Kabanata 5: Chapter 5

“No. You’ll doit. I can tell he’s very important to you, or you wouldn’t be here. Make him understand that it’s for his own good—and yours. You don’t want to lose him because he’s got an insane ex coming after him.”

“That’s for sure.” Jack took out his credit card, asking, “How much do I owe you?”

Deacon told him, adding, “I’ll throw in the lesson for free, given why you’re doing this.”

“You don’t have to.”

“I want to. Don’t argue. Just get him down here, one way or another.”

“I will.”

Before the sale was finalized, Jack had to fill out a form with all his pertinent information. Then Deacon ran a background check on him, which took about fifteen minutes. When Deacon had finished, he grinned. “I guess you’re not a wanted felon, which is a good thing.”

That brought up another question for Jack. “Tony won’t be allowed to have a gun, will he?”