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“Hey, they have hidden innuendos for a reason.”
“True,” I decide. “The policewoman said you wanted to have a word with me?”
“Yes, and I should warn you, your dad’s on his way. I called him to see if you could wait here a little longer until I could speak to you, but he seemed surprised to learn you were already here.”
I bite my lower lip as I glance at my watch. I’ve been here hours and it’s now past noon. I was going to text Dad not to come, but this place doesn’t give you any signal. “I was meant to message him to tell him not to cancel his day, but the signal in here is spotty.”
“Sorry for dropping you in it.”
“It’s fine. It wasn’t a secret or anything. I just preferred to get it out of the way,” I admit. “What news did you want to share?”
“The disc has been recovered and Gray is on his way over to Castle and Games to have them identify it,” he reveals. “It was exactly where you said it would be.”
“So, it’s over? They can get the game back?”
“For you, it will be a matter of standing up in court to testify against Zach. If there is anyone else who can verify him being in the office at the time it was stolen, it would help move this case along.”
Hope blossoms in my chest. I never wanted it to come to this, but last night gave me so much time to really think. I gave Zach the opportunity to return the game, but he had been so sure it would be me facing charges that he never stopped to think about it backfiring. If he had, the game would have been destroyed.
“I’ve already given the lady the names and their position in the company. Is it weird that I feel like I’m taking the easy way out? I knew the rules—I never should have let him stay.”
“Victims can answer the door to a thief—are you saying it’s their fault when they get robbed?”
I narrow my gaze on him. “When you put it so bluntly, no.”
“His actions are his own and now he’ll face the consequences. Don’t take that on. The way I see it is, would you have knowingly let him take the game?”
“Hell no. I wouldn’t have even let Daniel, the receptionist, take it from the office, and he works there.”
“Then there’s my point.”
“What will happen to Zach now?”
“He will be charged today. He is making his own way over here shortly. We’ll compile all the evidence and hand it over to the courts. They will decide what will happen next.”
I lean back against the plastic chair. “I’m just glad they have the game back,” I breathe out.
He grimaces. “They won’t be able to request it until the case is closed, I’m afraid. They understand that and are just relieved the game isn’t being distributed or leaked.”
“Me too,” I agree.
“Come on, I’ll walk you out. You’ll be able to fill your dad in outside.”
I grab my coat off the chair, pulling it on. As warm as it is in here, I know how cold it will be when we get outside. He leads me out of the room, and as we pass by some offices, I see Beau step out of a room next to the reception.
His eyes widen at the sight of me. “I thought you were the good one?”
I hold my hands up, sniffing. “I am. I’ve done nothing wrong this time.”
Jackson side-eyes me. “This time?”
“We got wrongly accused of attacking a man who screwed his fiancée over,” I answer, smiling sweetly as I point to Beau.
Beau arches a brow. “You did attack him. How is that being wrongly accused?”
I tilt my head, wondering why he’s playing with his life like this. “I’m sorry, it sounds like you are sticking up for him.”
He shakes his head, his jaw clenching. “You’d think I’d learn not to talk around you lot. You all have this way of twisting it around.”
