Chapter 156

For the first time since they met, Dalton and Elyse had an intelligent, meaningful conversation while law enforcement searched his house for contraband. Police officers swarmed the area inside and out.

"So, tell me about your parents." Elyse settled more comfortably beside Dalton as they sat cuddled on the couch.

"Well, my mom died when we were pretty young. And by we, I mean my younger brother Austin and I. Dad came from old family money, and his parents disowned him when he married my mom. Dad accepted a job as an independent contractor for the military working in security. He didn't receive any military benefits or anything. He was strictly on his own. I didn't know until later that it was really his parents' company that hired him for the really dangerous jobs but also very lucrative."

"How old were you then?" Elyse asked, as she settled into the couch.