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“Maybe nothing. Maybe something. I’ll let you know.” She gives me a curt nod with her lips sealed, then turns to go.
No goodbye or further explanation.
As she disappears down the hallway, the pimp inside me stirs.
Find out what she wants with the girls.
Immediately, without hesitation, I smack a piece of metaphorical duct tape on her evil mouth.
Whatever Sue might be contemplating isn’t my concern right now.
And that’s okay.
It’s a tad sketchy, but I need to solve a million other things. Casting doubt on the world’s most innocent woman doesn’t crack the top hundred.
The compulsion to dig up details about everything around me wanes, and contentment swells. On the way to the lair, there’s a sway to my hips as a wave of peace comes over me.
Not a deluge or a cowabunga wave.
Just the kind that laps at your feet when you stand at the water’s edge.
The kind of wave that lets you test out the water’s temperature, helping you decide if it’s safe to swim in the ocean. Freezing cold? Uncomfortably warm? Or Goldilocksjustright?
For now, the water is the perfect temperature, and I want to dive into the surf.
Chapter34
That was my favorite pair
KLEIN
“Tomer is taking the day off?” Mia squeaks.
One of my cheeks lifts in a half-grin. “That’s what he said.”
“Has that ever happened before?”
“Far as I know, only once. Appendicitis. As you’d expect, he returned the day after surgery despite the doctor’s orders to convalesce for a week.”
“I’m shooketh, Cal.”
“Shooketh?” My head rears back playfully. “Have you recently been possessed by a thirteen-year-old?”
Ignoring me, she adds, “If we didn’t already know he was involved with Lettie, this would have confirmed it.”
I twist in my chair to face her, leaning my elbows on the armrest. “How do you see this playing out? At some point, we have to decide whether we tell you-know-who.”
Mia’s shoulders lift slowly with her deep intake of air. “Since I saw the police report, I’ve been telling myself we’d cross that bridge once she was safe.”
“Well, she is now.”
Mia’s elegant fingers stroke the column along the sides of her neck. The same place I buried my face last night when my orgasm overtook me.
She meets my eyes while nibbling on her lip. “What do you think about letting Tomer decide?”
I steeple my hands in front of my face as I consider it. “It’s a good idea. Clearly, he knows her better than we do.”
“That’s what I was thinking. He stands to be affected the most. With us, it’s only the guilt we’ll have for not revealing it sooner.”
