Page 61 of Timeless

“I’ll see you tomorrow, right?” I asked, for some reason needing to hear her say yes.

She picked up my guns, holster, and vest and handed it to me. “I’m always with you. You know that.”

She was right. She was always with me. But that didn’t answer my question.

“But come tomorrow, you and I’ll face our son together?”

She stared at me for a few seconds and then nodded. “I’ll always be with you and Jack. Now go to bed, or you will be exhausted in the morning when you meet your son.”

I slowly nodded but my gut was telling me something was wrong. Even though she was saying everything I wanted to hear.

I took one last look at her; she still had that smile on her face. “Go, Jax.” She arched her eyebrows. “Trust me. You’ll need every hour of sleep you get.”

I slowly backed out of the room. Something was seriously wrong. But she was acting like everything was fine.

“Night, Amber,” I finally said and opened her door and left her. Even though something was telling me not to.

Chapter Ten

Amber

Sometimes decisions are made for you. Sometimes you are the one making the decisions. Life was complicated. It had twists and turns and sometimes I couldn’t keep up. I would admit raising Jack was the hardest thing to face. Harder than taking a head shot.

You are responsible for a life. Jack living depended on me. He depended on me to give him somewhere to live, to love him, support him, and always be there for him.

And I would always be there for him. Well, I would be looking over him.

I pressed the button, closing the garage door.

It nearly physically killed Tae to tell me what they were offering.

I knew he didn’t want me to take it. He loved me. But I also knew he loved my son, enough to let me choose.

Life and death.

It is completely out of our hands.

They were offering a one-shot chance. Give myself up and they would take Jack off the list. Tae had made sure their word was good. If I let them kill me, Jack was off the list. If I gave up my life. Jack’s life would be safe.

Tae had organized the deal. It was going to be a head shot. I wasn’t even crying thinking about where I was steering my car to. I was literally driving to my death.

Tae had made sure I would get a painless death. If he could stop it, he would. But it was out of his hands.

He knew I would take the deal.

I glanced at the dash clock. Ten past two in the morning and I was driving to my own death.

I had to be there by three.

Jack was tough. I knew that. He was as strong as his father. So, I knew he would cope. I knew he would accept my death.

He would never know the reasons behind it.

It was going to look like a random attack. No links to the underworld. No links to Will and no links to my son.

Jack would be safe. I smiled. Jax was scared but he would be a great dad. I think I always knew that. It was like I was gifted the first six years of Jack’s life, and now Jax was going to be gifted the rest of Jack’s life.

I signaled onto the highway.

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