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Chapter 50

My phone buzzed. “Hi, Mom,” I said. “I'm fine.”

“Thank God, baby.” I could feel her tears over the line. She gave a giant sniff. “Talk to your father.”

“Hi, Da.”

“What the hell were you thinking?” He didn't wait for an answer, his voice low and furious. “You weren't. Jaysus, Mary, anâYou could have been splattered to kingdom come.”

“I'm fine.”

“You're not working for Coles!”

That got my back up. High enough so a sizeable part of me didn't want to come clean. But I was too damn tired. “No. I'm not. I want to be a cop, not work for a criminal.”

“For the love of Christâ”

“Although I'll admit the shine's come off. A bit,” I said, getting cagey.
Of everything, really. Peterson and Ferret were another talk for another day.
“For the time being, Parking Enforcement suits me just fine.”

Before Da could reply, the phone was nicked from my fingers.

I stared up into Hank's face, brutal and grim. His pale gray eyes were hard, and the tic at the base of his jaw pulsed double-time. “Mr. McGrane? Hank Bannon. I'm taking Maisie home.” He clicked off the phone and slipped it into his pocket.

“Fourteen,” he said in a voice colder than anything I'd ever heard, telling me what I already knew.

Hank's Law Number Fourteen: A good plan violently executed immediately is better than a perfect plan executed later.

He held out his hand. “Let's bounce.”

I took it and he led me away from the hotel, the noise and lights and smoke.

“I should have listenedâ” The words tumbled free-fall from my mouth. “I'm sorry, Hank. So very sorry.”

He slowed and put his mouth to my ear. A sexy shiver rippled down my spine.

“Never look backwards, Peaches. Or you'll fall down the stairs.”

I have got to start reading Kipling.

Maisie McGrane will return in

CHOKED UP

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JANEY MACK
grew up always wanting to be a cop, but her dad wouldn't let her, so she did the next best thing and created Maisie McGrane, who gets to do everything she can't. She lives with her husband and children in Scottsdale, Arizona, within driving distance of her brothers.

Please visit her at janeymack.com.

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