Page 4 of Blinded By Forever
He stands and walks towards his massive wall of windows that overlooks his backyard.
“You want me to dig into it?” I ask, already knowing the answer.
“I want names, faces, motives and I want you to handle it before I have to.”
I run a hand down my jaw.
Jaclyn’s going to kill me.
She told me not to be involved in this shit and here I am disobeying her, going against her word and potentially putting my family at risk.
I should know better but I don’t.
“You think it’s someone close?”
“I think,” he says, turning back towards me, “that if it is, I need to know now before Luna gets caught in the crossfire.”
Killian mentioning his daughter isn’t accidental. He plays chess, not checkers.
I nod. “Okay, I’ll start with the warehouse manager and move from there.” I finish my drink and rise to my feet.
“You’re the only one I trust to do this clean,” Killian says. “Rowan will meet with you to help out. Said something about brother bonding time.”
I roll my eyes because Rowan has been wanting to catch up for a while but I’ve been pushing him away since I don’t want to add another person on my list telling me what I should and shouldn’t do.
I leave Killian’s office and check the time on my phone.
I have about three hours before I’ve got to be home by dinner.
I can make it.
The house is dark when I walk in but I know better than to think everyone would be sleeping. Sure enough, the faint glow of a laptop screen glows in the dark of the living room.
I drop my keys onto the counter and kick off my shoes before heading down the hallway.
Jaclyn lays on the couch, her hair in a loose ponytail, her blue light glasses sliding down her nose as she types on her keyboard like her words might vanish from her mind.
She doesn’t look up as I walk in.
I lean against the wall across from her, waiting to hear it.
“You missed dinner.”
“I know.” My voice comes out lower than I expected.
She closes the laptop slowly and takes off her glasses before looking at me.
She doesn’t look angry, it’s worse.
She looks disappointed. “Again. This isn’t the first time, Hayden.”
“Got held up.”
“Doing what?” She furrows her eyebrows at me, questioning me.
I meet her eyes and feel a knot in my chest tighten. “Stuff with Killian.” I kind of tell the truth and she knows it too.
I know she knows that I’m not going to the gym or just hanging out with Rowan and Killian, I’m helping them.
