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Authors: Kate Allenton
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and how some of the people died, contradicting the files on the desk. Use it as you will. I wish you all the luck in the world, my friends. God speed.
“Jackson, I’m so sorry.” Scarlett wrapped her arms around his waist. “This is the worst thing we could have ever found.”
Jackson turned her into his arms and rested his chin on the top of her head. Her heart clenched for him and his entire family. There was no easy fix. There was no easy out without exposing the Loves’ secrets.
“We need to leave.” He dropped his hold on her and disconnected the hard drive while she took the stack of files.
“Where are we going?” She walked beside him out of the storage facility. “We can’t go back to the house. Avery and Landon already told their boss where we were. It’s not safe.”
“I know.” He hit the fob for the SUV and climbed in. “We need to personally meet with the others so I can debrief them on the situation, and we need to talk to Uncle Martin, Aunt Mary, and my father. It makes sense now.”
“What does?”
“My promise to my mother.” He glanced in her direction as he started the SUV and pulled out of the parking lot. “She made me promise to protect the family from the past. I just assumed she was talking about hiding our abilities. I had no clue she meant my aunt and uncle’s past. She also made me promise some other things.”
“What other things?”
Jackson’s brows dipped, and he shook his head. “It doesn’t matter. What matters is that I moved back to the Island. It’s hard to protect something when you’re not there.”
“That’s why you’re in security too, isn’t it?”
He nodded. “It’s time I delivered on that promise. The hounds of hell are about to rain down on Marsh Corp., and I’ll be the one leading the charge.”
Chapter 7
Jackson drove straight back to the house and packed up his belongings and some stuff for Scarlett. The place was compromised, and so was everything Frank owned. Marsh Corp.’s reach was endless. The car and accounts would be traced if they weren’t already. If Marsh was working with the feds, they were in deeper shit than Jackson could have guessed. He was surprised agents hadn’t shown up yet to kill them. He needed to get a message to Avery and Landon. Something to let them know that they needed to meet and to keep it within the family. He called Reed as Scarlett waited in the living room for them to leave.
“We’ve all been compromised. How can you get a message to Landon and Avery that we need to meet without them telling anyone where we’re going?”
“She has an encrypted personal phone that I gave her for emergencies. What’s going on?”
“Assemble all of the Loves, including my dad and your parents. We need to meet some place that isn’t tied to any of us. You have any suggestions on a place big enough for us and off the grid?”
“I’ll figure it out. When will you be back?”
That was a good question. “I haven’t figured out how we’re getting out of town. Frank’s vehicles are compromised, and I haven’t met any other locals.”
“I know someone that can get us out of here,” Scarlett said from the doorway.
“Hang on.” Jackson pressed the phone to his chest and turned to Scarlett. “Who?”
“You’re not going to like it,” she said.
“I’ll take pretty much anything at this point. Who?”
“Salvatore offered his help.”
Jackson pressed the phone to his ear. “We’ll get wheels and be back on the Island by noon tomorrow. Make the arrangements and get everyone back, including Avery and Landon; make sure to tell them that it’s a code red. They can’t tell anyone, least of all their boss.”
“Jackson, what the hell did you get into?”
“I’ll explain when I get there. Just make it happen. It could destroy us…all of us.”
“I’m on it,” Reed said. “Be careful, and call me if I can help.”
“Thanks, Reed. I’ll call when we’re close
“Jackson, I’m so sorry.” Scarlett wrapped her arms around his waist. “This is the worst thing we could have ever found.”
Jackson turned her into his arms and rested his chin on the top of her head. Her heart clenched for him and his entire family. There was no easy fix. There was no easy out without exposing the Loves’ secrets.
“We need to leave.” He dropped his hold on her and disconnected the hard drive while she took the stack of files.
“Where are we going?” She walked beside him out of the storage facility. “We can’t go back to the house. Avery and Landon already told their boss where we were. It’s not safe.”
“I know.” He hit the fob for the SUV and climbed in. “We need to personally meet with the others so I can debrief them on the situation, and we need to talk to Uncle Martin, Aunt Mary, and my father. It makes sense now.”
“What does?”
“My promise to my mother.” He glanced in her direction as he started the SUV and pulled out of the parking lot. “She made me promise to protect the family from the past. I just assumed she was talking about hiding our abilities. I had no clue she meant my aunt and uncle’s past. She also made me promise some other things.”
“What other things?”
Jackson’s brows dipped, and he shook his head. “It doesn’t matter. What matters is that I moved back to the Island. It’s hard to protect something when you’re not there.”
“That’s why you’re in security too, isn’t it?”
He nodded. “It’s time I delivered on that promise. The hounds of hell are about to rain down on Marsh Corp., and I’ll be the one leading the charge.”
Chapter 7
Jackson drove straight back to the house and packed up his belongings and some stuff for Scarlett. The place was compromised, and so was everything Frank owned. Marsh Corp.’s reach was endless. The car and accounts would be traced if they weren’t already. If Marsh was working with the feds, they were in deeper shit than Jackson could have guessed. He was surprised agents hadn’t shown up yet to kill them. He needed to get a message to Avery and Landon. Something to let them know that they needed to meet and to keep it within the family. He called Reed as Scarlett waited in the living room for them to leave.
“We’ve all been compromised. How can you get a message to Landon and Avery that we need to meet without them telling anyone where we’re going?”
“She has an encrypted personal phone that I gave her for emergencies. What’s going on?”
“Assemble all of the Loves, including my dad and your parents. We need to meet some place that isn’t tied to any of us. You have any suggestions on a place big enough for us and off the grid?”
“I’ll figure it out. When will you be back?”
That was a good question. “I haven’t figured out how we’re getting out of town. Frank’s vehicles are compromised, and I haven’t met any other locals.”
“I know someone that can get us out of here,” Scarlett said from the doorway.
“Hang on.” Jackson pressed the phone to his chest and turned to Scarlett. “Who?”
“You’re not going to like it,” she said.
“I’ll take pretty much anything at this point. Who?”
“Salvatore offered his help.”
Jackson pressed the phone to his ear. “We’ll get wheels and be back on the Island by noon tomorrow. Make the arrangements and get everyone back, including Avery and Landon; make sure to tell them that it’s a code red. They can’t tell anyone, least of all their boss.”
“Jackson, what the hell did you get into?”
“I’ll explain when I get there. Just make it happen. It could destroy us…all of us.”
“I’m on it,” Reed said. “Be careful, and call me if I can help.”
“Thanks, Reed. I’ll call when we’re close
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