Nev lifted one shoulder underneath the pink terry gown she should’ve thrown on when she went to the toilet. “It was Jazz’s enterprise.” She glanced at Jazz.

Glad to know Nev didn’t inform Branson completely all the things. Jazz hadn’t been certain. Now that they had been about to get married, she knew Nev would need to share all the things with him, and she or he’d questioned if that would come with the non-public conversations Jazz and Nev had saved secret since they had been seven. She ought to’ve identified Nev wouldn’t go that far.

“Effectively, now it’s our enterprise, too.” Branson put an arm round Nev’s shoulders. “I’m going to remain on the couch right here till I do know you’re out of hazard.”

Nev opened her mouth to protest, however Jazz beat her to it.

“I’ll simply go away.”

Everybody’s consideration swung towards Jazz.

“Severely. I’m clearly going to return to my residence. Or a resort or one thing. I’m not going to maintain bringing hitmen to Nev’s door.”

“You’re welcome to stick with me at my home, Jazz.” Cora’s provide despatched a jolt of shock via her. Did Cora actually need Jazz to stick with her? The lady was one of many sweetest folks Jazz had ever met. She in all probability took in each stray, needy individual she got here throughout. However Jazz wasn’t that needy.

“Thanks, however I’ll be nice. I’ve Flash.”

“Oh, no, you don’t.” Nev pushed off the couch to face, obvious at Jazz. “You aren’t going off someplace to die alone.” She planted fisted arms on her hips. “We will deal with this collectively. We simply did.”

Jazz’s mouth quirked as amusement interfered together with her need to be agency. “I hadn’t actually deliberate on dying, however…”

Nev relaxed her arms with a chuckle. “Good. You then’ll keep?” She glanced down at Branson, then returned her gaze to Jazz. “We’ll want a chaperone anyway if this large bodyguard insists on sleeping on the couch.”

“Oh, sure. We will’t have you ever sullying your Christian good woman repute.” Jazz rolled her eyes with a smile.

“Glad that’s settled.” Bris perched on the arm of the love seat that confronted the completely happy couple. “But when we would like it to be short-term and never have one other evening like tonight, we have to work out who’s behind this.”

Cora nodded, standing close to the espresso desk as she transferred her gaze to Jazz. “I’ve been trying into the household ties, and your father’s background seems clear. Lawrence Lamont had an impeccable service report, as I’m certain . He appears to have been well-liked and extremely revered by his fellow servicemen that I’ve spoken with, as properly. Nobody is aware of of any enemies he might have had.”

Spectacular that Cora even talked to associates of Jazz’s dad. She’d identified Cora was thorough however not that thorough.

“So I’m afraid I haven’t discovered something helpful but. There may be one doable anomaly that I wanted to request extra data on, and I’m ready for that to come back via.”

“An anomaly?” Did Cora imply about Jazz’s dad or one thing else?

“Extra of a curiosity at this level. I’ll hold you knowledgeable as quickly as I do know extra.” Cora’s mouth pinched. Was she holding one thing again? She’d stated she was going to look into Jazz’s mother, too. However Jazz wasn’t about to ask. Not in entrance of all these folks. And possibly by no means in any respect. She’d already been rejected sufficient.

“Nothing from Ramone both.” Sof walked nearer to the love seat. “I’ll verify with him once more now {that a} new pair of goons had been employed.”

“How did they even know I used to be right here?” Jazz voiced the query that had been bothering her since they’d captured the hitmen. “I verify for tails. There haven’t been any. And I’m checking for trackers, too. Each time I take my SUV wherever.” She braced herself for somebody to problem her capacity to search out the tracker or spot tails.

“They probably watched your residence till they concluded you weren’t staying there.” Phoenix lastly spoke once more, nonetheless standing guard by the door. “They might have then checked the addresses of your identified associates from the company.”

A sinking feeling trickled downward to Jazz’s abdomen. “Which might’ve led them to my SUV in Nev’s driveway.” She ought to’ve considered that and parked her SUV within the storage as an alternative of Nev’s pickup. Now she in all probability appeared like an fool to Phoenix…once more.

“Do you assume it’s secure for Jazz to remain right here?” Cora turned her blue eyes on the boss.

Jazz was questioning the identical factor. The unhealthy guys knew she was there. And though they’d been caught, they may’ve first handed alongside the data to whoever had employed them. No method was she going to place Nev in peril, regardless of how a lot her BFF insisted Jazz keep. Nev had been via sufficient laborious instances.

“With Nevaeh, Branson, and two safety Ok-9s, the outcomes of any assault will probably finish the identical method.” Phoenix’s cap turned in Jazz’s course, like she was fixing her gaze on Jazz. “It’s safer right here than elsewhere alone.”

However Phoenix didn’t provide her own residence for Jazz to remain in. She’d invited Cora in and let her keep at her home in a single day when Cora’s life was in peril. So far as Jazz might study, nobody else on the crew had ever seen Phoenix’s home. Everybody knew the boss had achieved that as a result of she thought it was the most secure place Cora might keep.

And Cora was her favourite. Nobody on the crew appeared to know why, however all of them knew it was true. Jazz simply wished she knew what it took to be Phoenix’s favourite. Or just to get on her good aspect.

Phoenix clearly didn’t need to get entangled with Jazz’s safety in any respect. By the point their impromptu assembly disbanded, Phoenix nonetheless hadn’t even arrange nightly patrols outdoors Nev’s home. Wasn’t that the norm when somebody on the crew was threatened? She’d achieved it for everybody else.

However not for Jazz. Irrespective of how laborious she tried, Jazz would by no means be a part of the company that Nev referred to as a household.

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