He leans in and kisses me. It’s the kind of kiss that promises a lifetime.
EPILOGUE
Thank you for reading Axel.If you enjoyed the Reed Hawthorne Security series, then I’m sure you’ll enjoy my Dare to Surrender series. It is full or protector men, and found family through friendship. If you want more of Axel and Savvy, there is a link to a bonus scene after this chapter.
Detective Nick Moore
Nick satacross from Captain Sanders in the King County Sheriff’s Office. He didn’t know what was coming, but based on the older man’s scowl, he knew it wasn’t good.
“You accused the victim of blowing up his own house!” Sanders yelled.
“The evidence?—”
“Don’t give me that ‘the evidence showed’ bullshit. You jumped the gun. Why didn’t you wait for the courthouse camera footage?”
Nick shifted uncomfortably. “IknowMorgan is the guy for this.”
Sanders leaned back in his chair. “Moore, I like you. You’re a good detective… usually. But how you’ve handled yourself on this case is shit. What do you have to support that Morgan is guilty?”
“I pulled his credit report—he’s in default on a large loan. Plus, the property has a lot of deferred maintenance. He needed money. Maybe he was trying to collect the insurance money.”
“Dammit, Moore! You just assumed because he had debt, he’d blow up the house? The house that, as far as he knew, he didn’t even own?” His boss ran his hand over his face. “What’s really going on, Moore? Why are you so stuck on Morgan for this? Is it because he’s from out of town?”
“No, of course not.”
Sanders sighed. “Morgan and his attorney are demanding I fire you.”
Nick sat up.Fire me? Shit!“His attorney? Ms. Seymour is the estate attorney not a criminal one.”
“It seems one of the partners in her firm has stepped in to represent Mr. Morgan. Don Freeman. Heard of him?”
Double shit.
Don Freeman was well-known as an attorney that never lost.
“Freeman gave us notice of his representationbeforeyour confrontation with Morgan.”
“I didn’t know.”
“You didn’t? Because Mr. Morgan said that he told you he had an attorney if you had any more questions and you just kept going.”
Nick leaned back. He thought Morgan was referring to Shaw. Fuck. He questioned a suspect after he said he had an attorney. Even rookies didn’t make that mistake.
“And if you had done your research, you would have discovered Morgan is part owner in Morgan Thompson Security. He’s a well-respected, decorated former Navy SEAL. And his company is doing very well. The man does not need money.”
Nick gripped the arm rests of the chair and took a deep breath. “Are you going to fire me?”
His boss stared at him. “I have a better idea.”
Nick let out the breath he was holding.
“Ever heard of Fisher Springs?”
That’s not what he was expecting.
“That small town out near the mountains?”
“Yep, that’s the one.”
