Page 121 of The Saint

“They want to know what Hailey and Jonathan told her before she ran to get help.”

“What was it?”

Camden pursed his lips. He trusted Jared Westin with his life. “It wasn’t what they said. They gave her something to leave at the other house. Something stupid. So trivial that she forgot.”

“Huh…”

“Yeah. I kinda want to get my hands on it and know what it was.”

“Camden—”

“Don’t you?”

“Curiosity killed the cat. Ever heard of that one, genius?”

“Fortune favors the bold, Boss Man.”

Jared didn’t answer for a long moment. Then he asked, “What are you going to do about it?”

Good question.Camden hadn’t had time to game out the situation. Amelia would never get any peace if that book wasn’t located and turned over. He wasn’t sure who needed it, and considering he trusted no one outside Titan, he wasn’t sure how to handle it without seeing what it was. “Nothing right now. Lie low and wait until her shiners disappear.”

Jared let out a long breath. “What do you need from me?”

“Can you patch things over with Beth and her people?”

“Like hell.” Jared snorted. “Clean up your own mess.”

Camden grinned. “Worth a shot.”

“She doing okay?” Jared asked, his tone less prickly.

“I don’t know. She might be putting up a brave front. She heard details about her sister and knows she’s not coming back.”

“Shit, man. I’m sorry.”

“Yeah. Think we all knew it. She just had to get there.”

“This whole thing was needlessly avoidable,” Jared muttered. “All right. Well, you’re not fired. You’re not even on my shit list, if you can believe that. Make up with the spooks, and keep your mouth shut about what Amelia remembered. Let’s touch base in twenty-four to forty-eight hours.”

It was a plan. He tossed the phone aside and scooped up the football. They would play house for a few days and figure out what the Dumonts had Amelia stash at the other house.Then what?He spun the ball in his hands. He would follow her anywhere in the world. Or they could stay there. Camden might be able to sweet-talk his way into a job with the feds if they forgot about the guard he’d knocked out. But government assignments weren’t all that interesting. He would be miserable. But he would be with Amelia.

A better idea was Titan. Their US headquarters wasn’t far from this safe house. He could run that by Jared. But leaving his teammates would be hard. Still, he had options that worked with his single priority: Amelia Stone.

He turned toward her approaching footsteps.

“What’s wrong?” She wore an oversized sweatshirt and leggings and had blow-dried her hair.

“You look comfortable.”

“Don’t change the subject.” She crossed the room and tipped her head back. “You have a thousand questions running through your mind.”

“I called Jared and let him chew my ear off.”

“Oh… Is he going to make you return me to the hospital?”

Camden laughed. “No, but I have to make sure Beth doesn’t hate me. The security guard too. Though that guy’s never going to forgive that sucker punch.”

“It was for a good cause.”

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