Chapter 19

The man who knocked Maya out of the line of fire was the same one who had once pulled up in a Range Rover and rushed her to the hospital so she could see Belinda one last time. Though it had been pouring that night, he rolled down the window and asked where she needed to go. Out of gratitude, Maya remembered his clean-cut face and left all the money in her wallet on the passenger seat before she left the car. "Hi, I'm Jasper Keaton," he said. "I'm Maya Reed," she answered. "Thank you for saving me. We met back home. You drove me to the hospital. Do you remember?" Jasper chuckled. "I remember. Didn't think we'd cross paths again." He did remember. He was on leave that day. While driving, he saw her soaked, panicked, and barely holding on. So, he pulled over and drove her to the hospital. He found the stack of cash only after she was gone. "Stay safe," he said, already pivoting back toward the fight. Maya swallowed the surge of recognition, then turned and got back to work. The