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Yes, you are. He’ll keep you safe.
And finally, Jonty slept.
ONLY TO BE WOKEN BYa violent banging at the door.
Devan jerked awake beside him. “What the hell?”
Jonty rolled out of bed and reached for one of the robes.
“Stay here.” Devan pulled on the other one.
“No.”
Devan gave a heavy sigh but didn’t argue. They both hurried down. Lights were flashing outside and when Devan opened the door, two policemen stood there.
“We’ve had a report of an assault. Which of you is Jonty Bloom?”
“I am.”
“You called to say you were being attacked.”
“No, I didn’t. We were asleep.”
“What the hell’s happened to my car?” Devan stalked out of the house.
Jonty gulped. There was a long scratch all the way down the side of the Aston.
“I think someone’s made a malicious call,” Jonty said. Probably Brad, though should he say that?
“Mind if we have a look round?” the policeman asked.
“No, go ahead.”
Devan came back into the house. “Brad?”
“How would he know where we were living? No one followed us. We’d have seen them.”
The policemen came back to the door.
“Any idea who might want to cause trouble for you?” one asked.
“Brad Greene. If you look up my details, you’ll see I’ve reported him a few times. I can’t think of anyone else who’d do this.”
“We’ll have a word with him.”
The policemen left and Devan closed the door.
“I’m sorry,” Jonty whispered.
Devan wrapped his arms around him. “It’s only a car.”
“Did it hurt when you said that?”
“Yes, but not as much as it would have hurt if it had been you.”
Chapter Sixteen
JONTY’S ANXIETY RAMPED UP THEcloser they drew to Berwick. His gaze kept sliding to the sat nav counting down the time and distance from their destination. Devan had followed his lead on everything until they left the house, and even when Jonty had snapped at him for overcooking the croissants, he’d not reacted. Well, Jonty had got all stroppy and Devan had hugged him, stroked the stars in his ears, then stuffed a croissant in his mouth which made Jonty laugh. Every time Jonty felt himself on the verge of imploding, Devan grounded him.
