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Hans makes a few turns and pulls over to the side of the street behind a giant pickup truck with the name of a construction company on the back.
I know we’re close to Holly Court, but I honestly don’t know all the little streets around ours to pinpoint our current location. With the thick trees between lots, it’s hard to tell sometimes.
The house we’re parked in front of is under construction, with half of a garage attached to the front of it. Through the partially framed walls, I can see a few guys milling around inside, but no one is paying attention to us.
Hans turns the car off, then faces me. “I don’t want you to come, because there’s a chance we might run into trouble. But I’m not going to leave you here alone, so you’re coming with me.”
I eye the house. “We’re going inside?”
“No, we’re going behind,” Hans says, then pushes his door open.
Well, that was cryptic.
I follow him out of the car.
Hans is back in his all-black getup, minus the gun holster and knife, and I’m in a pair of pink jean shorts and a worn boy band T-shirt. Both items of clothing I instantly recognized as things I’d misplaced months ago. I’d said a silent thank-you to my mom for teaching me to only keep clothing I like and to donate anything that doesn’t fit anymore. I can’t imagine what I’d do if Hans had packed a bag full of stuff that stopped fitting two sizes ago.
Meeting Hans on the sidewalk, I take his offered hand.
Side by side, we probably look mismatched. The girly girl and the intense assassin. But my palm fits in his perfectly.
CHAPTER83
Hans
Circling the house without incident,I walk Cassandra to the far corner of the yard.
Like our houses, this one butts against thick woods. But this patch of forest is the same patch of forest behind theabandoned houseat the end of Holly Court.
And the couple that lives here spends all their free time on cruise ships, so they don’t spend much time in their yard. And they’ve never ventured past their mown lawn. So they haven’t noticed the trail I carved, allowing a person easy access from one property to the other.
I duck under the low-hanging, untrimmed branches of the lilac bushes that line the back of this yard and enter the forest.
Tall grass brushes against my calves, and I make a mental note to grab the other bag I put together for Cassandra.
I love the way she looks in her tiny shorts, but my dick twitches at the thought of her dressed in matching tactical blacks.
“What is this?” Cassandra whispers from my side when she sees the narrow path in front of us.
“This is called being prepared.” I keep my voice just as quiet.
A finger jabs into my side. “Who’s the brat now?”
I should be focused. And I am. But I’m also smiling. And that’s weird.
CHAPTER84
Cassie
The trees arethick enough that they block out a lot of the afternoon sun, but ahead of us, brightness signals that we’re almost through.
The trail we were on ended a few yards back, so I carefully follow Hans’s steps through the underbrush to the edge of the tree line.
Hans lets go of my fingers and holds his hand palm down, lowering it a few inches toward the ground.
I have no idea what the fuck that’s supposed to mean, but I stop walking.
He stands completely still for several long seconds, listening or waiting for something. And I take the time to look around.
