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“This can’t be happening. It can’t be,” he whispered to himself. When another man entered the picture, he nearly crumbled to the floor.
“Mr. Edward Quinn? Agent Thompson with the IRS, and this is Agent Roberts with the Federal Trade Commission. You’re under arrest. We’ll be confiscating the house, the cars, and your business. Our apologies, Mr. Laughlin. It seems you’ve bought a dud.”
“Aye, no worries,” he grinned. “Not much on the weather in America anyway.” He winked at Jean and started to walk out the door.
“You planned this. You planned the entire thing!” Tobias stepped forward.
“I planned this. You fucked with the wrong girl. My girl.” Quinn frowned at him, tilting his head. “See, you fuck with so many people you can’t even put your finger on it. Gail Mackenzie is my girl. Mine. And no one fucking touches her.”
The slimy instructors, fitness experts, and porn promoters started to slip from the room. Unfortunately, they met with Rory, Titus, Irish, and Dom. Behind them were dozens of federal agents.
“You’re all under arrest,” smiled Tobias. “You’re going to spend a long, long time in prison with a man named Bubba, who is not going to be happy with that little, tiny dick of yours.”
“No. No,” he said, shaking his head. “I won’t go down like this. I won’t!”
One thing his size gave him an advantage on was avoiding those bigger than him. Sliding between legs, rolling around bodies, and heading out the side French doors, he ran out into the snow toward the boat house.
Jean grinned at Tobias and JB, both men following him. He was slipping and sliding in his dress shoes, falling into the snow as he slid on his bottom toward what he believed was his escape. Looking back toward the house, he could see the identical men walking toward him and thought he was losing his mind.
Swinging open the doors, he gasped when he discovered the boat was no longer there.
“Sorry, Quinn. The feds got to the boat earlier. It’s gone.”
He had nowhere to go. Nowhere. Staring at the ocean beyond, he looked up and saw the small kayak. Racing down the wooden dock, he didn’t expect to hit the icy, slick wood slats, sliding right into the ocean. When he hit the water, he gasped, coming up for air.
“Help me!” he yelled. Tobias kneeled at the end of the dock.
“You mean like you helped Gail. Like you helped her mother, her sister, her sister-in-law. Your fucking daughter! You did that shit to your own flesh and blood.”
“They wanted it! They all wanted it and knew they were going to be filmed! Amy was always wild, so I put her to good use,” he screamed. His lips were turning blue, his body shivering. The water was below thirty degrees, so he wouldn’t last long.
“No one wanted to be a part of your sick game. You brought all of this on by spending too much, gambling too much, wanting too much. Even if we helped you out the water, you’ve got a bunch of seriously angry people coming for you.”
Quinn saw the men walking toward the boathouse. They wouldn’t let him live. They wouldn’t be so kind as to use his body for others. He couldn’t do it. He just couldn’t do it. He pushed back from the dock, shaking his head.
“I’m not going out like that,” he said. His teeth were chattering so loudly, they could hear it up at the house. Tobias and JB watched as he tread water for a few minutes, then pushed further and further out into the frigid, frozen water. His head bobbed up and down, his legs cramping from the cold. Gulping for air, he came up, then back down.
When his head finally disappeared, Tobias stood for another twenty minutes to be sure he didn’t appear again. Feeling confident he was gone, he turned to face his teammates.
“Let’s go home. My brother is getting married.”
CHAPTER THIRTY
It was close to 0400 by the time Tobias slid into bed, hugging Gail tightly. She was still dressed in her ridiculous flannel pajamas, and all he could do was smile. It was perfect. If he could just have this for the rest of his life, everything would be perfect.
She rolled over, wrapping her arms around his neck and kissing him.
“I wish I were ready, Tobias. But I’m not.” He held a finger to her lips, kissing her.
“Shhh. This is perfect. If this is what I get to have for the rest of my life, it’s perfect. There is nothing better. Nothing. I love you, Gail. You will have nothing to worry about for the rest of your life.”
“Quinn?”
“He’s gone. He will never bother you or anyone again. Trust me. Believe in me.”
“I’ve never believed in anyone as much as I believe in you, Tobias.”
“Get some sleep. We have a wedding tomorrow, and it’s Christmas Eve. You never know what will happen at Belle Fleur.” She smiled, rolling over to spoon against him.
