Free Once You'Ve Touched the Heart by Iris Bolling Page A

Sugie, I will retaliate and there would be a war. I don’t want her caught in the middle. If I go in, it will be on my terms and Sugie is no longer in harm’s way. No reason for a war, which I am sure I will conveniently die in. Whatever time I need to do to keep her safe, I can handle. When you bring him down, you will be in line for his position.” Day stopped and watched for JD’s reaction.
    JD shook his head. “I don’t deal in politics; it’s a dirty game.”
    “So, what you doing with the senator’s daughter?”
    “Entertaining myself,” JD replied with a smile.
    Day laughed. “I heard that, my brother.”
    JD smiled. He liked this man, but he had a job to do.
    “I will give you 24 hours to make the deal,” Day stated. “After that I go to Plan 2.”
    “What is Plan 2?”
    Day looked at him, then, turned to walk away.
    JD understood. “Day, why did you kill Tracy’s father?”
    Day looked down at an old bracelet on his arm, walked back to JD. “The bastard tried to put his hands on my baby sister. You will hear from me in 24 hours,” he announced. He got into the car with Tucker and left.
    Brian walked over to JD. “Do you know who is in here?”
    “Yeah, Gavin.”

Chapter 4
    J D was tense with all that had taken place in the last two days. The deal was made for Day and the investigations into the other individuals had begun. He was at home attempting to relax away the thought of Tracy, but it was not working. He needed a distraction, he thought as the telephone rang.
    “Hello,” JD answered.
    “Well, Mr. Harrison, if I was an insecure person I would think you didn’t like me.”
    “I had a few hectic days,” JD replied with a smile.
    “Okay, I’ll take that. Want some company?”
    “Sure.”
    “Good. Open your front door.”
    JD opened the door and Carolyn Roth stepped in. He hung up the phone and closed the door behind her. She kissed him, dropped her trenchcoat to the floor and started up the stairs.
    “Always ready for anything,” JD said, smiling as he watched her naked body go up the steps.
    “The question is, are you?” Carolyn asked as she reached the top of the stairs.
    “Sounds like a dare to me.”
    “Up to the challenge?”
    Boy, was he ever. A few hours later, Carolyn screamed, “Damn, JD, you can wear a sister out.”
    “You challenged.” JD smiled. “I countered.”
    “Alright, you got me,” she answered back as she laughed.
    He reached across her to discard the condoms they had used throughout the evening.
    “By the feeling of things, it doesn’t seem that I have conquered you yet,” she said as she attempted to mount him. He stopped her.
    “Okay, I know, not without protection.” She grinned. “But I do have other ways of handling that.”
    As she went down on him, he wondered why she wasn’t able to satisfy him tonight. Carolyn wiped that thought from his mind in a matter of minutes. Carolyn never doubted her ability to satisfy a man. Convinced she had succeeded, she got up to leave.
    “I’m sure that will keep me on your mind for a day or so.”
    What she did not know was his mind was already on someone else.
    JD got up the next morning feeling a little more relaxed. He called Carolyn and thanked her for the evening. He always made sure he did a follow-up call, no matter the outcome with the ladies the night before. He felt it was the gentlemanly thing to do, and women loved the sensitivity. After the call he took a shower. He was trying to find the words to tell Tracy about Al, but the words did not come. He decided to go to the one person who always had an answer to his problems.
    “Hey, Mom,” he said as he walked through her back door.
    “Good morning, son. Want some breakfast?” his mom asked.
    “Yeah,” JD replied as he kissed her cheek.
    “Eggs with cheese good for you?”
    “That’ll do, thanks, Mom.”
    “You got court today?”
    “No, just in the office.”
    She put a cup of coffee in front of him. As he put in cream and sugar