was. Then I start telling them about when we came home. When I finish, Carly has tears in her eyes, and Izzy looks murderous.

“I can’t imagine how terrifying that was, Hon,” Carly says, and I nod.

“I’ve honestly never felt fear like that. I was frozen, and I couldn’t even scream for Logan. I thought my heart was going to literally burst.”

Izzy blows out a breath and looks up at me from the table. “What are we doing to end this son of a bitch?”

“Logan is handling it.”

“Well, what is he doing?”