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“Am I?”
“Even if there were something there, and I’m not saying there is, Gavin’s life is in New York City. I’m not leaving Benton. This is my home.”
“What if his life didn’t have to be in New York?”
“That’s crazy talk. He has a company to run.”
“A company he could run from anywhere in the world. Even Benton.”
“I wouldn’t ask him to uproot his life for me.”
“Maybe not.” Jenna chewed on her lip. “Forget I said anything.”
Chapter Twenty-Three
AfterSamanthalefttoget ready for her shift at work, Gavin listened intently as Wade reviewed the facts they laid out for him. “I want to hear more about this man you saw talking to the caterers. You sure you can’t remember where you saw him before?”
Jenna placed a hand on Gavin’s arm. “Do you think you could describe him well enough for me to sketch?”
“Worth a shot, I guess.”
She returned a few minutes later with a sketchbook and looked over her shoulder at Grayson. “You’ll have to make dinner tonight, I’ll be busy working with my brother-in-law.”
“Now we know why she offered to help. Anything to get me into the kitchen.”
“You won’t mind. It’s well-stocked, and you won’t be forced to eat another one of my burnt mac & cheese dinners.”
“You know, you two could hire a cook,” Gavin said.
“I’ve tried. She won’t let me.”
Gavin laughed as Gray and Wade left the room, presumably to make dinner.
“You really won’t let him hire a cook?”
“If he really wanted to, I’d support him, but he loves spending time in the kitchen. I intentionally burned the mashed potatoes last week, so he’d be able to make one of those fancy dishes he saw on the food network. Hiring a chef wouldn’t be a good thing for him. The time he spends cooking relieves the stress from the office.” She tilted her head. “Now back to this. Describe the shape of the man’s face.”
After drawing each feature, she’d ask him to describe the next one. When she turned the page toward him, he nodded. “It’s close. His nose is a bit straighter, more aristocratic looking with one of those little bumps in it.”
“Like it was broken at one time?” She made the change.
“Exactly like that.” He grinned. “That’s him.”
Grayson returned to the room and dropped a kiss on the top of his wife’s head. “Dinner’s ready.”
“So is my sketch.”
“Can I see that?” Gray reached for it. “I know this guy.”
“You do?” Gavin asked.
“He’s older here, of course, but that’s the kid who tried to recruit me to join the fraternity, Xi Zeta Gamma, back when I went to Penn.”
“Pierce discovered a connection between them and Cate’s sorority, Zeta Gamma Xi.”
“Sounds like a lead,” Gray said. “Let’s find out what this guy has been up to since I last saw him.”
Samanthawrotethepoachera ticket and sent him on his way glad to have finally caught the creep, but sad that another deer lost its life in the process. She dropped it at the local butcher. Once it was properly packaged, the meat would be donated.
