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He seemed to pause a split second too long before he responded, “Wind trick? Listen, I don’t know what you’re talking about, man. My head is killing me. I’m sorry about the ruckus. Just tell Bloom to let me in no problem next time, and I’ll forget the whole thing. Can I go now, please? And hey, I don’t suppose you have some pants I can borrow?”
Dax almost laughed out loud, “Oh,you’llforget the whole thing? Don’t worry, I will be paying The Tree a visit to get their side of the story. Is there anything else you want to tell me?”
“No, man, not at all.”
“Okay, you are free to go, Marius. But don’t go too far. The guard will release you in just a few.”
As they walked away, he heard Marius calling after them, “What, no pants?”
As they climbed the stairs back toward the office, he asked Jack what he thought.
“He’s lying. Or holding back. He is definitely concealing something. What it is, I have no idea.”
“I agree.”
They were silent for a bit as they walked back into the office.
“Good luck,” Jack finally said, as he gathered his things to head out.
“With what?”
“With Bloom, of course. I don’t envy you.”
His dragon roared deep in his belly.
Bloom.
“It will be okay. Hopefully we can just stick to the reason for my visit today, and leave it at that.”
Jack nodded, but looked unsure.
“I just wish I could come clean with her. It would make it a lot easier. And then maybe she wouldn’t hate me so much.”
“You know we can’t compromise the investigation. She should trust us.”
“Easy for you to talk. It’s not your dad who was murdered three years ago and you still have no one to answer for it. I think she’s a little tired of it. And I can’t really blame her.”
He hadn’t been back to The Tree since everything had fallen apart between them.I was crazy thinking it could have ever worked in the first place.
But he couldn’t deny the chemistry that had built between them. Although it all grew out of her tragedy, it had seemed like something beautiful was growing between them.
Too bad it hadn’t lasted.
CHAPTER5
“But we could use all this area here, see?” she said as she pointed out the parking lot behind The Tree on the plans.
“And where will people park?”
“Screw parking, they can walk! If they are coming here, they shouldn’t be driving anyhow!”
Mack laughed. “You want your terrace come hell or high water, don’t you?”
“Now you are picking up what I’m laying down,” she said excitedly as she put up her hand to high five him.
“Well, I think you’re gonna have to run it by Ash,” he said, gazing up at nothing in particular.
“She’ll be onboard.”
