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beautiful and, no doubt, very angry redhead.
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    Moments later Charlie called back over the police transmitter.
    “Uh, um, Wolf? She picked up my tail and stopped right in the middle of the road. She’s now marching back here at about fifty miles an hour. I wanna tell you, man, your grand pappy was right about redheads. Damn. That is one pissed off woman.”
    Dameon heard the sounds of what seemed to be a struggle and then heard Jesse’s angry voice over the com.
    “Who are you taking to, Lieutenant Rockford?”
    “Um, ah, Ma’am. You can’t touch that. It’s police equipment—”
    “Shut the fuck up, Officer. Give me that goddamn speaker.”
    Dameon couldn’t help grinning envisioning the scene on the side of the road. He stifled a chuckle as Jesse’s enraged shout rang out.
    “I said… give. It. To. Me!” After a moment, her angry voice came over the speaker. “Who is this?”
    Dameon let the silence settle for a moment then spoke quietly. “May I presume that this is Major O’Donnell? We met earlier this evening in the event you don’t recognize my voice. This is Dameon Macarios.”
    She shrieked. “YOU! You arrogant asshole! You listen to me. So help me, God. You think you can get away with this? Arresting me? Harassing me? Sending someone to follow me? You… you son of a bitch! I don’t care how many judges you’ve bought off… how many dirty lawyers and cops you have in your back pocket.” Her voice rose several decibels. “I swear to God… I’ve got connections, too. And don’t think….”
    To Dameon’s surprise her voice broke in the middle of her tirade, collapsing into what sounded like a sob. There was a series of crashing sounds and then the line went dead.
    Dameon called back on Charlie’s cell phone. “Now what the hell was that, Lieutenant?”
    Charlie gave an audible sigh. “Well, Chief, let’s say we’ve got at least one police receiver that’s gonna need to be replaced. To put it succinctly, our very upset Major ripped off the receiver, threw it on the ground, stomped on it and marched in her stocking feet back to her car.” He paused. “I gotta tell you, Wolf. That is one upset lady. Now she… she’s just sitting in her car. Damn, I think she’s crying. Okay, now she’s driving.” Charlie continued his blow by blow without interruption from Dameon. “I looked her up while I was following her and got some background stats. I think she has a kid in the house, Wolf. A teenager.”
    “Damn. How much worse can this get?”
    “You said it. Okay. She’s going in the house now. She’s carrying her shoes. She looks pretty beat up, man.”
    Dameon gave a heartfelt sigh.
    “Ahh, Christ. What a cluster fuck!”
    Charlie’s confirming sigh drifted over the ether.

Chapter 4
    Jesse jerked up in bed at the rumble of voices. She glanced at the clock, her befuddled brain struggling to deal with the unexpected sounds. Ten minutes ago she’d said good-bye to Trey and crept back to bed praying that she could sleep—which she’d been unable to do throughout the night. Now, she jumped from the bed wide awake. Something was wrong. She’d already told Trey to hurry so that he wouldn’t miss the school bus. Her highly trained reflexes kicked in. Seconds later she was at the top of the stairs, her Walther in her hand, the safety off ready to fire. Her breath stuck in her throat remembering the image of the shooters rushing into the ballroom last night. Jesus God, had they found out where she lived? Had she brought that hideous danger into her home? Her home and her son’s?
    Creeping down the stairs, her pistol clutched in both hands in in front of herself, she heard Trey’s voice. Turning the corner, blood lust on her brain, she almost fainted when she saw Dameon Macarios standing in the doorway to the kitchen, her kitchen , talking with her son.
    The tall dark-haired man filled the doorway with his presence, commanding the space as if he belonged there. He gave her a once