Chapter 9
“First he got me in the stomach,” Mars told Jonah, after he and Dylan returned to the house. “He was going for my throat with his foot when it finally kicked in it was me, not one of Webb’s people.”
“I think I’m lucky Mars didn’t try to retaliate,” Dylan said. “I’m just a novice at this hand-to-hand stuff.”
“Could have fooled me,” Mars retorted, rubbing his stomach. “I was down and trying to breathe. You pack a hell of a punch.”
Jonah looked as if he was trying not to laugh. “Next time, don’t creep up on him.”
“I wasn’t, damn it. He was too focused on what he was doing to hear me.”
Jonah looked at Dylan. “Not a good thing.”
“I know,” Dylan said, feeling ashamed he’d been so unaware. “Believe me, I’ll remember from now on.”
“What did Ken come up with?” Mars asked as he han
