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Jett shrugs. “Someone’s got to save the day. I haven’t played around with wires for a long time. It was like the good old days ... sort of. An alarm is lame comparatively.”

I turn to Jett. “What in the world did you used to do?”

He doesn’t have a chance to answer. Devon focuses on his current emergency and drags a hand through his hair. “I appreciate it, and I’m glad you had fun, but I have bigger shit to worry about right now. I need to make sure my systems are working the way they’re supposed to. I can’t have false alarms going off left and right.”

“Let me know if you need me to look at anything else. I killed the wire going to the alarm. I did it without killing the power, so be careful when you have it looked at,” Jett says.

Harlow gasps. “You could have been electrocuted!”

Jett turns to Devon. “Is she always like this?”

“Apparently only to those she gives a kidney. Thanks for killing the sirens. I’ve got someone on the way to figure out what happened.” Devon exhales, drags a hand through his hair, and turns to Harlow. “What a day. First your family meeting, and then this.”

“Yeah,” Jett agrees. “It’s been a day.”

I have no idea what’s gone on with Jett’s day. What I do know is I’m not avoiding him any longer. I broke the ice and dove in headfirst.

CHAPTER SIX

NOT SO INNOCENT

Jett

Patrick,

I’ve b n trying to get a hold of you f mon s.

Your office won’t put my ca s rough. I’ve even come

to Stone idge, but your security is so tight, ey

removed me from e property and told me I’d be

arrested if I came back.

I’m not a stalker.

I’m e woman carrying your child.

I understand what we had was casual. I was fine

wi at. I assured you I was...

Until now.

Patrick, I don’t want any ing from you, but you

deserve to know at you’re having a child. That’s a

I’m trying to do, but no one wi let me talk to you. I

can’t get past A en Foster. He fina y cut me off after

ca ing me a “gold-digging wh e.” He told me you

want no ing to do wi me, but I don’t believe him. I

know you we enough, I know you’d want to know