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“So that’s a yes?”
He put the phone on speaker and then took both coffee mugs from her, setting them on the nightstand.
“Sit here, baby.” He patted the bed next to him.
“Baby?” Brody repeated.
“I was talking to Cate.”
“Um, okay,” Brody said.
“Hi, Brody,” Cate said. “How are you and your boyfriend and girlfriend?”
“We’re all good, thanks, Cate. My girl was so pleased you got that mark out of my top. But I got chocolate sauce on my favorite sweater yesterday.”
“Did you use stain remover and soak it for thirty minutes in cold water?”
“Uh, no.”
“Try it. Then keep doing that until the stain is gone.”
“Okay. Thanks, Cate.”
“Right, now that’s sorted, can we get back to the problem?” Ethan asked dryly.
“What problem?” Cate asked.
He turned the laptop around so she could see the screen.
“Oh no,” she said.
“Yeah,” Ethan said. “This is the blog dedicated to all things Rhodes Ripley.”
“But I don’t understand. Why post photos of me? I’m no one.”
“You’re Rip’s sister,” Brody said unhelpfully.
“She is more than just Rip’s sister,” Ethan grumbled.
“It’s because he’s not here,” Cate said suddenly, scrolling through the images.
“What?” Ethan asked.
“Well, I’m guessing it’s because Rhodes isn’t here and maybe the blogger wants him back? I mean, he’s only posted once since you guys arrived. But that doesn’t mean he hasn’t been watching. And maybe he likes having Rhodes here so he can spy on him.”
“He’s only been gone a day,” Brody pointed out.
“Maybe I’m wrong,” she said.
“No, you could be correct,” Ethan said. “Maybe he wants Rhodes back here. He doesn’t like him being away. But hasn’t he gone away since the blog started?” Ethan asked.
“This blog is fairly new,” Brody said. “I think it’s only been up six months.”
“Right. I have my calendar and can check. But I think the only other time he’s been away is the night the stalker tried to break in. But the next movie he has scheduled starts production in a month and he has to go to New Zealand to film parts of it. He won’t go if there is a threat to me.”
“You think he could be using this as a gauge of how much Rhodes really cares about you? Whether he’ll come running home?” Ethan asked.
“But if he was going to come running home then wouldn’t he have done it last night after you were nearly run off the road?” Brody asked.
