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“I still should have protected you better.”
“Gray. I’m not Mama Jean. I’m safe. Everyone I care about is safe. And you are not infallible. I should have been fine, but this guy was a complete psycho. None of what happened is on you.”
“You’re going to have new nightmares.”
“And if I do, you’ll be there to hold me through them, won’t you?”
He rolled her onto her side and shifted so they were facing one another. “Of course, I will. I will always be there for you. I fucking love you, girl.”
“I love you too, Grumpy Bear.”
* * *
Gray knockedon the building manager’s door impatiently.
“Coming,” she yelled in a croaky voice.
He’d hated leaving Maeve to come do this. But it needed to be done now and by him. Markovich had promised to have eyes on her at all times. The other man was taking it as a personal affront that this had happened. He was even talking about moving.
It helped that Maeve’s stalker was dead.
They’d gotten rid of his body. He was no longer a threat to her.
His girl had nearly died yesterday.
He should have done more to protect her.
It was going to take a while for this feeling of failure to disappear.
“What do you want?” the woman asked, opening the door.
She stared at him, then behind to where Mikhail and Saint stood. She didn’t look concerned by their presence.
“Well?”
“I want keys to the room rented by this guy.” They didn’t know what name he’d been using, so he showed her a photo of James Saulson that he had saved on his phone.
“That’s Grant Robson,” she stated. “He left a while ago. Just took off without a word.”
“Have you rented out his room?” he asked.
“No, his rent was paid until two days ago, so I thought he might be coming back. Why? You want it?”
“I don’t want to rent it. I want to look in it.”
“Will cost you.”
“Fine. A weeks rent.” He held out a hundred dollars and she snatched it from his hand.
“I’ll get the key. You won’t find much, though. I cleaned the place out.”
“What? Why didn’t you say that first?” he asked when she returned with the key.
“Because you didn’t ask.”
Fuck. This bitch. He scowled at her but she just stared back at him, unimpressed.
“Where is his stuff?”
