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“That person is cunning, calculating, and dangerously extreme. Don’t trust everything he says: Ze was, k eyes dark and wary. He didn’t trust Shawn–and he certainly didn’t believe someone like him could ever be a real ally.
But Kelly seemed to feel a flicker of sympathy for Shawn,
Zev trusted Kelly. He knew she’d never betray him, and he respected her decisions, Sef, he couldn’t shake the uncase gnawing at him.
Shawn’s childhood had twisted him–made him selfish and unpredictable. Whatever he might feel for Kelly, Zev didn’t want her taking that kind of risk.
“I only want to bring him in so you don’t have to walk this road alone, Kelly uid softly. “If he’s on our side. that’s one less trap to worry about.” She wanted to case Zevs burden, no one–not even Shark–could trikke the foundation she and Zev had built.
No one could.
Kelly had noticed a crack in Shawn’s armor, a weakness she might be able to explot. If the could win him over, maybe he’d become a valuable ally. And if not, she’d walk away without hesitation.
Shawn held secrets. A lot of them. If he ever opened up, Zev could avoid some dangerous investigations.
It had been years since Sylvester died, and Zev had spent five long years in Oasisvale chasing shadows, risking everything, and still came up empty.
Kelly wanted to help him.
“Hey, babe, there’s something I’ve been meaning to talk to you about.” On their ride home, Hanson had shown up to handle the crash, and the driver had arrived to drive them home.
Zev had spent a long time thinking about it before he opened up. “That accident–it wasn’t random. Shawn’s right; someone’s been trying to keep me blind. An idiot, if possible. They want the company to fall apart and stop being a threat.
“For years, I’ve let people see me as this harmless guy–some ex–soldier who barely knows how to run a business. Everyone thinks Llean on you to run the company and steady me emotionally.”
He looked at Kelly and revealed, “But I underestimated the wacko behind all this. He’s slowly pressing in. isolating me, cutting away every person I value.”
That puppet master had destroyed his family. Killed his father. Driven his mother to her death. And now Wade was barely clinging to life thanks to a cocktail of injections. Zev couldn’t hold up a crumbling empire alone. Kelly wasn’t just his wife–she was his anchor. His clarity. With her, he had purpose. With her, he had strength.
The wacko in the shadows must’ve seen that and decided to break him piece by piece.
“I just don’t get it,” Zev whispered, voice hoarse. “Why not just kill me? Why
rough all this trouble?”
All the strength and sanity he’d forced himself to carry… was starting to collapse.
Before Kelly, Zev had been like a bird with no feet–always flying, never able to land.
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He’d accepted a future full of loneliness. No parents. No love. Just endless wandering.
But then she came along. And something in his heart shifted, and things started to change.
He had a family now. A lover, a wife, and a son.
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Zev couldn’t afford anything to happen to them. Zev couldn’t let anyone destroy his home and take that away from him.
Kelly reached up and cupped his face in her hands, steady and warm. “Zev, I’ve told you–I’m not fragile. I know you’re scared to gamble with my safety. I know you’d rather carry the danger alone. But I feel the same way. I don’t want anything to happen to you either. There could be a hundred reasons why that lunatic hasn’t killed you yet. We can’t guess–we have to find the truth.”
This was Kelly’s reason to get closer to Shawn.
She didn’t want assumptions. She wanted facts.
Because guessing wrong could plunge them into another danger.
For years, Zev had chased a ghost, blaming Ken for everything. But was Ken really the one behind it? No one knew the real truth.
As their car pulled into the neighborhood, Zev and Kelly stepped out. A familiar figure was running toward them, breathless and anxious.
It was Ken.
“Zion!” He called out, panting, his face full of concern.
Relief swept across his features when he saw them both safe.
“Ken?” Zev narrowed his eyes, instantly on guard. “What are you doing here?”
“I …” Ken hesitated, then said, “Your grandfather,… he wants to see you. Asked if you could bring Kelly, Jasper, and Shane and come visit.”
Zev narrowed his eyes and asked fiercely, “If Grandpa really wanted to see me, you could’ve just called. You didn’t need to show up in person. What’s the real reason you rushed all the way out here?”
Ken was drenched in sweat, his shirt soaked through. He was clearly in a hurry.
What was he so panicked and scared of? What did he know?
“I was just passing through,” Ken replied quickly. “Figured I’d stop by. It’s hot today.”
Zev wasn’t buying it. His excuse was weak.
“You haven’t taken another job since quitting, have you? You’re still young. Word is, many companies were after you,” Zev said, trying to probe.
This guy has been so quiet lately/Zev had almost forgotten his existence.
Ken paused, then nodded slowly. “I’ve got somewhere in mind. But right now, I’m spending time with Wade. His health is failing, and he probably doesn’t have much time left. Once we’ve taken care of your grandfather’s affairs, I’ll start the new job.”
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There was a note of finality in Ken’s voice. It seemed as though he had reached a decision. A big one.
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