66-Husband

"Hermosa, listen to me."

Brent had no intention of revealing too many details of his plans to Hermosa.

In the current situation, the less she knew, the better.

He knew Hermosa had gone out to try and anesthetize him with sleeping pills solely for the purpose of facing the danger alone.

How could he let her get involved in this situation when his lover was trying to protect him by going into danger alone.

"We've taken care of Randolph's inside man at the police station, so the police and I can handle the rest.You don't have to worry about it anymore, I'll have Sam take you away tomorrow."

He held Hermosa's hand tightly as he frowned in earnest, and persuaded her, but Hermosa's expression looked impassive.

"I'm not leaving."

Hermosa said firmly.

She was acutely aware that the part of the sentence that Brent hadn't said contained something more and deeper: "So far, at least, Randolph still thinks I'm his. If I'd gone, he'd have been suspicious anyway."

"But if I were still around, everyt