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She'd been restless last night. I had mentally noted when she got up to go to the bathroom, but she'd been out of bed for a minute.
When she came back, she'd woken me up with that very talented mouth of hers.
And then we'd gotten occupied again. But when I woke up at six, she was dead to the bone. I opted to let her sleep as I packed up. I was grabbing the rest of my toiletries when my phone buzzed, and I went out into the kitchen to answer it.
"What's up, Micah?"
"Good news, mate. I have located Dad."
"Where was he?"
"The best guess is he was visiting a mistress."
That horny fuck. "What?"
"You heard me. His mistress. He was caught coming in from border patrol in Canada."
"Canada?"
"I assume this woman lives in Toronto."
"Why didn't we get border patrol notification of him leaving?"
"It seems like he drove. They met at Niagara and then went to Toronto."
That would explain his disappearance, but I knew better than to trust my father had simply left the country for a booty call. "I don't buy it."
"I know. Neither did I. I'm suspicious by nature, but I have a video of them touring around fucking Toronto."
"No, that's bullshit. Someone took shots at Gwen here in the islands."
Micah's voice was low and soothing. "I know that. I'm just telling you it wasn't Dad personally. Would I place a bet on him to pay someone? Absolutely, yeah. I could see him doing that in a heartbeat. I'm chasing the paper trail. But the point is, he's back in the city."
"You enacted the plan?"
"Everything is in motion. I’m setting up everything for the board meeting right before your birthday. I even sent a note and emailed Gwen’s team telling them she's coming back."
I should have done that. "Right, I’m sure she’ll appreciate that."
"We didn't want anyone to alert the old man, so that’s the best I could do. Her flat is set up to look as much like her old apartment as possible so she’ll be comfortable."
"Thanks. I appreciate it.”
“Of course. You two just have to play the part.”
The part being where I pretended I wasn’t in love with my wife. “And we have someone on the old man? I can’t have him anywhere near her."
"We’ve taken care of it,” Micah assured me. “One of Pierce's men is tailing him right now."
"He’s a slippery one. Let’s comb his financials. I want to use the paper trail to nail his balls to the wall.”
“I'm already checking the financials to see if any large funds went anywhere, because you and I both know he's more than willing and able to pay someone to do it."
"That’s what has me worried. With Mom, he made it personal. But Gwen will be a means to an end for him. He won’t care how he gets rid of her. We need to be careful,” I warned him.
"Atticus, I know. Trust me to do what it takes to protect her. You just get back here in one piece. We'll make it safe for Gwen."
"Thanks. See you tonight."
