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“In that case, can I put in an order for cheesecake?”
“We can get ourGolden Girlson,” he agreed, giving me a smirk. “Noon?”
“Noon?”
“I’ll be here.”
Then he was gone.
And I couldn’t nap.
Because I was too excited to see Nave again.
That, I was sure, was not a good sign.
Because the last thing I could let happen was to catch feelings for the person who was helping me navigate this new life.
I needed to get a grip.
He was just a nice guy.
Doing a nice thing.
That was it.
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Nave
“It’s… complicated,” Junior said, dropping down in his office chair.
“What’s complicated?” I asked, trying to nudge his dog a bit so I could sit down beside her.
“Well, if this guy is as good as you say he is, there’s not likely any way for me to monitor him without him knowing about it.”
“I thought you were some computer genius.” He’d been tinkering the whole time we’d been growing up, but it seemed like he took things to a whole new level while I’d been away.
“Sure,” he agreed, leaning back. “But there’s always someone better. Sounds like this Ben guy is better. How the fuck did you even come across him?”
“I was working with what I can only call the redneck mafia. They were trying to pull off a string of armored truck robberies. Had a couple of inside guys, even. But there was just one problem.”
“Security cameras.”
“Yep. So they found this guy. Fuck if I know how. I was just tasked with going to make sure the jobs were done.”
“You were with him more than once?”
“Four times over a few weeks. Months, I guess. The heists were spread out so it was harder for law enforcement to stop them.”
“And you went there after?”
“During. My boss wanted us to watch the footage disappear before the cops could even see it.”
“They didn’t trust the guy?”
“They didn’t trust anyone. That’s why two of us had to go to that glass house in the middle of nowhere. Plus, paying what they were paying, they wanted to make sure the job was done.”
“What was his office like?”
