Page 102 of Heartbreak Hero

“What are you going to do about Sara?” Max asked several minutes later, pulling into the parking lot of Deckman Defense and Security.

“She doesn’t want to see me.” Levi gazed out at the vehicles in the lot.

He noticed Nash’s SUV and Rowan’s truck among others from new recruits.

Everyone seemed to be settling in…

Except for him. He wasn’t settled. All he could think about was the last time he’d seen Sara. With her fainting and being taken away.

The words that he had taken money from her father ringing in his ears.

It was the truth. Not all of the truth, but that didn’t change the facts.

“Have you called her?” Max frowned.

“No.”

And he wouldn’t call her.

As much as it was killing him to be apart from her.

Sara was better off without him.

Friday morning rolled around, and Levi pulled into the driveway of his parents’ multi-level estate located in Madison Park, Seattle.

He shut off the engine and gazed out the windshield at the manicured lawn, trimmed hedges, and brick walkways. Shutting off the engine, he stepped out of the vehicle.

There were a few SUVs and a town car parked in the massive circular driveway, but that wasn’t unusual for his parents. They were always entertaining guests.

He was almost inclined to change his mind and visit another day, but he had promised his mother he would stay for the weekend. And with Max breathing down his neck to take a break, he was here.

Of course, with his father being ill and soon starting treatment, Levi wanted to stay.

More than anything, he wanted to resolve his issues with his family.

“Sir,” one of his father’s men said as Levi approached the front entrance.

When the guard held out his hand, Levi gave the guy his car keys.

“Your weapon.” The guard rolled his eyes and then pointed to Levi’s shoulder holster.

“Not happening.” Levi gave the man a flat, hard stare.

Two other guards stood on either side of the hallway that led to the front door, and the front guard gave the other two a nervous glance.

“Move the fuck out of my way,” Levi said, taking a step forward.

The guard stepped back and put his hand on the butt of the gun holstered at his side.

“You don’t want to do that,” Lark said, stepping out of the front door. Levi smiled at his father’s right-hand man.

“This is Mr. Huxley’s firstborn son,” Lark informed the guard and then turned to Levi. “Don’t mind him, he’s new. He won’t be around long.”

The guard gulped and squeezed the keys. “I’ll put your car in the underground parking, sir.”

Levi couldn’t really blame the guards for being overprotective, and it wasn’t like he had been here much. This wasn’t the house he’d grown up in. And he knew that his father took his family’s protection seriously. There were probably dozens of security personnel on site, fanning out over the entire property.

Levi smirked and shook Lark’s hand as he stepped through the doorway.

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