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Okay. Did she need to know about that? Shoot, what if he was a bomb threat or something?
“There is?” she asked.
“Yes, and he’s insisting that we let you speak to him. He, uh, well… he sounds rather, um, distraught.”
“Distraught?”
That was… weird.
“Who is it?” she asked.
“Well, that’s just it. I mean, we’ve had famous people stay here, of course. And we are always discreet. But they always book in. And he’s just arrived out of the blue. So, as demanding as he is, our security guard won’t just let him in. I’ve called Master Derek and he’s coming over to talk to him. But Master Derek wanted me to come tell you since it’s you he’s asking for.”
“Erika?”
“Yes?” Erika said.
“Who is it?”
“Brand Starr.”
Oh, holy crap.
And that was how her day got worse.
CHAPTER 4
Brand wasn’t having a good day.
Hell, he wasn’t having a good week. First, he’d had to threaten Mikey with all sorts of bodily harm to get him to cough up where Jolie was staying. Then, the airline had lost his luggage and he’d had to wait for hours for them to find it. The only rental car left was a tiny tin-can with no leg room. And when he’d turned up at this hotel… ranch… retreat… whatever the fuck it was, they had all this security.
What. The. Hell?
Maybe it was some sort of private hospital? Rehab?
No. He’d never noticed Jolie taking anything or looking like she was on drugs. That couldn’t be it.
So what was it?
Mikey hadn’t known. Whatever this place was, it was private, and they didn’t want people just wandering onto their land.
He paced back and forth in front of the wrought-iron gates. They were impressive and all he could really see beyond them was the tree-lined driveway.
Oh, and the guard glaring at him from the guard shack.
He leaned against the hood of his rental car as he pondered what to do next. The guard wouldn’t let him in.
What if they were keeping Jolie here against her will?
Fuck.
Should he call the cops?
Getting out his phone, he tried to call Jolie again. Yes, he’d gotten her number from Mikey. No, the other man hadn’t exactly given it to him willingly.
Brand was aware that it was an asshole move.
He didn’t care.
