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“I’ll let the sheriff know you’re ready to talk to him, okay?”

“Will you come back?”

“I’ll visit you again.”

She breathes a sigh of relief. “Thanks, Jaxson. Truly.”

“Thank you for escaping.”

I leave and shut the door quietly behind me, trying to figure out just how to explain the knot in my gut that’s saying the worst is yet to come.

Whoever went after Margot is the same one who took Lanetti.

I know it.

I feel it.

I’m the link between these two women.

So how do I prove it?

CHAPTER 16

Margot

Jaxson has been gone most of the day, but hearing Lanetti is alive and going to make a full recovery is enough to plaster a smile on my face even though we’re still no closer to figuring out who tried to grab me from the accident and why.

But with Silas sitting in my foyer, acting as my own personal guard, I don’t feel at risk. He’s hardly spoken at all, though his adorable four-year-old niece, Eloise, is currently playing chess with Matty. Well, he’s trying to teach her and letting her win.

Seeing them sitting there together and witnessing how kind my son is makes me long for another child.

“Yay! I won! I won, Uncle Si!” She rushes over to Silas, who lights up like a Christmas tree when he sees her excitement.

“That’s great, Nugget. I knew you could do it.” He high-fives her, and she does a little dance.

"Matty said that I'm a natural.” She looks back at Matty with a wide smile, and he nods.

“It’s true. A prodigy.”

Eloise beams at Matty, then rushes over to him. “Can we play again?”

“Only if you take it easy on me,” he replies.

“No promises,” she says. “Because if I take it easy, how will you learn?”

Silas smiles, then shifts his attention back to the computer in front of him.

“Want some coffee?” I ask him.

“That would be great. Thank you.”

“Creamer?”

“No, thanks. Just black.”

“You got it. I’ll be right out.” With a smile, I head into the kitchen and start prepping the coffee. I don’t know much about the former Navy SEAL, other than the fact that out of all the Knight Security guys, he had the roughest time overseas.

Michael won’t ever go into details, and I don’t press.

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