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Then, starting at the Dallas Police Department kept me going through the next two weeks.
It was only after I heard a passing comment from Ande in the kitchen when she was talking to Garrett, our youngest brother, when I realized my mistake in ignoring Shayne.
In doing so, I didn’t know what she was doing until it was too late.
“Wait a minute,” I said to Ande, stopping in the middle of the kitchen. “Can you repeat what you just said?”
Ande’s eyes were narrowed. “No, I won’t.”
“Why not?” I asked.
“Because I don’t like you very much, Quinn,” she said. “I told you in the beginning that if you hurt her, I’d hurt you. And since I can’t physically do it, I emotionally can.”
Then Ande left, angry as hell, leaving me with way too many questions and no answers.
I looked at Garrett and said, “What was she talking about? Where is she?”
We both knew who ‘she’ was.
There was no beating around the bush for either of us.
“Shayne joined the Army.”
“She what?” I asked, thinking I didn’t hear correctly.
“She joined the Army,” he answered again. “She shipped out two days ago. Applied for early graduation and got it. Her brother signed the documents necessary for her to join at seventeen. She’s gone.”
She’s gone.
Two words that had the power to change my life.
SHAYNE
9 weeks later
My stomach dropped out from under me at the sight.
Quinn looked good.
Pissed off, but really, really good.
“Tell me you didn’t.”
I frowned. “Tell you I didn’t what?”
“Tell me you didn’t join the Army,” he growled.
He had to know exactly what I’d done seeing as he was in Missouri, where he most certainly didn’t live.
My brows raised. “And what business is it of yours, Quinn Carter?”
“What business is it of mine?” His voice got quieter, which was so much more intimidating than him yelling.
“Yes,” I said, stiffening my spine. “What is it of yours?”
“You are mine, Shayne.”
I scoffed. “If I was yours, why did I see you out on a date before I left?”
