Page 90 of Heartbreak Hero

“What are you doing?” Kevin stopped in the open doorway to the storage room.

Sara ignored Kevin and took two steps to plant the box into Levi’s chest. The bodyguard lifted his hands and held the box. Sara turned and found another old document box of card stamps when they used the old sign-in system and planted that box on top of the one in Levi’s hands.

“If I’m going to stay here, I’m clearing out this old stuff.” Sara placed her hands on her hips and tipped her chin at Kevin.

Her boss’s mouth gaped a bit and his eyes widened.

“You’re staying?”

Sara gave Kevin a winning smile and lied. “Yeah, I’m thinking about it.”

Kevin was thrilled, she could see it in the way his chest puffed up and the satisfied look he shot at Levi.

Levi scowled. The man really played his part.

“Over my dead body,” Levi said, his voice a low growl.

Kevin grunted. “You don’t have a say here.”

Levi gnashed his teeth, and Kevin took a small step backward.

“I’ll leave you alone to clean up, but when I get back, let’s discuss a new bodyguard.”

“You got it.” Sara waggled her fingers, and Kevin went to his office and then a moment later, walked out the back door.

“What a tool.”

She snickered at the disgruntled tone in Levi’s voice, but she didn’t tease him too much.

It took them a few more minutes of searching and Sara was almost ready to give up when she found it.

“Here!” she hissed and lifted the box from the bottom of a stack she had been going through.

Levi lifted the box and then the old file boxes before pressing his comms.

“Come to the back door,” Levi said and walked out.

Sara hurried after him and opened the door.

DEA agent Stolts was there and took the boxes before disappearing into a dark SUV. The vehicle started up and sped away.

Sara returned to the storage room, and along with Levi, they cleared more boxes.

The last thing she wanted was for Kevin to become suspicious.

One day later…

The following morning, the rental house was much quieter than usual.

Mainly, because nobody said a word when DEA agent Stolts plugged in one of three flash drives.

Stolts and his partner Carson had arrived just after eight that morning.

“These were in Brenda’s box,” Stolts said and tapped at the laptop screen.

Rowan, King, and West were clustered behind the couch, looking over her and Levi’s shoulders.

“This drive contains enough evidence of drug distribution and money laundering to put them all away for life,” Stolts said, pulling up photos of the second set of ledgers Kevin kept.

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