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seem like my name.”
Captain Morgan’s eyes went intense.
“I see,” he said. “How was your first day?”
I told him about the day, admitted that although there were things that I didn’t particularly like
about the job, I hadn’t hated it either.
Which caused him to laugh.
“I like that you’re not shy in telling me your true feelings,” he admitted. “Anyway, I just wanted to check in before I left for the day… have a good one, okay? I’ll see you this weekend.”
Just as quickly as he’d arrived, he left.
Leaving me standing there watching his large, retreating form as he moved away.
I heard the hesitant steps in my direction and knew that my location was no longer secret.
I wasn’t surprised to turn and see her standing there.
“Malachi,” Frankie whispered.
My eyes flicked up to meet hers, and I inadvertently stepped out of the shadows.
“Oh,” she breathed. “Look at you.”
I felt something pinch in my stomach.
Stepping back into the shadows, I said, “How are you?”
Her face went completely blank.
“I’m okay,” she admitted.
She’d lied.
She wasn’t okay.
She didn’t sound okay.
She didn’t look okay.
She didn’t even look like there was a possibility of her ever being okay.
“Okay,” I said.
What could I say to that?
I didn’t have a reason to be so protective of her. According to Gabe and Ember, I was nothing
more than a friend of the family.
A friend of Frankie’s.
Actually, not even that.
I’d been a friend of Luca’s. And Frankie had belonged to Luca, and not me.
