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Tim Bradford doesn’t do puppies.
He doesn’t mentor strays, fix broken kids, or play long-term babysitter. He handles calls, writes reports, and moves on.At least, that’s the plan—right up until a routine disturbance check turns into something a hell of a lot darker. One minute he’s knocking on a door, the next he’s staring at the kind of damage that doesn’t happen by accident…and at the teenager caught in the middle of it.
She is not his responsibility.
Except suddenly she is.Because whatever she’s tangled up in isn’t small, and the people behind it aren’t amateurs. The more Tim uncovers, the uglier it gets—layers of exploitation, violence, and a criminal network that’s been hiding in plain sight. And somehow, he’s the one stuck holding the thread.
He never wanted a “puppy.”
He definitely didn’t want this mess.