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With her mind made up, I started gathering the unwanted dresses, so we could hang them on the garment return just outside the dressing room. Somewhere in the middle of that, Tabitha called my name. “Lamise?”
“Yeah?”
“It’s okay to not want to be alone.”
I offered a small smile and a nod in return, because I didn’t trust myself to speak.
Fortunately, Tabitha didn’t push the conversation beyond that.
But just because we didn’t discuss it any further didn’t mean it wasn’t on my mind.
I didn’t know what the future had in store for me, but at least I could recognize that things were changing. Only time would tell if it would all be for the better, and if the reason I had considered the possibility of another relationship again was because of who recently came into my life.
Sadly, I didn’t know Banks well enough to know the answer to that question just yet.
THIRTEEN
Banks
There were just under two hours left until the end of the workday when I happened to be walking through the office and nearly collided with Pax, another member of the kidnap and ransom team.
“Whoa. Hey, what’s going on?” I asked him.
“Oh, man. I was actually running to grab either Nixon or Magnus, but if you’re available, maybe you could help,” he answered.
“Sure. What do you need?”
He let out a frustrated sigh. “Blaze is working on nailing down the exact location, but we’ve got a kid who was kidnapped. I’ve already got Damon ready to go, but we wanted at least another set of hands.”
Fuck.
A little kid.
“How old?” I asked.
“He’s just over a year old.”
Damn it.
Itnever felt good to know that anyone had been kidnapped, but in this scenario, it was especially difficult. Paxton had said it was a kid, but the truth was, at just over a year old, this kid was still a baby. Just like Rhys.
Apparently, I’d taken too long thinking about how horrific it was, and Pax assumed the worst.
“If this is too much too soon, or it hits too close to home with Rhys being so young, I’m sure Nixon or Magnus won’t have a problem covering it,” he assured me.
I shook my head. “No, I’ve got it. I just need to make a quick phone call. I’ll meet you in Blaze’s office.”
“Are you sure?” he asked.
“Unless Rhys’s nanny can’t stay, I’m sure,” I returned.
Confident I was telling him the truth, Pax turned and walked away toward the office where he’d find Blaze, one of the private investigators here at Harper Security Ops.
I slipped my hand into my pocket, yanked out my phone, and pulled up Lamise’s name on my contacts list.
After the third ring, she answered. “Hello?”
“Hey, Lamise. It’s Banks.”
