Page 87 of Clawed
Tugging her hand from his hair, he considered wearing the baseball cap again, but decided against it.If he was done with running, then he was done with hiding as well.Scotland was a fresh start for them, and even though they were still in England, that momentum started then.
Opening his door, he climbed out, casting one final glance at the woman who drove him wild before he slammed the door shut.Wandering around the vehicle, he watched as the driver emerged from their car.
It didn’t take long to ascertain the driver was also a man, his profile briefly familiar as he turned to walk in Lawes’ direction.Head lowered, the guy was irritatingly impossible to identify, but the closer they both got, the more Lawes’ interest was piqued.
“Do I know you?”Coming to a halt, Lawes’ attention drilled into the stranger.
“This hat must be a bloody good disguise if you have to ask that.”One hand rose to the brim and whipped off the headwear, and in a matter of seconds, the individual’s identity fell into place.
“Fuller!”Of all the people Lawes might have expected to see, his old sparring partner was the last.“I didn’t even know you were out of prison.”
The two had lost touch when the governor at Lawes’ first jail had refused to post the letter he’d tried to send to his friend.Lawes had almost given up hope of seeing his friend again.
“Oh, I’m out, and I have good news.”Fuller closed the distance between them and threw his arms around Lawes.“It’s good to see you.”
“Yeah.”Lawes hadn’t realized how good until that moment.The only man who might have any idea what he’d been living through for the last few months was his partner in crime.“You, too.How did you get out early?”
Fuller sniggered as he drew away.“Same as you, I’d guess?I knew someone who knew someone who got me out.”
“Sounds about right.”Lawes nodded.“But it took bloody long enough.”
“But you’re out.”Fuller beamed.
“With nothing,” Lawes added.That wasn’t strictly true, of course.Hannah was the most important thing in his life, and he had her back, but it didn’t seem as though Fuller had yet noticed the woman in the front of the car.
“I can help with that.”Beckoning toward the Audi, Fuller led Lawes to the back seat.
“How did you get such a decent car?”Lawes knew the model Fuller was driving sold for around one hundred thousand pounds.
Opening the back door, Fuller grinned.“I bought it.”
“With what?”Lawes sensed his friend was delaying getting to the point intentionally.
Fuller drew in a deep breath.“That’s what we need to talk about.I’ve been trying to track you down for weeks.”
Lawes’ brow creased.He wanted to ask how Fuller had found him but was more concerned about the alleged good news he had.The ‘how’ would have to wait.
“That day they busted us at the surgery was intense.”Fuller’s face twisted into a scowl.
“Don’t remind me.”The dramatic fall from grace had been the hardest of Lawes’ life.
“But I used my one call in custody to do us both a favor.”Fuller gestured to the large bags sitting on his back seat.
“Are you getting to a point?”Lawes folded his arms across his chest before peering around at Hannah.Slumped down in the passenger seat, her head was just visible from where he and Fuller were standing.
“Impatient as ever.”Fuller laughed.
“I have somewhere to be.”And someoneto be with.
“I called Kevin and asked him to take ownership of the surgery’s assets.”Pride was rolling from Fuller in waves.
“Your brother, Kevin?”
Fuller nodded.“That’s right.I signed everything over to him before they charged me.Naturally, I had to fake your signature too, but I figured you wouldn’t mind.”
“Meaning what?”Perhaps chasing after Hannah had impaired his gray matter, but he still couldn’t see why Fuller looked so happy.
“Meaning, when I got out, Kevin sold the building, the land, and all the equipment and gave me the cash.”
