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I nodded.
“How’s school, Paige?”
“Good.” She bit her lip. “How’s college?”
I cocked my head to the side, narrowing my gaze at her. “Do I make you nervous?”
She swallowed hard. “No.”
“No?”
“Are you bullying me again?”
“Is that what I do?” I stepped toward her. “Bully you?”
She anxiously chuckled. “You haven’t made me cry recently.”
“Should I fix that?”
She sucked in a breath as I stood in front of her.
“Since it’s your birthday, how about I kiss you instead?”
“Wha—”
I leaned forward, lightly pecking her cheek and she sucked in another breath. The scent of cherry assaulted my senses.
“Happy sweet sixteen, Paige.”
Grabbing my phone from my back pocket, I wanted to take a picture of this moment. I moved quickly. I never had a lot of time alone with her. Cade would find her soon.
I gripped onto her hip, pulling her toward me while extending out my arm to snap a photo. As soon as I positioned the angle correctly, Cade jumped into the picture, yanking her closer to him.
Click.
It was the first time he made me see red when it came to her. I didn’t realize until later that night in bed as I stared at the image of the three of us.
I was in love with her.
And always had been.
“Sir,” the waiter greeted, dragging me back to the present. “Is there anything else I can get you?”
I stood, shaking my head. Pulling out a twenty, I threw it on the table.
Charlie currently held my undivided attention as he walked toward me like a man on a mission.
“I got the footage from the surveillance cameras around the building.”
It was what we were waiting for. All the cameras in my building showed us absolutely nothing. To get access was taking longer than I wanted, but finally, maybe we’d have some fucking answers.
“The bomb came from the building directly in front of yours, sir. It’s how your windows were shattered.”
“Did you find anything?”
“Yeah.” He handed his phone to me. “You’re going to want to see this.”
I didn’t have to be told twice, hitting the play button on his screen. What occurred next wasn’t anything I ever expected. Not for one fucking second. I watched with wide eyes the person I least expected.
