Chapter 171
- We both stand deathly still and listen as Max stands defensively in front of me, gun drawn. This really is NCIS action, if ever I saw it. I bite my bottom lip as I think. Hit man … my beautiful boy has someone after him. I drop my face into my hands.
- “It’s clear,” the bodyguard snaps as he leaves the apartment and walks toward us. Max nods and drops his gun.
- “Looks like an interrupted robbery.”