by Sean Black
He thought of the saying about good men doing nothing allowing evil to flourish. It was true back then. It was true now, maybe even more so than before.
He could be accused of any number of misdeeds and bad calls. He felt every one of them deeply. But he had never stood idly by. In the final reckoning, he didn’t know if that counted for much. He could only hope that it did.
In the meantime, he knew that somewhere along the line he would have to forgive himself. There would be others along the way who needed help from a man like him. If he allowed guilt to consume him, he would be worthless to them.
Carmen had said as much to him over dinner the previous evening when they’d returned to the restaurant in Santa Monica where this series of horrific events had begun. After most of the meal had passed with Lock brooding and silent, she had decided that enough was enough.
Fixing him with a stare that was two-thirds attorney and one-third girlfriend, she reached across the table, and wound her fingers around his hand.
“You’re allowed to make a choice you might not be comfortable with, Ryan. You’re not perfect. None of us are. Everyone deserves a second chance. Even you.” The last line she delivered with a wry smile. Carmen knew him well enough to know that he was his own hardest critic.
It had taken until now for the meaning behind her words to fully sink in. She was right. He did.
Also by Sean Black
The Ryan Lock Series in Order
Lockdown (US/Canada)
Lockdown (UK/ Commonwealth)
Deadlock (US/Canada)
Deadlock (UK/Commonwealth)
Lock & Load (Short)
Gridlock (US/Canada)
Gridlock (UK/Commonwealth)
The Devil’s Bounty (US/Canada)
The Devil’s Bounty (UK/Commonwealth)
The Innocent
Fire Point
Budapest/48 (Short)
The Edge of Alone
4 Action-Packed Ryan Lock Thrillers: Lockdown; Deadlock; Gridlock (Ryan Lock Series Boxset Book 1) - (US & Canada only)
3 Action-Packed Ryan Lock Thrillers: The Devil's Bounty; The Innocent; Fire Point (Ryan Lock Series Boxset Book 2)
The Byron Tibor Series
Post
Blood Country
Winter’s Rage (Pre-order)
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