CHAPTER 43
BRAX
What was a man meant to do when his girlfriend had been kidnapped and his ex-f**k buddy had headed off to rescue her after giving the strict instruction of “Don’t do anything stupid, asshole”? Dawson was a part of the operation too, as were the two hired hands, and although Brax had known Dawson for many years, he’d never before seen the hard-as-granite look that had been in his old friend’s eyes as he left the house. Brax wasn’t sure whether to be comforted or alarmed by it. Ari had gone along to act as lookout, and Brax hoped that she and Dawson would be voices of reason if Jerry decided to do anything, well, Jerry-like.
Brax had tried answering work emails—which was arguably a breach of Jerry’s order because he could barely write a coherent sentence—before giving up a
