Bounty's End (Bounty for Hire) by AJ Wiliams Page A

from feeling okay. She was she scared, yes, but at the same time, she couldn’t explain why she knew that it would be okay. The kid just didn’t have it in him. He knew it and she knew it.
    “Thomas?” Wen whispered as she placed the cup on the side table before turning to look at the wonderful, caring man next to her.
    “Yeah?”
    “Tell me when this is going to end?” she requested.
     
    * * *
     
    “Honey, I would love to tell you that. However, what I can tell you, is that this is going to end,” Thomas stated carefully, taking her hands into his. “Let’s get out of here. I can take you to my house or you can go to your parents’ place.”
    “Your house, please. Peaches is there and she always makes a bad day better.”
    Just nodding, he guided her across the street and into his house. Man, if only he didn’t have to leave her to take care of this crazy mess with his sister. He wondered if Anthony would be willing to call in a favor to have someone come and sit with her or at least outside of his house.
    “Wen, listen. I need to head out for a bit. Will you be okay ’till I get back?”
    “Yeah, I’ll be fine. Oh crap, I am so sorry. Go take care of your sister. I will be right here when you get back.”
    Thomas watched as she patted his hand as they were seated on the couch.
    “Listen, I’ll see if I can get someone to come and sit with you ’till I can get back, okay?”
    “Thomas, it’s okay; I’ll be fine. Besides, no one is that stupid.”
    He had no response for that, because obviously someone was that stupid to come into her house twice. Though she was in his house, he was not going to take any more chances. So instead of responding to her, Thomas just nodded his head. What she doesn’t know won’t hurt her.
    “Get some rest, Wen. I will be back as soon as I can,” he stated as he kissed her head, then turned and walked out his front door. Pulling his phone out of his pocket before jumping on his Harley, he quickly called Anthony.
    “Hey, man, we’re getting into position. You heading this way?” Anthony asked.
    “Yeah, I just got Wen settled over at my house. Listen, I know you’ve already pulled a lot of strings, but you think I could ask you to send someone over to my house just to keep an eye on things?”
    Thomas understood he was asking a lot of Anthony, and if he said no, then there was always Bob.
    “Yeah, let me see what I can do. I should have something worked out by the time you get here.”
    “Thanks, man.”
    With that, Thomas disconnected, pocketed his phone, started his bike and took off.

 
     
    Chapter 13
     
     
    Thomas paced from his position in the alley waiting for Keylee and Hunter to arrive. He knew they had to drop Zeus off first and then they planned to head to this alley, but the waiting was killing his nerves. On top of this situation with Keylee, he had Wen at his house. Granted, Anthony was able to get an off-duty cop to sit there for a few hours until he could return. Nonetheless, the stress was starting to rack up.
    As stressed as he was feeling, he was more pissed with the whole damn situation. Last night when Keylee called, stating she was shot at and Zeus had actually been shot, nearly sent his heart stopping. All he could think was, not again .
    The only thing that was easing some of the pain he was feeling was the fact that his decision was made. He was going to open up that garage as soon as this mess was over. He personally didn’t care if Keylee wanted out of the bounty business or not. He was taking her and Jefferson with him. Even if it meant they were kicking and screaming. He needed to find a way to release the tension he was carrying around, and he knew soon he would be able to, but those minutes were slowly ticking by until Alek informed him that it was time to roll.
    As his thoughts vanished, Thomas noticed that everyone was ready. It was then he looked ahead and noticed that Keylee was pulling into the alley.
    Showtime .
    Thomas