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She hung up and took a deep breath.

Regan did know why her brother was the way he was. The same reason she’d gone for this career.

She could never understand what happened in her parents’ lives and to this day they acted like it wasn’t a big deal. They just decided to move on as if it didn’t affect them or their two children in the least. Twenty years of two people acting like they were roommates and just needed to split. It was baffling.

She’d learned one thing quickly back then, if something looked too good to be true or was perfect, chances are it was anything but.

“Well?”Grant asked Garrett an hour later. “What did Zander say when you asked him?”

“He’s going to look into it,” he said. “We should get some information within a week.”

“Do you think he’ll find anything?” Grant asked.

“If there is anything to find, I’m sure he will. I feel kind of bad using him this way.”

“Stop,” Grant said. “No reason to feel bad. We are paying him for his services and what we want him to do is a fact. We need to know this before we move further.”

“But it gave us an in to see him and try to drop some hints. I get it. I didn’t have a chance to talk to Betsy, but I’ll be able to call and see what is going on or get an update.”

“That’s right,” Grant said. “Let Betsy and Miles do the work for us.”

He laughed. “That was my second visit. Miles is more than on board. When Regan went into her office to make a call, Miles said it was news to him about Zander and Regan talking.”

“What news?” Grant asked. “What did I miss? You need to lead with important information.”

“Sorry,” he said, waving his hand. “Nothing that important. You know the reason I was stopping in to talk to Regan if she was available and she was. When she mentioned Zander’s name I asked if they talked much and she said they crossed paths in the building later at night.”

“That sounds promising. When no one is around to know what they are doing.”

He grinned at his twin’s smirk. “I doubt it’s that. I didn’t read too much into it, but I’m willing to bet any amount of money that Miles will find out if there is anything juicy.”

“We couldn’t get that lucky,” Grant said.

“No,” he said. “But at least we can report back to the women we are trying. It’s not like they are getting that far with Dane though they are enjoying the time they are spending at Sloane’s spa.”

Garrett and his brother laughed. Their wives thought they were so sly in mixing their personal hobbies with matchmaking. It was better to attack it through the guise of business and then get others to do the work for you.

Work smarter, not harder.

6

KNOW THE RULES

“Hey, Dad,” Zander said, walking in his parents’ front door. “Happy Birthday.”

“Thanks,” his father said, reaching for the gift bag. Zander had just run to the liquor store and got his father a bottle of bourbon. “This will come in handy when I’m bird watching.”

He turned his head and looked at his mother’s raised eyebrow. “Retirement not what you thought it’d be?”

“No,” his father said. “I promised your mom I would retire when I could so she didn’t have to worry about me anymore.”

Now that made more sense. His mother could be feeling some guilt.

He didn’t need to be a licensed psychologist either to figure that out.

Then he had to wonder why Regan always popped into his head at the oddest of times.

“I’m swamped at work,” he said. “Even Betsy was doing some fieldwork last week.”

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