Life for Lou Travis changed drastically when, as Carlo Farro, he turned state's evidence on the two mobsters he worked for. He didn't know, when he was put into the WITSEC program, that he would end up falling in love with the marshal tasked with protecting him.<br><br>Walter Brooks certainly didn't expect love to come into his life in the form of a small-time drug trafficker. But it did. Now, under the name Wayne Bourke, he, his adopted daughter Rae, and Lou own a protection business -- and have for the last seventeen years.<br><br>Suddenly their lives change when Regotti, one of the mobsters Lou testified against, is released from prison. The man wants Lou dead. Can Lou, Wayne, and Rae stop him from finding them and putting his deadly plan into motion?

Under the Radar

“Is still in knots? Not surprising, but all this will be over soon and you’ll have a new life. One you can live without looking over your shoulder all the time.”


“God, I hope so. Okay, let’s eat, or try to.” Carlo hurried out of the room.


Walter watched him go, shaking his head. Not at Carlo but at himself. If things were different would I have pushed him away? Would I have accepted what he seemed to be offering? Or more, would I have done it because Iwanted to or because he needs someone to care about him. Pity fucks are worse than useless because both of us would have known that’s what it was. And how the hell did I get on that line of thinking? A hug, yeah maybe, just to show I understand what he’s going through. Anything more…? He shook his head again and headed to the kitchen.


“It’s over.” Carlo sank down on the sofa in the safe-house living room the following afternoon. “And I’m still alive.”


Chapter 10