“I’m okay, baby. I’m so sorry about this. Having you involved in this was the last thing I ever wanted. I’m on my way to meet you, and we’ll talk when I get there, okay? Just do what Ian tells you to do, and stay safe.”
A little more at ease after hearing his familiar, comforting voice, she looked up at Ian and said into the phone’s mic, “I will. You stay safe, yourself, and get your sorry a*s here as soon as possible so I can kick it from here to the moon.”
A chuckle came over the line. “That’s my girl. I’ll see you soon.”
* * *
Ian told Athos where Jake and Brody would meet him in Spartanburg, South Carolina, near the airport they'd flown into. After they were certain they weren’t being followed, the three men would return to the safe house, where they would all sit down and figure o
