Chapter 34
JAY
While Alfonso checked Maggie’s ankle, I stretched out on the couch. My thoughts were a brawl. I hadn’t found one clue to who Fred Madsen was or where he’d gone, nothing that didn’t involve the girl sitting across from me, wincing at Alfonso’s touch. I didn’t know what the hell I was doing taking care of her. She’d proved she could take care of herself. And yet I still wanted to. Wanted to be the one with her foot on my knee while I felt her skin under my fingers. Wanted those fingers to trail further up her leg and—
I squeezed my eyes shut. This girl was doing a number on me. She was trouble—the kind of trouble that could get me killed. I needed to forget her and do my job. Simon was losing patience and I had to come up with something soon.
Find Fred, find something on S
