Page 40 of Lawson & Jill

“The last thing Tim said to Angela at the hospital, right before he left, is that if she didn’t want something to ever happen to another child, she better have her tubes tied while she was in the hospital.”

“Fuck,” Law hissed.

“Exactly.”

“No wonder she ran. The man is a psychopath.”

“And he wants her back. He’s obsessed. So far, he’s only tracked her to Southern California and to Jill. He went back to Detroit after the whole break-in attempt at Jill’s house, but there was some mismanagement of funds at his law firm recently. Tim’s under investigation. He was due to be deposed four days ago. He didn’t show.”

Law’s phone rang. It was Jill.

“Baby, where are you?” he demanded.

There was a pause before she answered. “I’m here at the office, are you okay?”

“I’m fine.”

“You don’t sound fine. What’s wrong?”

Law scrubbed the back of his neck. “Stay there, I’m going to come pick you up.” He forced a smile into his voice. “I have two pieces of good news. First, you get to meet my brother Ash in person, he’s in town.”

“And the second?”

“Cullen’s friend found Angela. She’s okay. I should be at your office in about a half-hour. Will you be ready to leave by then?”

“Will you be ready to tell me the bad news then?” she countered.

“I’ll lay out everything as soon as we all get home,” he sighed.

Again, there was a pause. “It’s going to be all right, Law,” she said. God, there she was trying to comfort him. What was this world coming to?

“That’s my line, Honey. And yes, it will be.”