Chapter Six
Trigger
“What’s wrong?” Brick was a million miles away, and I needed him here with me.
He glanced outside the meeting room. “Can I ask you something with the risk of stepping over the line?”
No.
“Depends.”
“Are you interested in Tess?”
I chuckled and lit my joint. After a long exhale, I spoke. “She is quite a woman, isn’t she?”
“But that wasn’t my question.”
Clearing my throat, I swallowed my annoyance. “She intrigues me.”
“Tess is good at that.” He played with the clip of his gun, and I knew there was more to come. “Look, there is so much you don’t know about her. I can’t tell you not to do anything, but I’m saying please be careful. She’s fragile, and her past is still hot on her heels.”
“Care to explain some of it?”
“No.” He looked at me right in the eye. “I’d te
