Page 75 of Fly's Path

“Whatever.” She slaps the wallet into my hand.

“Do you know how to ride a bike?” Why did I ask her? I am not mentoring a kid.

“Everyone can ride a bicycle.”

“I meant a motorcycle.”

“Oh.” She shrugs.

Just say no. There’s no way Maddox actually thought you would do this. But if someone had done this for you… “Fine. We can start training Monday.”

Jett smiles. “Really?”

“Really, but I’m not teaching you to be a thief. I’ll teach you how to succeed in life.” In a semi-honest manner. At least not to get arrested.

“Good. Now that we've got that settled, Jett, would you give us a moment to talk about business stuff.”

The girl walks out.

“I would have answered your question even if you said no.”

Not surprising. “I would have said yes to her even if you refused to tell me anything.”

“Havoc was right about you.”

Eh. It’s not like I’m doing it for the reasons they think. “Lola Felds. She’s one of yours, right?”

Maddox nods. “Yup. We took her in about two years ago. She came from an abusive family. We’re keeping her in hiding for her protection.”

“Why not just take out the family?” That’s what I would do.

“Thought about that. We still might, but so far, they haven’t been looking for her.”

That means… “She’s not a threat to Vandal or the mission.”

“Nope. Lola is level-headed and mature. If they’re falling in love, she might be a good person to have on his side.”

No. No. No. “We aren’t bringing her into the operation. There’s no way we’re risking a young woman’s life. If I had my way, that girl would be out of his life completely until we’ve caught The Ghost.”

“Like life works that way. Lola has a mind of her own.”

Sheri’s ringtone pings. Stopping myself from looking at it immediately is harder than I would have thought. “That’s all too normal. He’s even worse. If he doesn’t end up dead, I bet the two of them will be married within the year.”

“I’ll take that bet.”

“Why bet against a sure thing?”

“Because I’m going to enjoy taking your money.” Maddox rubs his hands together. “Lola doesn’t believe in marriage. Who’s talking about a sure thing now?”

“Won’t matter. Those two are in for forever. But as much as I love debating this, I’ve got to go.” And read the text from Sheri.

Coward’s Death

Sheridan

When they say cowards die over and over again, I get it.

Especially staring at Fly’s message.