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they linked her to him again?
    “It’s better if you don’t know. Just tell me where it is.”
    The cryptic words were the last straw. Piper whirled and rushed for the back door. Her heart slammed against her ribs at the sound of thudding footsteps behind her.
    Just as her hand shot out to grasp the knob, Greg grabbed her shoulder and yanked her back toward him. “ Piper .” His sharp voice cut through the tension like a whip. “I need it, do you understand? They’ll kill me otherwise. Tell me where it is.”
    “I told you, I don’t know .” She clawed at his hand, ready to fight him tooth and nail to get free if she had to.
    He was bigger, far stronger, and he was trained, both by the military and then law enforcement. She was counting on him having one last shred of decency to release her before things got ugly. Even during their worst fights when he’d been wasted, he’d never physically harmed her. But he’d never been afraid for his life before, and she didn’t know what he was capable of now.
    “Think, dammit! You must know where it is!”
    “Let me go ,” she said between gritted teeth, then wrenched her arm free.
    Her legs shook as she snatched her purse from the bench and darted out the back door, heading for her car parked in the driveway.
    Behind her Greg was shouting her name, the terror and grief in his voice sending chills down her spine but all she could think about was getting the hell away from him. She caught a glimpse of him standing on the side doorstep as she backed onto the street. She didn’t pause, just threw the car into drive and hit the gas.
    Shit, her hands were shaking. Paranoia and lingering fear kept her checking her mirrors as she sped down the street, but she didn’t see anyone following her. At a stop sign a few blocks away she fished out her cell phone and dialed 911.
    Her throat was tight, her entire body trembling as she relayed to the operator what had happened, and that Greg had violated the restraining order. The operator told her to stay calm and assured her the police were on the way to her house.
    Piper ended the call and set the phone down in her lap, afraid to stop driving. Greg was screwed up, but he wasn’t stupid. He’d be long gone before the cops arrived to pick him up. But what about her? What if whoever was after him had seen her? They might come after her now. And her car was red, easy to spot.
    Easton. She had to tell him. He’d know what to do.
    She dialed his number, gripping the steering wheel tight with her free hand as she drove through town and prayed that he’d pick up.
     
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    Easton’s phone rang while he was in the middle of getting dressed. Piper. He smiled as he answered. “Hey, beautiful. What’s up?”
    “Greg just barged into my house, demanding to know where my grandmother’s furniture is. And he was clean .”
    The distress in her voice slammed into him like a punch to the gut. He froze in the act of shrugging into his button-down shirt. “What? Where are you?” He whirled for the dresser, grabbed his keys.
    “In the car.”
    He started for the door, not bothering to finish buttoning his shirt. What the hell was going on? “Are you safe?”
    “I think so. I got out as soon as I could and called the cops. They’re on their way to my place. If he’s still there when they arrive, they’ll arrest him. He thinks someone is after him, and from the way he was acting, they have to be close.”
    If he was clean like Piper had said, Greg would be long gone before the cops got there. Shit. “Where are you now?” He kept his voice calm as he rushed down the stairs, quickly shoved his feet into his boots.
    “I’m just outside of town. I didn’t know where to go.”
    She sounded so lost, it sliced at his insides. His father got up and shuffled out of the den but Easton shook his head and rushed out the door. “You wanna come here?”
    “I don’t know if I should. What if someone was following him, and now they’re