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“Where are you staying? What’s the address? I’ll rent a car when my plane lands.”
“Tina, things are complicated right now. I promise I’ll come and visit as soon as I can,” Jenny soothed.
“Not good enough. I want to see you tomorrow.” Tina was using her stubborn voice.
“About the address. I’m staying at someone’s house for the time being.”
“Fine, give me her address.”
“Uhm, it’s a man. He was one of the men on the team that rescued me…”
Tina didn’t say anything, so Jenny pressed on. “There was something weird that happened a couple of days ago, and he wants to make sure I’m safe. Right now, I’m staying at his house.”
Again, Tina was silent. Jenny couldn’t stand it, and she looked down at her phone. The connection was live, so she plowed on.
“He’s really nice. Protective too. You’d like him.”
When Tina remained silent, Jenny couldn’t stand it anymore. “Say something. Anything,” she begged.
“Let me get this straight. Since you’ve been back in the States, something weird happened, i.e. something bad happened, and now one of the super soldiers who rescued you is protecting you by having you stay at his house. Do I have this right?”
“Uhm. Yeah.”
“What the fuck happened?”
“I might have gotten pushed into oncoming traffic.”
“What?” Tina screeched. “Somebody tried to kill you?”
“Kind of.”
“And now this super soldier went all protective on your ass and has you tucked away at his house? Right?”
“Yeah, I guess so,” Jenny winced.
“Another question. What does he look like?”
Jenny peeked around the corner and saw that Jada was still concentrating on her tablet. She was probably finding ways for Jenny to deplete her savings account. “He’s hot.”
“Have you fucked him?”
“God, Tina, I can’t believe you just asked that.”
“Well, have you?”
“We made love,” Jenny finally admitted.
“Oh, that’s so much worse,” Tina wailed. “Are you in love with this guy? What’s his name?”
“Brax. I don’t think I’m in love with him.” Jenny bit her thumbnail.
“That does it, I’m coming to visit. I can be there this weekend.”
“No! It’s not safe.”
“What do you mean it’s not safe?”
“We’re still trying to figure out who tried to kill me. The men on his team are worried that they might try again. You need to stay in Colorado.”
