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

“I got a phone call,” Matt said, closing and locking the door. “From Regotti. He wanted to know where the hell I was.”


“He knows your number? Okay. Dumb question,” Lou said.


“For my regular phone,” Matt replied with a brief smile. “The one I’ve been ordered to keep with me at all times. Since I have to, I’ve made a couple of alterations so it can’t be tracked.”


“What did you tell him?” Wayne asked.


“That I was going bugfuck waiting around until my trial, so I headed to Vegas for some R&R. He bought it, I think. He also told me to get my ass back where it belonged.”


“I said I would, but not until I spent one more day trying to win back what I’d lost at the crap table. He wasn’t exactly happy about that, but didn’t blow a fuse, either. Just told me I’d better report in with my lawyer the day after tomorrow, or else.”


“That makes it sound as if Regotti’s not there, himself,” Lou said.


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