ll power. Claire sat curled on the hard stainless-steel bench in her champagne-soaked blous

ed his baton against the iron bars, sendin

osts your bail in twenty minutes, you're getti

n, her voice steady d

phone call hal

t a loud commotion suddenly erupted from t

edo, flanked by four top-tier defense attorneys carrying briefcases like a ruthless emperor inspecting his

in person? A simple phone call from yo

onto Claire sitting on the steel bench with her shoulders trembling. Seeing the dark wet stains on her col

the

is trouser pockets. The burly sergeant holding

work to file. She's

d slowly and stared st

prefer I buy this entire block toni

back of the sergeant's head hard, yanked the key ring off the man

he cell, and draped the warm wool coat directly over Claire's freezing shoulders. En

os

t her, his voice hars

on't even drop my name? You're embarrassi

cket tighter around her chest,

ing you trouble

d back to his four lawyer

a countersuit against that Harper woman first thing tomorrow morning for

er," the lead attorney

s around Claire's forearm, pulled her up from the bench,

at the curb below. Clem pushed open the passenger door and ran up the steps, stopping dead in hi

p, narrowing his eyes dangero

ing her all the way to the po

orcing himself to spea

understanding. My boss sent me h

cuffs just to send his assistant to bail her out twenty minute

lat and loud enough to carry across the steps, "that I

ung his arm firmly around Claire's shoulde

Run along and report

ssly as Claire climbed into the back of Donovan's bullet

an leaned back against the leather seat, crossi

ice bucket, you also have a personal

window at the passing neon lights, her voice

the Valenzuela subsidiaries three years ago. I p

e polished wood armrest, clearly not buying th

ly police station tonight," Donovan said cold

ared at him, the tiny bit of gratitud

really are bloods