Page 35 of Honey Trapped

I snort to myself, and he grabs my chin harshly. Marco’s fingers bite into my skin. “I love you, Norah. You loved me. I’ll make you see that we belong together.” He presses his lips to mine and I close my eyes.

When I open them he’s gotten behind the wheel.

We’ll never be a family.

He’ll never know the good that flows through Lennon.

I’ll kill us both first.

I wait for him to pick up speed then I make my move.

Chapter Eighteen

Ace

I dial Tish as I back out my driveway.

“Hey you. What’s up.”

“Need that application on Norah.”

“What’s wrong?”

“No time to talk about it. Can you give it to me if I swing by real quick?”

“Sure but...” I hang up and break the speed limit. I want to know all there is about Marco and to find him I need Norah’s information. Truth can run a check on her but the more information I give him to start with the better. The quicker I can make my moves to ensure this bastard never makes good on his threats.

I make it to Tish’s office and the minute I pull up out front she brings me a copy of the rental application. “What’s this about, Ace?”

“I’ll explain later. Watch your feet,” I warn as I snatch the paper through my rolled down window and back out.

“Ace.” She throws her hands up.

I dial Truth to see where he’s at, and it’s perfect timing because he’s at the Roadhouse grabbing a beer with Tread.

I roll up and shut my cage off. I enter the bar and grab a chair at Truth’s table. He snuffs out his cigarette. “What’s so urgent?”

“Need to find out where Norah’s ex is locked up at.”

“Shouldn’t be hard. Got a name?”

“That’s the problem. Only got a first name, but I got her info. Bastard fucking raped and beat her. Went in on that and drug charges.”

“Last name would make it a cake walk but there’s gotta be a record. When did it happen?”

I hand him the rental application and the background check Tish ran. “Kid is about three I believe so had to be around four years ago.”

“Give me a few minutes.” He pulls out his phone and gets to work running information and hacking into various website databases that are probably illegal for him to access but Truth is good at what he does.

He frowns and lights up a cigarette. I’m growing impatient. Asshole is locked up but he's gotta have someone on the outside to be fucking with her directly. Someone put that note in her mailbox, and I’m going to find out who. I shoot a text to Kurt that I’m gonna need him and his guys to set up a system at the duplex. If anything, it’ll catch Eileen in the act too. Sick of her bullshit.

“Got him. According to this the man is a fugitive from justice. He escaped three days ago. There’s a manhunt under the way.”

“You're sure?”

“Check it out yourself.” He flashes his phone at me. “Story is on the news. They think he was spotted in Tennessee. Matches the description for a man who stole an SUV.”

“Thanks, man.” I push my chair back, nearly knocking it over. He’s coming for Norah and Lennon, and I left her alone and unprotected.Fuck. I grab my papers and rush to get back home. I try calling Norah on my landline, but it’s going straight to voice mail. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. I try Gianna next.

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