dle tightly. The early morning air was cold, but i
ns
eyes. "Stay away, Hanson," she said, her v
ands shoved into the pockets of his worn coat,
s quiet, almost coaxing. "Yo
dark street. It was empty, but she still felt uneas
voice betrayed her unease. "Why did you c
t ties with him and never expected to see
forward, but Imog
surprised
g his entrance. "I gave you a chance to make something of yo
yd-a man she thought would help him. But it had been a mistak
ips. "I thought they were honest businessmen," he said, shaki
d you didn't?" Her voice was s
u. Do you know what that means? Don Lloyd has put a price on your head." She la
door in his face. But before she could
ulse
low and urgent. "Don Lloyd set me up.
essman he was. It definitely wasn't his place to tell her about him. If she had known this
run from this." Her voice was ice. "You owe him, and I
woman had chosen his enemy o
closer. "Quit pretending to be some untoucha
," Hanson said, frustration creeping into his voice. "You can cal
ir, looking more annoyed by the second. "I just got out af
voice cold. She was done with
lawing at him. She had made her choice, but he still needs her
was final, a death knell. "And stay
He just stared at her, like he was
red-tired of his empty vows, tired of being the one he ran to w
the debt owed
inside, and
e almost felt so
voice barely above a whisper. "Get far away
a good man once, and if he could get far a
t go of the door handle, and the
as Hanson approached. He had seen the way Hanson stormed o
luctantly, fearing the worst
ng on his sunglasses like they could
He said, his eyes searching the dark street. "By morning, D
d those prison walls. Even though he had gotten away easily this time, it m
trolled, but there was an edge to it. "No one can know where I am. N
pen the back door. "Old Master
nside without
es crunched against the gravel a