UNBREAKABLE BOND novel Chapter 8

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Chris Donovan had always been a forceful person. He’d had lots of criticisms from people because of this trait. But he’d never wanted to change that about himself. Ever. And for the first time in his life, he was happy he hadn’t. If that forceful nature was going to help him find peace, then he was going to go all out and be forceful.

After coming out of his personal sanctuary two days earlier, Chris had vowed to get Shane to talk to him come hell or high water. And he planned on achieving that through fair or foul means if he had to. He’d hired the services of one of the best private investigators the country had to offer. The man’s task had been simple… Find out Shane Lewis’ daily routine. When did he usually go out of his house? What time did he usually get back home?

Chris had already found out where Shane lived. The house was big but had only one security guard at the front gate. Shane’s back gate had no such security. The guy probably thought he didn’t have enemies, Chris thought with a chuckle. Well, with his reputation for doing only genuine business, it was no surprise that the man thought no one would try to harm him. After all, most people didn’t even know he was the Shane Lewis.

By Friday evening, Chris had all the information he needed. The best information being that Shane always drove into the house through his back gate because his garage was situated in the back. The electronically operated gate would slide up for Shane to drive in, and then would come back down immediately the car went through. Chris wasn’t worried about how long the gate was going to take to come down because he planned on rolling in right behind Shane’s car. Joining the military for a twelve-month stint had not been for nothing, Chris thought grimly. What was the worst thing that could happen? Shane would probably catch him trespassing and hand him over to the police. Big deal!

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Shane groaned as he sped home in his luxury Cadillac Escalade SUV after a basketball match on Saturday. He had a group he played basketball with sometimes. He was good at the game…very good. But that day, he’d let his side down because his head hadn’t been in the game. Shane had made silly misses that had surprised his boys because that was so not like him. He’d had to apologize to the guys after the game, explaining that he had a lot on his mind. It was just for fun anyway so the guys hadn’t given him a hard time about it. But Shane had been pissed off at himself…and at Chris Donovan.

Since seeing Chris at that meeting on Monday morning, all Shane could do was think about Chris. He couldn’t put a finger on what exactly he thought about…he just thought about the guy and that pissed Shane off to no end. Even on the basketball court, thoughts of Chris had intruded because Shane couldn’t help but think of all those fun times years ago when he used to play basketball on the court in Chris’ house. Shane groaned and tightened his hold on the steering wheel in annoyance.

Chris was ruining the little fun he usually indulged in and that was not right. Shane was so upset he hadn’t even waited to have a drink with the guys like he usually did. He’d just hit the showers and gotten into his car, lying to the guys that he had an appointment elsewhere. Thanks to Chris-fucking-Donovan, he couldn’t even bring himself to properly hang out with his friend. As if that wasn’t enough, Shane had to be stopped for overspeeding. He hadn’t even realized he was driving above the acceptable limit. Fuck!