Page 149 of Tell Me All Your Lies

“What about Dodger? And Taby?”

“With my partner. Up on the roof. Police should be arriving shortly.”

Cara gets off Cordelia and falls to the grass. I sit down next to her right as sirens come through and lights are flashing nearby.

“We did it, my love. We did it,” I say.

“We finally caught the Marlin.”

I lie down on the grass next to her.

“What next?” she asks.

“Anything we want.”

A knockon the hotel suite door startles Cara and me.

“I’ll get it,” I offer.

We’re in the suite living space, waiting to leave for California tomorrow. I get off the couch and go to answer it.

A doctor is at the door holding a medical kit.

“I hear we have a wounded animal too skittish to go to a hospital,” he says with a smirk.

Liam.

“That we do. Please come on in,” I say.

“Is he talking about me? Because I am perfectly fine,” Cara starts as she heads in our direction.

Liam and I round the corner and see Cara in the living room, preparing to say no to the doctor who has arrived.

“I’m perfectly fine,” she starts, still not realizing that it’s one of her best friends.

“Cara, sit your ass down and let me examine you,” Liam says.

“Liam!” she exclaims as she pulls him into a hug.

She takes a step back to sit down on the couch.

“How did you know where I was? That I was injured?”

Liam sets his medical kit on the coffee table and sits down next to her. A smug smile appears, and I’m instantly reminded that Cara has strong roots in her friendships.

“You think you can tell Grayson that the mission is over, and he’s not going to tell Harper, who’s not going to demand I check on you?” he asks with a raised eyebrow.

Cara laughs as she holds out her bruised and cut-up arm.

“Okay, fair point. I’m so glad to see you.”

“I’m glad to see you too. Hopefully, next time, it’ll be under different circumstances.”

“Harper and Grayson’s wedding.”

“You going to that?”

“Of course! I’m one of the groomsmen,” Cara exclaims.

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