Chaos (Phoenix Undercover Book 2) by C.A. Harms Read Free Book Online Page B

Gabby. He can’t remain on the streets. As long as they are out there, no one is safe. I’m not safe.”
    “But—”
    “Listen, it is not as bad as you think. I’ll be with Greyson and Mike, mainly analyzing and stakeouts. I won’t be in as deep as before, I promise you.” She took my hand in hers. “I’ll be able to call and still see you.”
    “I hate this,” I whispered as I pulled her closer. “I can’t lose you too.”
    I heard her take in a deep breath as she wrapped her arms around me. “You won’t. I’m safe, I swear. This is mild compared to before. I wouldn’t put you all through that again.”
    I didn’t have any other choice but to believe she was telling me the truth. But in no way did it make me feel any better.

 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Chapter 11
     
     
    Josh
     
    “What the fuck do you mean you called Audrey? How the hell could you pull her in on this shit again?” My anger was boiling at this point. How the fuck could Grey be so fucking careless?
    “We need her. She knows things that could help us.” Greyson was trying to reason with me, but my mind was racing.
    “She thinks I’m dead. Her sister has been mourning me, letting go of the father of her unborn child. Now she’s gonna show up here and be forced to keep yet another damn secret from Gabby. This isn’t fair, Grey, and you fucking know it. I can’t do that to her, to either of them.”
    Greyson stood from the couch and gripped his waist with his hands. He stared at me with determination. “Well, Mike and I have decided, and unfortunately you don’t have a say-so here.”
    I took a step toward him, and he held his hand up to stop me. “You can hit me, yell at me, or whatever the hell you want. But it doesn’t change the fact that Audrey is joining us. Fuck, man, I’m trying to get you back to your girl.” He hung his head, and I allowed the silence to continue.
    “Josh, I can see this shit tearing you down.” He looked up once more, and I could tell he was fighting back emotions he rarely showed. “Every day I watch you die a little more inside as you see Gabby show more and more. I know you need to be with her, but I also know it isn’t safe for either of you. We have to find Roman, Josh. There aren’t many people we can trust, but I know for a fact Audrey is someone we can. We have to build a team of those who want to bring him down just as much as us. What better person than Audrey? She lived in Leo’s fucking world for months, man, and she knows the places he went. Somewhere there’s a clue we’re missing, and she may be the one person that can help us figure out what it is.”
    Grey took in a deep breath, attempting to calm himself. “I can’t stand who you’re becoming, Josh. I hate seeing your life move on without you while we’re being forced to hide out here. It doesn’t seem right. Something about this whole mess isn’t fucking right, and I’m gonna do whatever it takes to figure out what the hell that something is.”
    He was right, I knew he was, but I still didn’t have to like it. I felt like with the history Audrey and I already shared, adding anything more may only drive Gabby and I further apart. I hoped I was wrong and in the end Gabby could understand why we had to do this. Her sister could hold the information we needed without even knowing it was something we needed.
     
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    My chest felt tight as I paced, and I swore my heart may just beat right out of it. Mike and Greyson sat on the couch staring at me as if I may lose it at any moment. Fuck, I felt like I was going to lose it.
    The moment the light knock on the door filled the room, we all turned our heads toward the sound. Without even looking we knew who it was. But no one moved to answer it. We all remained frozen in place.
    Yeah, we had played out how we planned to break the news to Audrey, but now that she was here, I felt like I was going to pass out. I hated that this was about to be another secret she would