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I sigh. That’s the vibe I had been getting. It didn’t hit me until last Christmas, when he acted like I should be grateful that he wanted me with him.
“That feels accurate.”
“But it’s not why you messaged me to meet you.”
I sigh, knowing I need to tell her to get her help. I will just feel bad if it isn’t him who’s sabotaged me. Hayden can be a force to be reckoned with, and a devil when she feels like it.
“Ever so perceptive.”
She sniffs dramatically. “Always.”
“Castle and Games are launching a new game. It’s something that has never been done before. Not at that level of genius anyway.”
Her eyes widen. “Coming from you, that sounds like a major compliment. Did you want me to announce it on my podcast or something?”
“No,” I rasp, swallowing past the lump in my throat. “I had the demo disc on my desk. It’s gone, and we’ve searched high and low for it. No one who had access to my office has taken it.”
She rubs her hands together. “Ooh, let me find out who it was.”
“You don’t understand. There’s only one other person who it may have been. I don’t want to think he would do this to me, but we’ve searched the entire floor. The bags of employees and scheduled visitors are scanned on their way out. He wasn’t a scheduled visitor, and somehow, he avoided security to even get to the floor.”
“That fucking bastard,” she hisses, pulling out her phone.
“What are you doing?” I cry. “You don’t even know who it is.”
“Yes, I do. It’s Zach,” she snaps.
“Why are you on your phone?” I panic.
“I’m ordering lilies for his parents. He’s dead.”
I roll my eyes, the tension in my shoulders loosening. “We don’t know it’s him yet. It’s why I called you here. I want you to come with me to question him. You’ll know if he’s lying.”
“It will be a waste of petrol and my time. I already know he did it. He’s a sly fuck.”
“Hayden, he’s Zach. He wouldn’t do this to me.”
She takes my hands in hers, and the pity that shines back at me is something she has never done before. “Remember Jay?”
“Yes,” I answer, wondering why she’s bringing up my ex.
“Did you ever wonder how that photo got on Facebook?”
She’s talking about the picture that broke us up. It was of him sitting on a sofa at a club with a half-naked girl on his lap. His eyes were closed, but she was smiling at the camera.
“Jay posted it,” I remind her.
She snorts. “And Zach happened to be in the area at the time you saw it?”
I gulp, feeling like a fool. “I need you to say it.”
“I spoke to Jay, ready to get revenge, but he was just as shocked about that picture as everyone else was. The only person who wasn’t, was Zach. I couldn’t find the girl in the picture to confirm it, but I know people, Immy. Zach planned that.”
“God, I’m such a fool,” I groan, then watch her, hurt by her actions. “Why didn’t you tell me? Did you think I wouldn’t believe you?”
Her eyes squint. “Why wouldn’t you believe me? I’m family.”
I nudge her shoulder. “Why didn’t you tell me?”
