ly could he wrap up this pointless chat with his boss and eavesdrop on the douche who didn’t deserve his girlfriend? Because One-Mi

ke your expression

didn’t gi

u’re thinking,”

pee,” h

ai

he corner from where Bryant was having his low-voiced telephone conversation with Bre

regation. Since he’s recovering from surgery and can’t handle his responsibilities without help, it m

to rely on Tom more. He’s the associate pastor, after all. And I think the stress of trying to do everything himself is one of the reasons Daddy had a

our own job and his, but he’s not being difficult on purpose. If it helps, I’ll make a few phone calls, see if I can get the church van fixed before you need to p

s. “If you could find someone to fix the van, that would definitely give me more time t

Stephanie Rutherford

h. I want to give her and her husband

was still worried about everyone else. She had such a

van now?” C

f you find a mechanic, can you leave me the bill in Dadd

e a deep breath, Bre-

lient just walked in. It’s a cut and color, so I won

t i

Hell, without even saying goodbye. No wonder Brea wasn’t excited about

oor, One-Mile peeled away from the wall and turned to

e and speared him with a vivid blue stare. “So it

ted, then compl

ed at Brea during the party. You

And if he can’t treat her well enough

nt balls. How seriou

er until he could figure out

asn’t feeling him. One-Mile knew that. Hell, her amber eyes had darkened with desire every time he even c

ough to fig

ou were going to say that. Yo

ryant doesn’t. But there’s alr

d him off during that f

d around while he dithered and flapped his jaws. The fact th

s crossed over his chest. “Jesu

why he and Hunter b

t her, did you know that? He too

Mile wouldn’t have understood.

too. But we met in high school, and things got fucked up. I lost her

ersonal, but One-Mile wasn’t too thick to gr

t last after you

his next words. “Especially after the asshole watched me go down

ed. “Damn, you

We all gotta be g

re I’m coming f

r? Yeah, but think hard. Is it really worth starting a shit s

I wouldn’t put the time or effort into scheming something

est of your reports on the latest Mexico trip. We all hate paperwork, but we h

I’ll email t

nd Cutter in so I can have a nice, long chat wit

ington sayin

ugh for you to go

gave orders, and he completed the dirtiest of the dirty missions on their be

ss called after him, “You’re welcome. But if

nd long enough to salute Logan, then hauled

as wrong with Brea’s van, but he had a few hours to figure it out. Since he

didn’t shake his hand. No surprise. He probably looked big and violent to her sheltered suburban eyes. He di

ly culprit was a faulty water pump. He managed to run one down and get it installed

os like he was the devil and if she let hi

d, so One-Mile made nice. “The van is fixed. Do you

number. Sure, he had it. Finding her digits hadn’t

is

ce with white walls bare of everything except a cross. In the middle of the room sat a p

om the nearby printer and a pen f

, he’d saved pretty much every penny Uncle Sam had ever paid him. Between that, his lucrative post-Marine contracts, and the money h

e reverend doing