“Well, well. That’s a much nicer face than the one I was expecting. Where’s my idiot brother?”
“Hello to you, too. Elijah’s working.”
“Oh right.” Ethan slapped his forehead. “His sneaky thing. I forgot.”
My eyebrows shot up. “His what?”
But before Ethan could answer, Jessie popped into frame beside me.
Ethan’s expression changed instantly. “Oh hello, beautiful. This just became the best call I’ve had all week. Who’s your friend, Bonnie?”
Genie groaned. “Oh God.”
Jessie giggled and gave him her name.
“Jessie, such a pretty name.”
She beamed. “Do you flirt with all your brother’s girlfriend’s friends?”
“Only the attractive ones.”
Jessie turned pink.
I flicked the tablet screen, right over his forehead. “Focus, Romeo. What’s the sneaky thing?”
He shrugged. “You’ll have to ask him.”
I huffed. “You’re extremely annoying.”
“Runs in the family.”
Jessie giggled again. Genie looked ready to throw something.
Ethan leaned back. “So what are you all up to tonight?”
Jessie answered him, but my mind was racing away, stumbling and falling where I was already worked up over Tucker. Elijah had given me access to his work diary. With Jessie introducing her sister, I took up my phone and clicked into Elijah’s schedule.
A meeting entry caught my eye.
Time: 5 p.m.
Location: Deadwater Office.
Client: Douglas Tucker.
I stared at the screen.
No.
That couldn’t be right.
Elijah had promised. I’d told him what Tucker did. I’d told him all about that night, and he’d sworn he would never work with the man. Yet right there, in black and white, Douglas. Fucking. Tucker.
Genie noticed my silence. “Bonnie?”
I slowly lowered the phone. Something settled in my chest. Dangerous, molten and boiling.
Jessie frowned. “What’s wrong?” At whatever was in my expression, she grimaced. “Uh, Ethan? I think we have to go.” She hung up the call.
