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“What are you doing? Why didn’t you answer the first few times I called?”
“I was just playing with some toys,” she says innocently.
Ocean is far from innocent. In fact, I’m normally the innocent one out of the two of us, but I don’t feel that way at the moment. Actually, I’m not sure what I’m feeling. I’m all jumbled up. It’s confusing, and I don’t care much for it. Things need to be in their place, and for some reason, I’m not in mine.
“You steal something? I need to cover a trail?”
“No!” Her response is fast. Too late, but I let it go for now.
“Finding out why Duffy is so interested in Owen is my new objective,” I inform Ocean. I debate a moment after I utter the words if I should have kept this all to myself. I don’t want to share Owen, but I remind myself this is about protecting him. I’ll do what I must in order to make sure he’s safe. And I know Ocean will help me in any way that I need her to.
“Well, that’s kind of the point here. I think if you figure out what Owen is up to, then you’ll know why Duffy is so interested in him.”
“Interested. You think she’sinterestedin him?”
“Ah, yeah. I’m so confused.”
“As in you think shelikeshim? She wants him for herself?” I’m starting to get worked up now. Because Owen is mine. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. He did say for me totake what you need. Well, I need him. All of him.
“Whoa, I didn’t say that. Well, I mean she might want him.”
I grip the steering wheel. I will make her regret wanting Owen in any way. Destroy a project she loves. I’ll need to find out her interests. That will require me to dig into her personal life a bit more, and I’ll need help with that.
“Magic, are you listening to me?” It’s a good thing I have all the help I’ll need at my fingertips.
“What?” I snap back from being lost in the idea of burning down Duffy’s closet. That way, there would be no more clicking of her fancy heels. It would be easy to have Ocean follow her to see where she lives.
“I meant she’s interested in Owen as in to work for her. You know she went strong for us to come work for her. She knows talent when she sees it.” Ocean has a point. “Like we’d ever pass the psych part, though.” Ocean laughs.
“I could fake it.”
Ocean only laughs harder.
“I’m not crazy.”
The line goes quiet.
“Ocean!”
“I love you, Mags, but I think you’re getting crazier by the day.”
I chew on my bottom lip as I ponder her words. Then, for no good reason, I blurt out what happened this morning. “You went to his house at the ass crack of dawn? You’re going to blow your cover.”
“He was happy to see me. Didn’t you hear the part about the orgasm? He told me to take what I need!” As I shout the last part, I realize she might not be wrong. “Ocean.” I whisper now. “I think I’m obsessed with him. You know how I get obsessed with things.”
“Key word isthings.”
“Was things.” I pull into the driveaway of my house, the garage opening and closing for me without me having to signal it myself. “Okay, we have two missions.”
“Oh God.” Ocean sighs. But I know no matter if she agrees with my actions or not, that she’s ride or die and is going to help me.
“Find out about Owen because his problems are now my problems.”
“Mags, his problems are not your problems.”
“Yes they are,” I snap.
“Well, then. Someone has gotten feisty.”
