Easy Sacrifice by Anna Brooks Read Free Book Online

looks right at me. I cover my mouth with the tips of my fingers and close my eyes. When I open them again, he’s gone.

Chapter 5
    Ty
    26 years old
     
    I stand in the interrogation room, Jay leaning on the wall and my cuffs tossed on the table. The beer he handed me goes down nice and easy, and as soon as I drink the last swallow, he gets right to business.
    “How you holdin’ up?” He eyes the bruises on my face.
    I’ve been in jail for three years, so I laugh with no humor. “Fucking outstanding.”
    “That fight with the new inmate got you ninety in solitary, so we can at least put you up in a secure location for a few months.” I roll my eyes at him because I know he staged the fight. Jay knew I was starting to go crazy, so he arranged a way for me to get out for a bit.
    “Gee, thanks.”
    He winces at my words then takes a seat and opens a file. “We’re at a dead end, man.”
    “No shit.” I sit in the chair across from him and open another file. Marco’s immoral face stares back at me, and I clench my jaw. “I want him.”
    “Hopefully, we can get him before your sentence is up. I didn’t want you to do any time, let alone the entire six years.”
    I shake off a sarcastic comment sitting on the tip of my tongue and continue to flip through the file. Working undercover for the FBI wasn’t supposed to go like this. I was never supposed to land in a fucking jail cell, but in order to maintain my cover, I had to. I had to take the fall for Marco’s right hand getting iced by Jessa.
    No way could I be mad at her for pulling the trigger, because she saved my life. They wouldn’t have stopped beating me until I was dead, and then they woulda violated her. I’m just glad she was able to get away, and from what Jay says, Marco hasn’t bothered her since.
    But I know he’ll go after her just to get to me, so when I get outta here, my first goal is to make sure she’s safe. I just have to wait three more years to finish this bogus sentence.
    If we want a shot at getting Marco, I have to serve this. If I don’t, it’ll blow my cover. And I want Marco, so I’ll rot for the greater good, and then he’ll rot for eternity.
    “Come on.” Jay sighs. “Let’s get the cuffs back on, and then I’ll drop you at the safe house.”
    I nod and put my hands in front of me while he loosely secures the metal handcuffs and leads me out to his car. I sit in the back and watch the city fade away.
    “Stop,” I shout at him. “Turn around and stop in front of the coffee shop.”
    He does as I ask. Knowing she can’t see through the tinted windows, I watch her as he pulls to a stop.
    I watch Jessa sitting at a table outside with friends, her long blond hair blowing in the wind. She wears a flowing dress that shows off just enough thigh to make you wonder what’s above it. A large sun hat hides her innocent blue eyes, and I want so desperately to feel her lips on mine again. To have her soft body molded against my hard one.
    “She looks happy, man.” Jay breaks my train of thought.
    “Yeah, she does,” I agree.
    “Worth the time?”
    My response is a non-response. I don’t need to say the words to know I did the right thing.
    Like she can sense me, she looks up and stares right at me. Her smile falls, and she squints her eyes, even though she can’t see through the glass. “Fuck,” I whisper. She’s so damn perfect. Too good for me. Even though she doesn’t know anything about me and the man I am now. The man I was always trying to be. She doesn’t know that I’m clean now. That I’m one of the good guys. My filth will always follow me, and no way would I ever let it touch her beauty.
    I pull my gaze away from her. “Let’s roll.”
    “Roger.” Jay’s voice has lost its enthusiasm; surely, he sensed my despair.
    After he drops me at the safe house, I dig through the cupboards and stuff my face with anything and everything I find. Jail food is shit. I take a hot shower, not having to worry about