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"You give anyone a reason to report youbefore you left Denver?" His voice rumbled like distant thunder and his draas so thick and low that I really had to listen to understand him

I shookdealer before I blew out of town Could be payback for that Got some looks outside Kansas City and some more once we hit the Mississippi state line Could be that" He tensed up and practically growled at the oes" He sounded pissed and his words ry

"I do kno it goes, son" It sounded like it didn’t go well for either of them in the past

"Someone locked Dixie in the bathrooht They jammed a pipe in the door and she was stuck there while I helped souy out with his radiator Soht I’ot a description of the guy?"

Church shook his head "No, sir I can’t tell you what kind of car he drove or what he looked like I can tell you all of Acosta’s guys are Hispanic"

"Acosta, the drug dealer?" It was so forimented I couldn’t believe neitherso ed, not even a friendly handshake It was all facts and infored in clipped sentences It was alled up in federal court right now, but he’s got a dirty lawyer that I wouldn’t be surprised to learn is helping his from behind bars"

The cop switched his attention to rin Dear Lord, if Church ever let go of all that history and horror thatHe was already the prettiest ot to the point where he could comfortably flash his pearly whites my heart wouldn’t be able to take it … and I was pretty sure ina would spontaneously combust

"You see the car that tried to run you off the road, Curly Sue?" I couldn’t hold back the giggle at the nicknairl" it made me feel all kinds of hot and bothered The "Curly Sue" from his dad made me feel welco a piece I didn’t have anything to do with bringing the prodigal son home, but the cute nickna white teeth , but I wasn’t paying attention because I was too busy watching lasses back on "It’s beendealers tend to be ht be es Not sure what’s going on and it’s going to be a paperwork nightet the alert pulled on you two, so I would keep an eye out for anything else that sees that don’t belong in a ss is not like the other"

The cop frowned and shook his head "You’ve been gone a long tiled here, that doesn’t mean the man you are now can’t find his place"

"Not sure my place is here, Jules" I saw the adun Julian Churchill had been waiting for his son to settle for a long time, and the fact Church couldn’t see thatas you find a bit of peace when you find that place I don’t care where it’s at I’ve got to get back to the station and try and untangle this -persons iven that Church and I would be staying at his childhood home I saw Church start to shake his head no, and I decided it was enough

"We’re going to the hospital to see El hours are over we’ll be there Church mentioned that you live close to her, so we can stay there and help her out once she gets back hoers that I was sure Church was throwing at lasses I could see his big body lock with tension and refusal His dad must have picked up on it, too, because before Church could offer up a suggestion that didn’t have us under his father’s roof the cop mentioned that he would call his other boy and make sure that he had the place tidied up He excused himself in a rush and turned and walked back to his cruiser

Church’s jaw clenched and aus a couple of rooms in town"

"You haven’t seen your family in ten years It’s obvious that your dad wants time with you, and I think we both know you need the time with him and your brother It won’t kill you to stay with hiure out where you want to be" I sounded like I was scolding a child, but frankly he was kind of acting like a toddler that had skipped nap ti to take it slohile he salvaged the rees he had burned, but the pace he see at rivaled a snail for speed

"Jules’s place isn’t very big There isn’t an extra roo to be in close quarters until you go hointoat the collar of my shirt