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“Then I guess we’re both at a loss because I didn’t expect my sister to show up at the house with some strange guy at two in the morning.”
I smirk at that before glancing out the window to see the sun has barely risen over the horizon.
“She wanted to call.”
“I bet she did. Ames isn’t exactly the best at visiting home.”
Home.
After everything she’s told me about how her family ended up here, I wonder if she even considers this house her home.
“She’s busy with school and work,” I explain, although I’m not sure I’m being honest. Still, that girl protected my secrets when up against Tanner and Gabe, and I’ll be damn sure to do the same for her.
“So she says,” Kane responds as he lifts the glass of juice to his lips to take a sip.
He swallows it down, and we stare at each other. He’s the first to break the awkward silence.
“Why are you here?”
Guessing small talk is over, I’m happy to get to the reason for our visit.
“I need what’s on the flash drive Blue gave you.”
He nods. “What’s so important about it?”
“I don’t know,” I answer honestly. “But it was supposed to go to a friend of mine from her father before he died, and she needs whatever is on it in order to know what her father was sending her.”
Brows pulling together in confusion, Kane leans forward, his forearms resting on the table.
“Is your friend Governor Callahan?”
His posture is a challenge. One I’m happy to meet.
Leaning forward just the same, I smile.
“Not quite. Governor Callahan is the problem.”
Our stares lock for several moments, but then Kane nods his head and sits back in his seat again.
“In that case, I’ll help you.”
Now I’m confused. “Why?”
Kane pours another glass of juice then drinks it like a damn shot. The bottom of the glass smacks the table as he sets it down.
“Because after Ames and her friend mailed the copy to me, I did a little digging into Governor Callahan. It seemed odd that my sister would have anything to do with someone so high in the government.”
He eyes me. “Unless it has something to do with that waitressing job of hers? I looked in to Myth, and the place doesn’t exist except for the one-percenters.”
Waitressing?
We stare at each other again, and I make the decision to go with whatever he’s saying. It could be another of Blue’s secrets, and I’m not about to bust her with her brother.
I purse my lips and slowly turn the glass he gave me over the table. “It’s not exactly the governor’s type of place.”
“She meet you there?”
I nod my head.
