#Chapter 164 Bait

Tessa’s POV

“Why would you bring her here?!” Joseph growled as he paced back and forth in Chief Mulligan’s office.

Carter stood in the center of the room, taking all of Joseph’s wrath.

“Don’t blame Carter… it was my idea,” I said, stepping toward Carter like I was trying to protect him from Joseph’s wrath.

Not that I could do much.

“Of course, it was,” Joseph shot back without even looking at me. “You shouldn’t have come here, Tessa.”

“Look, we don’t have time to sit around and argue about this,” Chief Mulligan said, standing to his feet. “Tessa is here, so maybe we could utilize her. You said Ryan tried to capture her before, right?”

“Yes,” both Joseph and Carter said at the same time.

“He almost killed her,” Joseph seethed. “Which is why she needs to return home.”

“Carter is my ride,” I said, motioning to Carter. “I’m not going anywhere without him.”

“Then, you can both leave,” Joseph said, glaring at Carter. “You don’t need to be here either. Why are you?”

“If you answered your pho