What? Someone broke into their rental?That was the last thing she expected to hear Justus tell her. Concern replaced her anger and she wanted to rush to her friends’ side and hug her.
“Oh no. Rawlins hasn’t said anything to me about this,” Chaney’s voice rose. She looked at Rawlins, who was watching her. Was this the something else he wasn’t telling her? He’d seemed so trustworthy when they first met, but now she was beginning to have her doubts about if he was keeping secrets.
“I don’t think he knows,” Justus said. “Has he spoken with his brother?”
“Not sure,” Chaney said, eyeing him closely.
“Be careful. If those men can find Liberty and me, they could find you.”
“Do you know for sure it was them?”
“No. It wasn’t clear who broke in, but who else could it have been?”
“Right.” Chaney raked her fingers through her hair. “Thanks for the heads up.”
On the other end of the line, Chaney heard the doorbell. “Sure. Stay safe. We’ll talk again. Our dinner is here, so I better go.”
“Okay. Bye.”
Their call ended too soon, and she really wanted to tell Rawlins they needed to go over there, but would he do it? Not if their objective was to keep the girls apart. Had he learned about the break-in from Hank earlier today? Had that been why he was so distracted? And that was why he hadn’t wanted to talk about it?Not that he was interested in her!
Rawlins came up behind her causing her to jump. “Is everything okay?”
“That was Justus. She called to apologize. Did you know that she’s staying at the condo with Rafferty now because her rental with Liberty was broken into earlier today?”
“No, I didn’t. I haven’t spoken to Rafferty,” Rawlins said.
“I thought maybe Hank told you.”
“He didn’t,” Rawlins said. “If he does know, that makes me wonder why he wouldn’t tell me?”
Well…that wasn’t what had him deep in thought earlier. Hmmm…
She looked at Rawlins, then at the cocktail table and back at him. “Let’s forget the Scrabble game. I don’t think either one ofus is up for it now. I don’t even care about finishing it. I’ll go put it away.”
“Are you sure?”
“I am.”
“I should call Kenneally,” Rawlins said.
“Who?”
“My boss. He’s the head of the Lone Wolf Agency. He loaned Raff and me out to Hank,” Rawlins explained.
“But you’re all Brotherhood Protectors?”
“That’s right. Kenneally is just stationed in Leesburg, Virginia. And most of his men prefer to work alone for one reason or another, except Raff and me being twins.”
“Interesting.” Chaney quickly packed up the board game and took it back to her room. Then she laid down on her bed and stared up at the ceiling wishing she could be there with Justus right now.
Rawlins madehis call to Kenneally and got him on the fourth ring.
“How are you doing out in Colorado?” Kenneally greeted.
“Good. Nothing to complain about except I think I need my own vehicle,” Rawlins said. “Rafferty and I are split up and I can’t rely on Chaney’s driver to take us here and there, especially when we don’t want him reporting back to her parents on everything that she’s doing.”
“No problem, young pup,” Kenneally said. “I can have you a set of wheels delivered tomorrow. Just give me the address.”
