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“All right. Get me details on the woman, the doctor.”

“Done.” Logan clicks off.

I pull the earpiece out and drop it into my pocket because I need some alone time.

Listen, I know you’re thinking, Roy, you should tell Logan that Ziggy is back. Not yet. I need a little backstory from her before I read him in. Ziggy has…baggage. And frankly, I’m not that keen on her being back at work so quickly. But what do I know? I’m just the guy who saved her life.

Talk about a bad mood. Maybe it wasn’t the tortilla after all, but a deep, instinctual gut feeling that my life was about to get complicated. Dangerous. Heartbreaking. Because that’s part of loving a woman like Ziggy.

Did I say love? Oops.

Ziggy is…Ziggy is…

Ziggy is the thing I can’t escape. Can’t run from.

Ziggy is the thing that keeps me in the game.

But Ziggy costs me, every time.

I am truly not exaggerating.

But let’s all take a deep breath, okay?

It’s going to be fine.

Just fine.