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The little machine beeped, the cop glanced at it, then gave me a pleasant smile. “Have a good night. Safe travels.” Stepping away from my window, he marched toward the next car that’d been pulled aside.
As suddenly as it’d happened, it was over.
I blinked.
No request for licenses. No arrest. No deportation.
The ice in my veins suddenly turned into an inferno.
I burned up.
I gulped down air.
I swerved back onto the road with single-minded determination.
Neri.
I have to find her...
My dead heart smoked with life.
I was done wasting time.
I was through letting fear win.
Neri...
My heart began to race.
* * * * *
I spotted her the moment I stepped foot into the Craypot.
She stood at the lobster-carved bar, her chocolate hair darker than usual thanks to the rainy season and more intense schoolwork. Her last year of study meant she hadn’t been on The Fluke as much or spending as much time in the sun and salt.
My out-of-control heart raced even faster, burning through its shroud of decay, shocked alive thanks to the breath test and police.
I’d come face-to-face with law enforcement and was still free.
I’d been given a second chance.
A second chance to take what I wanted instead of lying and pushing it away.
I didn’t care she was with Joel.
I didn’t care that she’d chosen him over me.
I needed her.
Fuck, I needed her.
How long had it been since we’d been alone?
Since we’d talked? Truly talked?
The faintest stirrings of dark-shadowed happiness flickered in my belly. We would have time in the car. Just us. Away from eyes and ears and reality.
She’d be all mine, even if it was only ten minutes.
