Seventy three

Dave's POV

The sun was barely up, casting a dull, gray light over the city, but the weight on my chest was already heavier than the day before.

The shipment I had been waiting for was just a few hours away. The timing couldn’t have been worse, not with Belle out there and Zane still breathing. I needed to tie up loose ends, and fast.

I sat on the brown leather swivel chair in my study, my hands running over my face as I tried to think.

I needed to find a way to get the attention of the drug enforcement agency off my back before the shipment arrived. Every second counted, and I knew that one wrong move could bring it all crashing down.

I reached for my phone, my fingers tapping rapidly as I sent out a message to my men. It was time to surround the Perri mansion.

We need to bring Belle's family to their limit. Once that was done, they would bring out Belle. Or rather, she would bring forth herself. Then that nosy Zane Caruso will come for her and I get to silence him forever.

"Surrou