Page 62 of Broken Daddy
What the fuck?
Why was he only just hearing about this? It wasn’t in the other information that Liam had sent him.
Devi lived with a drunk father?
Why hadn’t she told him?
Hmm. Maybe because she’s under no obligation to? She barely knows you.
Yeah, he guessed that might be the reason why.
Liam held up an older photo of Devi.
“Hey, that’s Devi!” Donovan said.
Hayes shot him a look. “You didn’t know that?”
Donovan shook his head, looking through the notes that Hayes had printed off. He hated reading things on a screen.
“You know her?” Kent asked.
Hayes sighed. “Know is a bit of a stretch. Sondra likes this café in Angel. She goes there every morning except for Mondays when it’s closed. Devi is usually the server.”
“Does she seem like the type of person to seek revenge for her brother?” Liam asked.
Seek revenge?
Well, she’d certainly done that with him, hadn’t she? She’d put salt in his coffee.
That wasn’t something he wanted to tell these guys, though. It was private. And he couldn’t really see Devi being behind these notes.
This was her brother, though.
“Devi’s a total sweetie,” Donovan said. “Kind of clumsy. Hayes rescued her when she fell over.”
Hayes shot him a look. What the fuck was he doing? Didn’t he know when to keep his mouth shut?
Who are you kidding? This is Donovan. He probably came out of the womb talking.
Donovan just grinned and shrugged.
Asshole.
“What do you mean?” Zeke asked. “Did you talk to her?”
“Talk to her?” Donovan repeated. “He touched her. Apparently, she fell on the floor and Mr. Hero here swooped in and picked her up.”
“Do you like having a tongue?” Hayes snapped. “Because I’ve got a sharp knife and access to sedatives. I will slice it right out.”
Donovan just continued to grin. Either he thought Hayes was joking or the fucker really didn’t care if he died tonight.
“You did?” Zeke said in amazement.
Hayes got it. He wasn’t social. He didn’t like people. He certainly didn’t touch people.
“So you don’t think she could be our letter writer?” Kent asked after Hayes refused to say anything else.
“No way,” Donovan said.
