Tempted Trapped and Too Late to Run

Chapter 206

She quickly dabbed on some foundation to barely cover the mark, then rushed back to the car, hauling the man off to Mercy Hospital.

When the guy came to and saw June, his eyes flickered with panic. "What are you doing to me?! What are you doing?!"

June recognized him. He was an old friend of her husband's, someone who'd partnered on a project with him that eventually fell apart. After that, he just vanished. Rumor had it he got hooked on gambling, split with his wife, and his only daughter moved overseas to get away from him. Most folks figured he'd been beaten to death ages ago, but here he was, still in the Capital, looking surprisingly well-off in designer clothes.

Clara wasn't in the mood for chit-chat, so she gave him a swift kick in the stomach. "Spill it, what's your deal with Quinn?"

a second thought, grabbed a knife nearby and sliced off one of his fingers. Both

"I can't tell you, I just can't! If I spill the beans about Quinn, she'll kill me. You don't know how vicious she

and scraggly, covering his ears and giving him a disheveled, rough-around-the-edges look. Clara lifted his hair, revealing the missing ear. June

"I know about your shady business with Quinn, and she won't hesitate to take you down if she finds out. She's keeping you around because she thinks no one knows. Here's

her mind. She glanced at the sharp blade, realizing she wasn't squeamish about blood and could

She looks down on regular

with embarrassment. Clara had nailed it. Sure, the amounts he asked from the Bradfords seemed big, but he only ever pocketed a small cut. A regular job wasn't