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“She’s my best friend; I tell her everything.”
“You always did like to share everything with your friends,” I retorted. “But for her safety, you need to keep this quiet.”
Maggie laughed as she put the shot glass to her lips again. “Her safety? Why? You planning on breaking her heart too?”
“Maggie, cut it out. This is not about us. This is about the incident and the rat.”
“What did you find out?” She glanced at my backpack momentarily before she poured herself another shot.
“We can talk about it after Heather leaves.”
“I don’t want her to leave,” Maggie said. “It’s not good for the two of us to be alone together.”
Yeah, no shit! “Heather, I’m sorry to butt in here, but I really do need to speak to Maggie, and it would be safer for you not to be around her right now.”
Heather studied me and started to get off the stool. “Is she in danger?”
“Yes.”
Heather turned to Maggie. “I’m going to go. If he says you are in danger, then I am going to believe him. You can fill me in on everything next time.”
“Heather, you don’t need to go,” Maggie said and glared at me.
“Yeah, I think I might need to leave. I think you two have some things you need to discuss.”
“Yeah, like how he talked Jake into not letting me go on this trip!” Maggie raised her voice, pulling her shoulders back. Damn, if that didn’t turn me on to see her spun up that way. I had always loved it when she fought back against me when I tried to push her into something.
“I didn’t have anything to do with that, Mags.”
“Bull—shit!” she yelled. “You had everything to do with that.”
Heather went around the counter and hugged Maggie. “Mags, maybe you should slow down on the shots. Listen to what he has to say, and call me later.”
Maggie scowled at me over her shoulder the whole time. As Heather stepped away, she glanced at me. “Take care of her.”
“I will, Heather.”
I walked Heather to the door, and she paused before she stepped out. “Is she really in danger?”
“Yes, very much so.”
“Keep her safe, please.”
“I will,” I told her again, and then Heather was gone.
Maggie was pouring herself another shot when I stepped in, and before she could pick it up to drink it, I snagged it out of her reach and tossed it back. “No more alcohol. I need your head here.”
“Why?” She rolled her eyes.
“Maggie, your life is in jeopardy. Five other people who were in the café with us are dead. That rat was a warning that they are coming after you.”
She stared at me, and I saw the words shifting through the alcohol haze that was trying to take over her mind. “What?”
I hadn’t planned on telling her, but I realized that she needed to know the truth. I stepped closer. “Your life is in danger. Detective Highmore came to see me today; he wants me to stay with you and protect you.”
“Stay?” she asked, and her gaze cut back to my backpack. “You mean to stay, as in sleep here?”
“As in be beside you and make sure you are safe, Maggie.”
