red hill - jamie mcguire

it, and there were two lots between it and the next house. It also had a fenced-in backyard and the
small windows running along the ground screamed basement.
We climbed the steps to the porch, and I knocked. Everyone looked at me like I was crazy.
“What”
“Let me clear it first, drop off what we have, and then we can go back for the rest.”
Bryce held his arm out to his side, gesturing for Joey to go in. I made a face at him. Joey was just
trying to keep us safe, and Bryce was being kind of a dick about it.
Joey was inside for quite a while. Just when I thought about mentioning that we should go in and
check on him, he appeared in the doorway.
“It’s clear.”
“You have blood on you,” Cooper said. “I mean, more than before.”
Joey pulled up his shirt to wipe his face. A full set of abs was revealed for just a second before he
let his shirt fall back down into place. “Well . . . it’s clear now.”
“I didn’t hear your gun,” Bryce said.
“I used a fork.”
Cooper nodded, an impressed smile flashing across his face. “Well played.”