Brady limped along a corridor inside a maximum-security prison, as a guard kept a hand on his elbow.
The limp was a consequence of being shot in the hip by Clay, and would be with Brady the rest of his life.
He still thought of Mary sometimes, and wondered how she was doing, and whether she and Clay were still together.
Once he was settled in his seat before the Plexiglas divider, he picked up the phone and spoke to Shay.
“You’re back.”
“I come every week, Brady, you know that.”
“Yeah, but I’ll be damned if I know why.”
“It’s because I love you, and I always will.”
Brady sighed, and then spoke the words he said each time he saw her.
“Move on, Shay. Forget I exist and find someone else to love.”
“No.”
“I won’t be up for parole for another twenty-nine years, and we both know that you could do better than me even if I was free.”
Shay smiled.
“I have news, great news. Do you remember Stu Tate, the fence?”
“Yeah, why?”
“He came by my apartment last night and told me that he was willing to pay for a new lawyer for you. He also said he talked to Mickey Lowry, the defense attorney, and that he’ll be coming here later this week to talk with you about your appeal.”
Brady straightened in his seat, as his face scrunched up in confusion.
“Why would Stu Tate pay for a lawyer to help me? And Mickey Lowry? Mickey Lowry is a big name, Shay, and big names cost big bucks.”
“They also get big results, Brady, and Stu said that Lowry thinks he can get your sentence down to ten years. That means that with time served, you’d be out in nine years.”
Brady sat quietly for several moments as he absorbed the news, and as he did, he felt something he hadn’t felt in a long while. It was a flicker of hope.
“Tell Stu that I said thank you, and ask him to come see me.”
“I did, but he said he just wants to pay, and that you can thank him by accepting his help.”
Brady gave a little laugh.
“Of course I’ll accept it, it’s Mickey Lowry.”
“I have more news. I’ve got a job in an office.”
“A straight job?”
“Yes, and I like it. The girls I work with are nice and I’m learning a lot.”
“I’m glad... how is everybody?”
Shay looked down at the table.
“It’s been tough, Brady, especially on the kids.”
After it came out during the trial that Brady had killed Jake to save Mary’s life, Lindy and Selina wanted nothing to do with him, and had never visited him since. They also had their own share of trouble, as the IRS had seized all their assets and property, after claiming they were proceeds from criminal activity.
“We should have quit, but we all just wanted that one last score,” Brady said.
“Things will work out in time.”
“That’s something I have plenty of, Shay, even if my sentence does get knocked down to ten years.”
Shay told Brady more about her job and the women she worked with, but soon, their allotted time had ended.
“I have to go, but Shay?”
“Yes?”
“I... I love you.”
“I love you too, Brady, and I always will.”
Brady limped back to his cell while fearing that someday Shay wouldn’t return, that she would finally move on with her life and find a new man, and if that day ever came, Brady didn’t know what would become of him.
***
In Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Mary and Clay enjoyed watching the annual reenactment of the historic events that took place there, as their son Bobby marveled at all the pageantry involved.
The two newlyweds could think of no better place to go on their honeymoon, and with the baby due in six months, they knew that it could be years before they would be able to go on such a trip again.
Mary leaned back in Clay’s arms as the two of them thrilled to the sights and sounds of history, and when she turned her head, they kissed.
“Are you happy, Mrs. Richards?” Clay asked his bride, who was radiant from her pregnancy, as well as sheer joy.
“I’m happier than I’ve ever been, and you?”
Clay pointed out at the field, where an actor was being gored by a bayonet.
“I’m doing about as well as that fella.”
Mary laughed, elbowed Clay in the stomach, then leaned over and kissed the top of Bobby’s head.
And like the once desolate lake in the town of Destination, she felt renewed.
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ALSO BY REMINGTON KANE
The TANNER Series in order
● INEVITABLE I - A Tanner Novel - Book 1
● KILL IN PLAIN SIGHT - A Tanner Novel - Book 2
● MAKING A KILLING ON WALL STREET - A Tanner Novel - Book 3
● THE FIRST ONE TO DIE LOSES - A Tanner Novel - Book 4
● THE LIFE & DEATH OF CODY PARKER - A Tanner Novel - Book 5
● WAR - A Tanner Novel - Book 6
● SUICIDE OR DEATH - A Tanner Novel - Book 7
● TWO FOR THE KILL – A Tanner Novel – Book 8
ALSO
● DESOLATION LAKE
And written as Donald Wells
The TAKEN! Series in order
● TAKEN! - LOVE CONQUERS ALL
● TAKEN! - SECRETS & LIES
● TAKEN! - STALKER
● TAKEN! - BREAKOUT!
● TAKEN! - THE THIRTY-NINE
● TAKEN! - KIDNAPPING THE DEVIL
● TAKEN! - HIT SQUAD
● TAKEN! - MASQUERADE
● TAKEN! - SERIOUS BUSINESS
● TAKEN! - THE COUPLE THAT SLAYS TOGETHER
● TAKEN! - PUT ASUNDER
● TAKEN! - LIKE BOND, ONLY BETTER
● TAKEN! - MEDIEVAL
● TAKEN! - RISEN!
● TAKEN! - VACATION
● TAKEN! - MICHAEL (COMING SOON)
ALSO
● REDEMPTION - Someone's taken her
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Did you love Desolation Lake? Then you should read Inevitable I by Remington Kane!
Inevitable I by Remington Kane
Hired killer Tanner escapes from a Mexican prison and goes in search of revenge against the man who was to be his latest target.
Mobster Albert Rossetti thought he was safe after he framed Tanner for drug possession and had him locked away inside a Mexican prison--but Tanner broke out.
Rossetti's made peace with the man who hired Tanner to kill him, and the contract was cancelled, but that means nothing to Tanner, who lives by his own rules.
Tanner is coming for Rossetti, despite the man's hit squad, or the determined and troubled female FBI agent chasing him.
Tanner is coming, Tanner is deadly, and Tanner never fails.
Inevitable I - A Tanner Novel - Book 1
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