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"I'm not sure to tell you the truth. He might want to speak to Nico alone to be sure you aren't there to pressure him into saying what you want him to say."
"What about Stefano?" Luca gestured to my bodyguard. "Can he stay with Nico?"
Jake winced. "I'm not sure about that either, but if there is a problem, I'd be happy to stay with Nico. Detective Waterston knows me, so he knows I wouldn't try and coerce Nico."
"Why don't we see if Detective Waterston will allow Luca to stay before we freak out?" Vinnie said. "We could be creating problems where there aren't any."
While what Vinnie said made sense, it did not reassure me. I really wanted Luca to stay with me.
"My office is upstairs," Jake explained.
I held tight to Luca's hand as we left the lab and took the elevator up to the floor where Jake's office was located. Before we could reach his office door, another man with brown hair and a beard joined us.
"This is Miles Cranston, one of my lawyers," Jake explained. "I thought it would be a good idea to have him on hand."
I wasn't sure why, but whatever.
When we reached Jake's office, two men were inside. I knew neither of them.
I edged closer to Luca.
Jake walked right up to the smaller, younger looking one and pressed a kiss to his lips. I was going to assume that this was Jake's husband.
That meant the other man was probably the detective.
When he stood and glanced at me, I turned my head and buried it in Luca's chest. I didn't like the way he looked at me. It wasn't in a sexual way like Steve had, but more like he wanted to pick my brain and dig out all of my secrets.
Luca stopped and turned to cup my face with his hands. "Hey, it's okay cuore mio. Detective Waterston isn't going to hurt you. He just wants to talk to you."
"Why don't we all sit down?" Jake asked.
Luca led me over to a set of chairs by the window. He sat down and then pulled me down onto his lap. I immediately buried my face in his neck. Stefano took up a spot next to us, clasping his hands in front of him.
"Detective, this is Luca and Nico Sabatino," Jake said. "Luca, Nico, this is Detective Waterston. It's okay to talk to him. He's one of the good guys. I promise."
I was surprised when Vinnie nodded.
"Detective Waterston can't be bought," Vinnie stated. "He believes in the law, but he knows that there is sometimes a gray area between black and white, good and evil."
I nodded so they knew I'd heard them, but I didn't lift my head from Luca's neck.
"Baby, you're going to have to look at the detective so he can ask you his questions."
I shook my head.
Luca sighed before asking, "Can you ask your questions this way?"
"I suppose," the detective replied.
"Nico is a little uncomfortable with large men," Luca explained. "The night we eloped, while he was still at his house, his mother shot him up with some drug that incapacitated him and made him unable to fight back when one of the guards working for his parents tried to sexually assault him."
"Do you have his name?" Detective Waterston asked.
"Wouldn't matter if I did. It's just Nico's word against his."
I wasn't sure if Luca was stating that because he didn't remember Steve's name or if he wanted to get his hands on the man himself. Since he mentioned Steve's name before, pretty sure he didn't forget.
"Mr. Sabatino, I do need to ask you a few questions."
