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“I’m a vault, Cax. Thanks for telling me, finally. Andcongratulations.”
We hung up a moment later, and I squinted at my phone, just in case Axel had tried to reach me and I’d missed it. While I was doing that, someone knocked onmydoor.
I smiled. It wasn’t a great idea for Axel to come to my place, but if he had, I’d be really excited to see him. I hopped outofbed.
Then again, if it wasn’t Axel, I was really underdressed right now. “Who is it?” I asked, yanking my robe off the hook on thebathroomdoor.
“It’s the Henning police. Please open the doorimmediately.”
My throat went dry. I did as the man said, opening the door to two uniformed officers. “Can Ihelpyou?”
“Are you Henry Caxton Williams,Junior?”
Inodded.
“When is the last time you saw AxelArmitage?”
Oh no. I grabbed the door frame forsupport. “Why?”
“Please answer the question. Have you seen himtonight?”
I shook my head. “This…this morning. When I left hisapartment.”
The officer seemed to stare me down. He had a mustache, and for some reason I decided that was a good sign. He was too comical-looking to be handing me awful news. “What’s your relationship with Mr.Armitage?”
“He’s…” I’d never said this out loud. “He’s myboyfriend.”
The mustached officer nodded. “We need you to come to the station with us and answer a fewquestions.”
“Why? What’s thisabout?”
“Axel Armitage is unconscious in a hospital bed tonight. We want toknowwhy.”
The room did a dip andaroll.
“He’s going down,” the otherofficersaid.
But I hung on to the doorjamb and braced my knees. “Tell me whathappened.”
Mustache Man frowned. “You have to come with us. We’ll sortthisout.”
“No way.” I had to go to the hospital. Except I couldn’t think straight. Where were my keys? And my mind was stuck on the wordunconscious.And the warmth in Axel’s eyes as he kissed me goodbye this morning. I turned around on shaky legs to find some jeans and asweatshirt.
“You come with us right now or we’ll have to bringyouin.”
I ignored him, looking for myshoes.
The cop sighed. “Fine. We’ll do this the hard way. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can be used against you in a courtoflaw…”
“Wait, what?” This guy was reading me my Miranda rights. “What are youdoing?”
“You have the right to an attorney. If you cannotaffordone…”
This could not behappening.
ChapterTwenty
Axel
