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Unknown Number: This is his lawyer. Working on bail.
My God. Bail.
He swung on someone? What did that mean?
Unknown Number: Don’t talk to anyone. That’s imperative.
I frowned. Talk to no one?
“What did that just say?” Bren had come around to my side of the bar, and she was looking at my phone.
I put it away, even warier because I liked Bren. Like I said, she’d been a sort of protector of mine, but I backed away. “I—it was his lawyer. I’m not supposed to talk to anyone.”
“Who’s his lawyer?”
I glanced at Heather, who was finishing her drink. She looked concerned, but also not that concerned because she was looking at her drink like she’d just discovered chocolate for the first time.
“It said Lawyer Kade. I—I’m not sure who that is.”
Heather’s head jerked up. “Logan?”
“Wait.” Tasmin shot a hand up, her drink done and pushed over for a second. “Logan Kade is in town?”
She and Bren looked in Heather’s direction, which made sense since Heather was friends with the Kades. Her husband was also really good friends with Mason Kade, Logan’s brother. Both were well-known in the area, considered legendary by some. Lord knew, I was aware how much Zeke was fan-obsessed with Mason Kade. He told me one night that he kept a picture of him in his locker in high school.
I laughed so hard that I had to run to the bathroom.
Heather looked startled. “I—uh—” She laughed, a sheepish grin showing. “I’m sorry, but I’m so distracted.” She picked up the glass. “This is the best drink ever, and I know the recipe, but you added something extra to it. What did you add?”
Some of my tension eased a little. “I’m not telling my secret.”
She shook her head, a slight laugh coming from her. “I could drink seven of these in thirty minutes. This isthatgood. Ava, you’re like magic. Pure liquor magic.”
More of my tension eased again. “Thanks, Heather. Means a lot coming from you.”
“Can we keep to the issue at hand. Zeke’s in jail, and we were sent to help you.”
“Help me?” That ball just wound back up again. “What do you mean?”
“The fight was over you.”
“Bren!” Taz said.
“Over me?What?What do you mean?”
“It’s all fine.” Heather finished her drink and pushed it over to me. “Give me a refill, please.”
“Me too!” Taz grinned, holding her glass up.
“Guys.”
“It’s fine, Bren.” Heather shook her head. “Logan’s here. Logan’s on the case. Logan will get him out.”
Bren snorted. “You might think Logan Kade is a god, but I don’t. With what Race said, the case is clear cut. Open and shut. Zeke full out just took a bat to the guy.”
“What?” I almost shrieked now. Because, what the hell? “What happened?”
Bren gave me another grave look. “That’s the other reason we’re here. You and Zeke. Your relationship.”
