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live day to day knowing someone broke into my home and tried to kill me there. It will never be the same. I need to go over there and gather some things. When will Peter be home? He told me to wait till he can escort me over there.”
    “He called from the station ten minutes ago and said he was on his way.”
    “Did he have any new news on Lenny?”
    “No. He just said for us to hold tight, he wanted to talk to the both of us.”
    Ten minutes later, Peter came home. Alexis and Jane were still sitting on the couch when he arrived. Peter sat on the couch next to his wife. He leaned over and gave her a kiss before turning toward Alexis. He looked very serious as if he had something important to say.
    “Alexis, I’m worried about you.” He looked toward his wife and nodded. “We both are in fact. Lenny has made numerous threats toward you while incarcerated. He’s been telling other inmates that when he gets out he plans on killing you. We have him heavily guarded, and he has no phone privileges. He says he knows people on the outside that will finish you off if he can’t. He swears he won’t let you live to testify.”
    Alexis stood from the couch and started to pace in front of them. She stopped and looked at Peter. “I have to leave. I can’t stay here anymore, Peter. I just don’t know where to go that he won’t be able to find me. I’m not sure what this Lenny Cook is capable of doing. Who knows what kind of people he associates with? I don’t want to take any chances. I don’t take threats lightly, and I value my life.”
    Alexis’s parents had moved to Florida after she graduated from college. They lived in a retirement home. She couldn’t go there and endanger them. She had to get far away from Nebraska where she now resided.
    “That’s what I wanted to talk to you about. I have these two cousins that are brothers that own some land in Wyoming. They are retired Marines. I called them today and asked them if they would help you out. I think it would be best if you got out of this state until the trial. You could be there a month or so, maybe less. I have arranged to take you there tomorrow. We’ll leave in the morning. You will be safe with them. They will do anything to protect you. They’ve been trained to do that.”
    That was not something she was expecting to hear from Peter. Alexis knew she could trust him and Jane. She just hoped she wasn’t endangering these brothers by being at their ranch. She hated to be a nuisance, but she didn’t have any other options.
    Alexis would have to call Caroline later that day and ask her to take care of the business while she was gone. Caroline would understand, and Alexis trusted Caroline to run the store without her. A lot of their merchandise was sold online, and Alexis could work from her laptop if she needed to.
    She looked toward Peter and said, “Okay, what time in the morning shall I be ready?”

Chapter Three
     
    “What time did Peter say he would be here, approximately?” Max said while tapping away on the laptop.
    “He said we should expect him about two o’clock this afternoon. Did you look up the case on that Lenny Cook guy?” Kane said as he sat on the recliner across from where Max was sitting.
    Peter had sent over all the paperwork on the case the night before. “Yeah, he’s a lowlife scumbag that has a long record including possession of drugs, robbery, and petty theft, and now he’s added murder and attempted murder to his file. I can see why our cousin wants us to hide Alexis Brooks out here and keep an eye on her until the trial.”
    Kane hated to hear of men threatening defenseless women or children. There was never any excuse for intentional threats or violence against defenseless people. He would like to spend five minutes alone with people like that.
    During their time as Marines, he and Max had learned a lot about controlling one’s strength and weaknesses. In combat, they were alert and very intuitive about their