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“I used to have the hots for you.”
“What? I don’t remember you at all. I didn’t even know Norn had a brother.”
“Because he kept it completely quiet. No one was ever supposed to know. But when I did jobs for Norn, I’d see you every now and then. I…”
There’s a knock on the door and I pull away from what I was rambling about and head over to it. Really, Kade doesn’t need to hear about my childhood crush.
“It’s me,” Harker says, so I open the door and let him in. My stomach growls the moment I smell food and I wander after him to the middle of the room. “I come bearing gifts. Can I just say, Kade, that it’s wonderful getting to see your purple face. I was pretty sure you were going to die yesterday.”
Kade scowls at the “purple” comment but nods. “I was too. But thankfully, Len’s not as dumb as me.”
I grin as Harker hands me a sausage, egg, and cheese breakfast sandwich before handing one to Kade. As I unwrap my sandwich, I say, “So I… taught him a life lesson and he took that lesson and threw it in the blender then tried taping it back together before going, ‘I bet this is what Len meant.’”
“One hundred percent,” Kade says as he pulls out his laptop and sets to work. It doesn’t take him long, and in the meantime, Harker and I play on my Switch.
Around eleven, Kade snaps the lid of the laptop closed and grins. “That one’s going to fucking hurt,” he says. “Now we just wait.”
“How much did you send them?” I ask curiously.
“Enough that they’re going to have no choice. I even sent a threat with it that I was willing to go to the newspaper if Norn wasn’t brought in and questioned.”
“I hope they don’t delay it by trying to go through and prove everything,” I say.
“With the security camera footage I also sent them, I feel like it’d be hard to delay it too long. I also lit a fire under their asses and told them that they had two hours or it was going out to everyone.”
“Damn, Kade,” Harker says, impressed.
“He got hot, didn’t he?” I ask. “Before, he was hot and then he opened his mouth and it was like ew. And now… now he’s hot all the time.”
Kade glares at me. “Excuse me?”
“Are you sure?” Harker asks. “That look he’s giving you right now makes me think he’s not a fully changed man.”
“Okay, he’sgettingthere, though. I can’t expect a miracle.”
Harker grins at me. “That’s true.”
I return the grin before getting up and going over to my gun case. “I guess let’s get ready. I’ve already researched the location where I want to be. Norn will be busy until then, I suppose.”
“I’m sure he will,” Kade agrees.
* * *
KADE
How is watching Len work so mesmerizing? The moment he gets out of that vehicle, he’s completely focused. And then here I am, trailing along after him like a lost dog. He knows right where he’s going and how he’s getting there, and still, I just stare after him.
“I think there’s something wrong with me,” I announce as we continue up the stairs. At least this building is only three floors, so he likely won’t murder me with the steps. It’d feel quite ridiculous if I was still huffing and puffing my way up ten flights and he’d already killed the guy and headed back down.
“What’s wrong with you? Allergic to stairs?”
“I just… I can’t stop staring at you, and at first, I thought it was because I kind of like you and haven’t really liked another person besides Harker before. But then I realized that no… I can’t stop looking at you because I’m waiting for you to shoot me again,” I say, which immediately makes him laugh.
“A nick! I nicked you! You’refine.”
“Hmmm…”
And of course that joyous grin is back on Len’s face. “Clearly you like me but are too afraid to admit it.”
