Page 4 of Veteran's Second Chance

“Can you grab the pups from the truck and take them into the clinic? Your mom and I are going to go see the Doctor Wilkson.”

She held up her hands. “Nope, I have to work. Thank you, but I had everything under control.”

“And what is that you had under control?”

Ivy narrowed her eyes. “You lost the chance to know about my personal life years ago.”

Benji stood next his mom and sighed. “Mom, you can’t keep paying Dad’s bookies.”

Ah. Now a few things clicked into place. Brad had a gambling and drug problem.

“What are their names?” I asked.

Ivy didn’t answer me, but Benji said. “Vinnie and Lance work for Louis Lucchese.”

Lucchese ran Vegas, and he was the type to order a hit instead of dealing with the owed money.

Ivy was in deep, and with the wrong people.