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ahead. I slowed my pace so I could sneak quietly.
Something made him stop. Had he detected me already?
I moved forward until he was in view. He leaned against a tree trunk and pulled his phone out of his pocket, flicking through the icons. I moved closer. He chuckled and then pressed the screen. His location on my phone blinked out, but I didn’t need it anymore, I could see him clearly now. I let it slip in my bag.
I lifted the gun in the air as I advanced.
“You’ve been following me,” he said, a sly grin on those sexy lips.
“Can’t keep away from you.”
“Nice jacket.”
“You’ve got good taste.” There was no way I was giving it back to him.
“So, I guess you want the money back.” He put his phone away and looked straight at me.
Keeping the gun pointed at him, I nodded.
“What about we split it. Half, half. Seems fair to me.”
“Since I have the loaded gun, I would say that gives me the advantage. I’ll take all of it.”
“I won’t give up chasing you.”
“You will if you have a bullet through your head.” I flicked the safety off.
“Aww, I already have a dagger through my heart.”
I smirked. “I hope that isn’t because of me. We barely know each other.”
“We know each other intimately. I know what it takes to make you tremble, remember?”
“Maybe I was faking.”
“Were you?”
I smiled. “No. You’re good enough, but I need more.”
“You need someone with money, you mean.”
“Which you don’t have anymore, so hand it over.”
He reached into his shirt and pulled out the four stacks of bills. He sighed heavily. “We still have the money from your boyfriend. But will it be enough to make the boys happy? I can’t guarantee that.”
“You took the three grand from Nick?”
“He was trying to make a deal. Fool.”
“Where is he?”
He shrugged. “How should I know?”
“Is he alive?”
He shrugged again. Damn it . The last thing I wanted was for Nick to be hurt; although I couldn’t be sure anything had really happened to him. I didn’t trust anything Colt and his friends said.
“ Here.” I counted off an extra two thousand dollars. “The three you took from Nick and this extra for your trouble.”
“Two more.”
“One.” I handed over the three grand total. “Now you have double what you started with.”
He took the cash stuffing it back into his shirt. “Might see you around.”
“Unlikely.”
“Pleasure,” he said as he peeled himself away from the tree. He gave me a wink and turned his back on me as he walked away. He called back over his shoulder, something about me having a sexy ass, but my heart was beating too hard to hear properly.
When he was out of sight, I exhaled and dropped the gun to my side. I slumped down at the base of a tree, putting the safety back on the gun and put it in my pack. My shoulder had begun to pound and I winced, but focused on the piles of money in my hands. It was the most money I’d ever seen in one place. I counted it out twice; to be sure I had the correct number. Thirty four thousand dollars. Shit. This kind of cash would set Owen and I up for a few years if we continued to live at my mother’s house and didn’t have to pay rent. He could get his operation, and we could live on the rest easily. I wouldn’t have to find men and steal their cash. I could go legit, maybe get a real job. This was a game changer.
I stuffed the cash into my backpack and stood up.
The road wasn’t much further ahead. If I hurried, I could make it to the next town, catch the early morning bus and be home in time for breakfast with Owen. See him off for school and wish him luck on his test.
He’d be so excited when he saw how much money I had, so happy that I was back safe with him.
Chapter 15
Owen could wait. Nick couldn’t. Not if he was lying injured in the woods somewhere. Not if he was already dead.
I hiked my backpack over my shoulder and walked determinedly toward the location where
Something made him stop. Had he detected me already?
I moved forward until he was in view. He leaned against a tree trunk and pulled his phone out of his pocket, flicking through the icons. I moved closer. He chuckled and then pressed the screen. His location on my phone blinked out, but I didn’t need it anymore, I could see him clearly now. I let it slip in my bag.
I lifted the gun in the air as I advanced.
“You’ve been following me,” he said, a sly grin on those sexy lips.
“Can’t keep away from you.”
“Nice jacket.”
“You’ve got good taste.” There was no way I was giving it back to him.
“So, I guess you want the money back.” He put his phone away and looked straight at me.
Keeping the gun pointed at him, I nodded.
“What about we split it. Half, half. Seems fair to me.”
“Since I have the loaded gun, I would say that gives me the advantage. I’ll take all of it.”
“I won’t give up chasing you.”
“You will if you have a bullet through your head.” I flicked the safety off.
“Aww, I already have a dagger through my heart.”
I smirked. “I hope that isn’t because of me. We barely know each other.”
“We know each other intimately. I know what it takes to make you tremble, remember?”
“Maybe I was faking.”
“Were you?”
I smiled. “No. You’re good enough, but I need more.”
“You need someone with money, you mean.”
“Which you don’t have anymore, so hand it over.”
He reached into his shirt and pulled out the four stacks of bills. He sighed heavily. “We still have the money from your boyfriend. But will it be enough to make the boys happy? I can’t guarantee that.”
“You took the three grand from Nick?”
“He was trying to make a deal. Fool.”
“Where is he?”
He shrugged. “How should I know?”
“Is he alive?”
He shrugged again. Damn it . The last thing I wanted was for Nick to be hurt; although I couldn’t be sure anything had really happened to him. I didn’t trust anything Colt and his friends said.
“ Here.” I counted off an extra two thousand dollars. “The three you took from Nick and this extra for your trouble.”
“Two more.”
“One.” I handed over the three grand total. “Now you have double what you started with.”
He took the cash stuffing it back into his shirt. “Might see you around.”
“Unlikely.”
“Pleasure,” he said as he peeled himself away from the tree. He gave me a wink and turned his back on me as he walked away. He called back over his shoulder, something about me having a sexy ass, but my heart was beating too hard to hear properly.
When he was out of sight, I exhaled and dropped the gun to my side. I slumped down at the base of a tree, putting the safety back on the gun and put it in my pack. My shoulder had begun to pound and I winced, but focused on the piles of money in my hands. It was the most money I’d ever seen in one place. I counted it out twice; to be sure I had the correct number. Thirty four thousand dollars. Shit. This kind of cash would set Owen and I up for a few years if we continued to live at my mother’s house and didn’t have to pay rent. He could get his operation, and we could live on the rest easily. I wouldn’t have to find men and steal their cash. I could go legit, maybe get a real job. This was a game changer.
I stuffed the cash into my backpack and stood up.
The road wasn’t much further ahead. If I hurried, I could make it to the next town, catch the early morning bus and be home in time for breakfast with Owen. See him off for school and wish him luck on his test.
He’d be so excited when he saw how much money I had, so happy that I was back safe with him.
Chapter 15
Owen could wait. Nick couldn’t. Not if he was lying injured in the woods somewhere. Not if he was already dead.
I hiked my backpack over my shoulder and walked determinedly toward the location where
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