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“Can I go now?”

He stepped aside and waved with his arms. I walked by him and back to the main street. After walking around for half-an-hour to make sure they weren’t following me, I headed back to Jade’s apartment.

It couldn’t wait this time. We needed to talk.

TWENTY-EIGHT

Cooper

I stood outside her door and took a deep breath. She answered after the first knock. We stared at each other a moment.

“Why did you walk out like that?” she asked.

“Can I come in?”

“Yeah.”

She stepped aside. I walked in and closed the door behind me.

“Come and have a seat.”

I followed her across the living room to her brown suede couch. We sat at opposite ends. She put her hands in her lap.

“Well?”

“Seeing you with Max upset me, “I admitted.

“Okay, that’s a good start.”

“Don’t patronize me, please.”

“I’m not. Geez. Give a girl a break, would you?”

“I got jealous, okay? Are you interested in him?”

“No, not at all. He asked me to do a story on his security company.”

“You mean our security company.”

She tilted her head to the side.

“What do you mean?”

“I’m investing in the company with him.”

“I don’t think that’s a good idea.”

“Why not?”

“Something isn’t right. I talked to the real estate agent, and no one is supposed to be in that office. It’s been rented already.”

“What, when? And what make you think to do that?”

“Does it matter? I’m a journalist. I can multitask. Well, I was a journalist.”

“A damn good one.”

She smiled.