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“That illegal contraband,” the officer said, nodding at our trailer.
Nate grabbed my arm as I turned. The side yard wasn’t within view, but I saw heavy machinery lined up along the front. A hole had been dug somewhere. I took a few steps to get a better view, seeing a crater between our trailer and the forest. Inside that hole, open crates with plastic wrapped cash and weapons. Another held blocks of powders and cubes that hadn’t been cut open.No. No fucking way.
How the actual fuck had someone put that there? We never saw that part of the yard, but surely we would have heard something. Unless it happened last night while we were at the track.
I faced the officer again. “Come on! You know that’s not ours!”
“Sorry, son,” he said, giving me a sympathetic smile.
Fuck his sympathy. “No you're not! You just want whatever fucking cut you’re getting out of—”
“Devon!” Maddox seethed at me. “Please stop.” His eyes told me he was terrified, but his tone told me he was more worried about me.
“It’s mine,” I declared. “All that shit is mine. I put it there.” I held out my wrists. “I plead guilty.”
“Devon,” Maddox cried this time. “Don’t.”
This time, the police didn’t stop me from going to him. “You took a fucking bullet for me, Madd. Let me take one for you.”
“No.”
“Unfortunately, we have proof that it was Maddox Kane. Shipping documents with his signature, a verbal confession and confirmation from a witness, and his fingerprints on some of the bills. Sorry.” The cop grabbed Maddox’s cuffed wrists, starting to pull him away.
“What fucking witness?” Xavi shouted.
“Confidential for now,” the cop said.
I grabbed Maddox by the neck. “Don’t you dare give up, Maddox. Hear me? This wasn’t you. Fight!”
Maddox forced the cops to stop. He looked right at me and said, “Fight for me, Devon. Get me a lawyer or something. I need your help. Find Jim.”
“I promise. I will. I won’t let them keep you there.” I held onto him for dear life, starting to panic when they pried him from my fingertips.
“I love you,” he mouthed.
“I love you,” I mouthed back.
My eyes burned as I watched them shove Maddox into the back of a cruiser. Not a fucking chance this would stick. Come hell or high fucking water, I’d get him out of this. Whatever it took.
Xavi argued with a cop, trying to declare his brother’s innocence, and Nate gripped the back of both of our shirts to keep us still. I kept my eyes on Maddox, giving him the determination I felt knowing I’d get to the bottom of this. Somehow.
“He’s right, Devon. You gotta fight his battle out here. He needs you out here proving his innocence,” Nate said, lightening his grip.
Maddox needed me.
As the cruiser pulled away and Maddox turned his head to keep his eyes on mine, I made a vow to myself. We might not be married yet, but for better or worse, we’d be together again.
I was about to become a fucking bounty hunter. I’d find my dad and I’d make him fucking pay for this.
“Where are you taking him?” Xavi asked.
“Bluffs County,” the cop said as I watched the taillights and Madd’s green eyes get farther away. “You can visit him after he’s been moved. He’ll spend a night in Garron holding cells and be moved tomorrow. Don’t do anything stupid in the meantime.”
“I’ll see you tomorrow, Maddox!” I screamed at the top of my lungs, hoping he’d hear it. “Tomorrow!”
My world imploded when the cruiser drove out of view. My perfect night and blissful morning with Maddox crashed all around me, reminding me I wasn’t someone worthy of living the life dreams were made of. They took him from me. As much as it broke my heart, it darkened my soul.
When I crashed to my knees in that numb sort of pain, I felt my spirit stir. It might be blackening, but it was up for the challenge of rescuing the man we loved.
