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“I was about to go down to the beach.”
“To run?”
He smiled. “Yes.”
“Let me change my shoes, and I’ll join you.”
When Saylor came back out, she’d changed her shorts and shirt too. She threw her leg up on the bench in front of her house and stretched.
“It’s been a long time, so don’t feel as though you have to wait up for me if I fall behind.”
HE KEPT his pace slow and even, and Saylor kept up with him just fine.
“Can I ask you a question?”
“Of course.”
“My brother always says that I can ask but that doesn’t mean he’ll answer. Thank you for not saying that.”
“Ask, and then I have something I want to tell you.”
“Uh, okay. Are you sure you don’t want to go first?”
Monk shook his head. “Ask.”
“I know that some of the people with K19 are partners, and then others are contractors.”
“I fall into the second category.”
“Are you working for my brother right now? I mean, is that why you’re here in Yachats?”
“Yes. Ava remains in danger, as much as Razor would like to keep that fact from her.”
“You disagree.”
Monk shook his head. He didn’t agree or disagree.
“What did you want to tell me?”
“When you thanked me for not saying the same thing Razor always says, it reminded me to thank you for not commenting on my usually quiet nature.”
Saylor stopped running and put her hands on her knees. “You’re welcome.” She turned around and looked at the direction from which they’d come. “I usually do sprints back up to the point.”
“When you used to be a runner?”
She laughed. “As far as not commenting…I don’t see what the big deal is. You talk just as much as everyone else does.”
“No. I don’t.”
“Okay.” Her forehead creased, and her eyes scrunched.
“I only talk this much with you.”
The crease went away, and her eyes lit up with a smile. “Thank you for saying that.”
“Why did you ask if I was a contractor?”
“There’s a chance that you’ll be hired to work somewhere else.”
