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hand , halting Peter from getting any closer and Veronica pulled him back to her side. Tara shook her head once before turning to Brody. “I need to make some calls.”
    He glanced at the unconscious men on the ground. “I’m driving you back to ba se. Climb in the passenger seat and make your calls while I wait for backup to arrive.”
    Tara crossed her arms over her chest. “What are they going to do with all of them?”
    “Haul them in to interrogate them. They threatened you, and that can’t go unpunished.” He turned and pulled Tara into his arms. “I don’t want to think what would have happened if I hadn’t gotten to you in time. If Lydia wouldn’t have called me with her vision, I’d be explaining why there are three …” He glanced at all of the men lying all over the place and then at Peter. “…six dead assholes right now.”
    “Calm down, Cujo.”She patted his chest and stepped back, unwilling to get lost in the feel of his arms again. “Some of that training paid off.”
    She pulled the door open to the SUV and was about to climb in when Peter called out to her again. “Tara, you might also want to return your mom’s calls. Last I heard your grandma isn’t doing too well.”
    Tara tilted her head. Boy, Peter was just full of bad news and new friends. Had he intended to be the one to enjoy watching her squirm? Revenge for breaking the engagement or perhaps paybacks for not answering his calls? He was getting a front row seat as her life slowly crumbled around her. Tara slid into the passenger side and pulled the door closed.
    If there was something wrong with her Grams , her mom would have called and would have said it was an emergency. Tara would have been the first person her family called, knowing how close she was to the woman. She punched in the number to her mom’s house and waited.
    Her mom picked up on the third ring. Her voice was groggy , as if Tara had woken her up. “Hello.”
    “Mom, tell me that Peter is lying and that Grams is fine, that she’s not even sick.”
    Tara’s mom cleared her throat. “I didn’t know what else to do since you wouldn’t return my calls. He said he was going to see you , and I needed you to call me back. I guess he finally found you.”
    Tara glanced out the window at her ex. The corner of his mouth ti lted up, and he raised a brow. Yep, the jerk was enjoying himself, watching all of the chaos around her grow into an almost unmanageable heap of poo. She silently questioned if the man was bipolar? Pretending to be concerned, wanting to hurt her and now silently enjoying as her life fell to pieces. It confirmed her suspicion. The man was more of an ass than she’d thought.
    “Grams had a heart attack , but she’s going to be fine. I think it would be a good idea if you came home for a day or two and spent some time with her. Your presence lifts her spirits like nothing else.”
    Tara let her head fall forward , and she closed her eyes.  There was no way in hell that she wasn’t going home. If her Grams needed her, she’d be there. Grams had been the constant in Tara’s life. Tara’s mom was always too busy keeping up pretenses and trying to keep Tara’s brothers in line. While Grams had been the one to give Tara the encouragement she needed to accept her gift. The old woman had been there for Tara all of those years ago, and now it was Tara’s turn. She wouldn’t let her Grams down.
    “Tell Grams I’ll be there tomorrow.”
    “I’ll tell her. Tara, try not to worry.”
    She opened her eyes. As if not worrying was a remote possibility. Her Grams was her rock, her stability. There wasn’t anything she wouldn’t do for that woman.
    “Bye , Mom.”
    “Goodnight, dear.”
    Tara hit the end button on her phone and immediately dialed her chef’s number.
    “Thank God. I’ve been calling you for a week,” William all but screamed into the phone.
    “Sorry, I’ve been busy with training and junk. Trust me, I would have rather been