Page 69 of Mad Love

“This is Hale. He’ll be your personal bodyguard. Where you go, he does too.”

“Bathroom included?”

“Yes.”

“For my safety or am I a prisoner?”

“You can come and go as you like so long as Hale and the rest of the men I’ve assigned to guard you are along for the ride.”

“And where will you be? I thought we would talk.”

“Daughter, there’s a lunatic after you. Once I put him down, we’ll have all the time in the world to catch up on this thing we call life.”

“What about the men who have more firepower and manpower than you do? Won’t you have to deal with them, too, before we get to the catching-up part?”

“Nah, sweetheart. Those threats are long gone.”

As Granger would say, Cillian wasted them all.

God, what have I done, agreeing to spend a night and a day with my mob father?

I wish I were anywhere but here. Most of all, I wish I were wrapped up in Maddox’s strong arms. Where is he, by the way? I’ll know soon enough.

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