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“I’m choosing her Jack. I want to follow her.” I smiled.
He returned the smile. “Can I be selfish and say that I’m a little happy you chose her?”
“Yes… you can. It’s no run of the mill people she’ll be tracking. Hunting. It’s The Ra. She’s gonna need someone like me to watch her back. I’ve always had her back.” I gave him a firm nod. “I love her sir. I love Claire. Jack, I promise to take care of her. Protecting her feels true to me.”
He reached out his hand for me to shake. His eyes displayed a wealth of emotion.
“That’s more than any father could hope for, son.”
Son…
I would have been proud to be his son. Maybe I could make him proud by doing this.
The decision felt right to me.
It felt true to me…
I got to be somewhere I could protect her.
Chapter 20
Xander
Present day….
So the fucking Ra were involved….
Once again I was at that crossroad but this didn’t involve any kind of decision.
I was already in the mix. I was already involved.
Already there, dragged in with this mission.
Fuck, why couldn’t it be any other terrorist group?
I wasn’t sure who I was hoping it would be but fuck it was The Ra.
I had to talk to Wes.
Not to Ethan yet.
Wes first because I just needed someone who could ground me. He hadn’t heard the conversation that took place because the signal and connection cut the minute I went up in the vent.
I left the casino straightaway even though I was supposed to be watching the main floor with Frankie. I’d made up some excuse about my apartment and he said he’d cover for me.
I called Wes on the way home to arrange to meet and was glad to find him already outside my apartment door before I got there.
I had to give him fair dues for being the friend he was.
We went inside and grabbed a drink.
“What’s up?” Wes asked. He’d taken a beer and snapped the can open.
I hadn’t given him any kind of inkling as to what I wanted to talk about. It wasn’t something I wanted to talk about on the phone.
“Wes, I crawled through a vent and saw Giovanni talking with The Chameleon and Diego Sanchez. They talked about the terrorist group who crashed the poker game. It’s The Ra Wes. The fucking Ra.”
His mouth dropped and his eyes bulged.
