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“You handled that well,” Kate commented after Brian was gone.
Danielle shrugged, trying to be nonchalant. “Maybe what I needed was a good lay to forget him.”
Chapter Six
It was past midnight when Danielle was finally ready to call Dane in New York. She was in the middle of dialing his numbers when suddenly her mind blanked. She pushed end call and started over and the same thing happened again. What the hell? She usually was good with numbers. Collin had her memorize their contact information. Dane even wrote his cell numbers on her palm. Most of the ink had faded from her shower, but it was still clearly visible. The problem was she couldn’t make the last few digits. The numbers jumbled right before her eyes. Was it five or three? Nine or seven? It was ridiculous that she suddenly turned dyslexic. Then, she remembered.
Crap. The enchantment.
When she was spirited away to New York, the enchantment prevented her from contacting home. Now that she was home without giving a definitive answer to the brothers, the enchantment prevented her from contacting them.
Her gut sank.
Calm down, girl, this is the twenty-first century. Locating a person couldn’t be that difficult. She knew where they lived. Right. The Dakota on Park Avenue. Yeah. Just call their office and asked to be connected to Dane.
Danielle googled the Dakota and got their concierge’s numbers. She called immediately. “Hello, sorry for bothering you this late. I’m Danielle Thomas calling from Miami. Can you direct my call to Dane…”
Oh God, what was Dane’s last name? Something with E. Eaton? Erickson. Espinoza? Shit! What am I going to do now?
“Ma’am? Do you know the person’s last name?”
“Give me a second. I’m thinking.”
“Do you know the unit numbers?”
“Oh, yes. It’s…” She blanked again.
“Ma’am, I have to hang up.”
“Wait!” Danielle cried wordlessly to a disconnected line. Crap, crap, crap. She jumped off the bed and sprinted out of the room. She knocked on Kate’s door. “Are you sleeping?”
Kate opened her bedroom door with a face full of mud mask. “What’s going on? Are we ditching work tomorrow? Wait—this is already tomorrow.”
“What is Dane and Collin’s last name?”
“Edwards. Right?”
“Yeah, Edwards. Kate, write that down. Also, can you make out this number?” Danielle held out her palm that had Dane’s numbers on it.
Kate read aloud for her. Danielle typed it on her smart phone. She then pressed dial. Two rings and a sleepy-sounding voice answered her. A woman’s voice.
What? “May I speak to Dane Edwards?”
“Who? Lady, this is past midnight. And you got a wrong number,” said the woman on the other line.
“Oh, I’m really sorry.” Danielle hung up. She scowled at Kate.
Her best friend mouthed “what?” The mask around her mouth and chin cracked and peeled off. “I’ll wash my face first.”
She joined Danielle in the living room minutes later. Danielle told her what was going on.
“Enchantment. It makes you forget?”
“I think I’m losing it.” Danielle furiously scribbled on a notepad a row of possible numbers. “Kate, I’ll ask you again. What’s Dane’s last name?”
“DaSilva,” said Kate firmly.
Danielle tapped her pen on the notepad. “You said it was Edwards.”
