Chapter 31

The only thing that stopped him was the sight of the gun pressed to the side of Jeremy’s head.

“So what do you want? To hurt me? You’ve done that. Permanently. What else is there, Mack?”

“Who said I’m done hurting you? You put my brother in jail. You betrayed him, and he trusted you. You betrayed me. Can you even comprehend that?”

He had to bite the instinct to say he was just doing his job. Mack wouldn’t see it like that. And it would be Jeremy who would take the brunt of his anger.

Jeremy. He had to get Mack away from him.

“So tell me what you want me to do,” he said, lowering his voice. “You’ve got me now. Tell me what you want.”

Without moving the gun from Jeremy’s head, Mack pushed his groggy prisoner to his knees. Jeremy grunted, his lashes fluttering. “I want to know if you’ve learned anything.”

“Okay. How?”

“Him or you. I didn’t plan for it to come down to this, but I’m not one to pass up on an opportunity. So, you get to make a choice. Him or you.”