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“No, but some of the guys must have. I heard them talking about how pretty she is.”
Daisy nodded slowly, realization setting in. She’d been made a fool of again. He wasn’t at work, he was spending time with his girlfriend, and the people he worked with had met her.
“Is there any message, or a number he can call?” the girl asked cheerfully.
Daisy shook her head. “No, that’s okay. You know what? Don’t even mention I came by. I’ll get in touch with him later. Thanks, though,” she said, walking slowly out of the lobby. She walked to her jeep on auto-pilot, backed out and drove away, refusing to allow anything to break her as much as she’d been broken before she’d met him. She survived that, and she’d survive this, too. Her lower lip trembled as she drove, but she refused to give in. Instead, she went straight to her art studio, letherself in, and locked the door behind herself. It would be hours before anyone came in for a class. She had plenty of time to cry it out before her students arrived.
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Janie and Bane were enjoying breakfast, when a firm knock on the door had them both stopping mid-bite and simply looking at each other.
“Who doesn’t just walk in?” Janie asked.
Bane jumped to his feet. “Daisy left early!” he exclaimed.
“Do you think it’s bad news?!” Janie asked, racing after him toward the front door.
Bane yanked the door open, and visibly released the breath he’d been holding. “Charlie,” he said, relief clear.
“Is something wrong?” Charlie asked.
“No, just nobody ever knocks. They all walk right in, so when you knocked, and we realized Daisy left early this morning, we thought, it might be something to do with her.”
“Oh! No! No, nothing like that. I just wanted to ask you something.”
“Sure, but shouldn’t you be at work?”
“I took the day off. There’s something me and some of my friends are going to do. I thought you might want to come with us.”
Bane just looked at him. “With you and your friends?” Bane asked.
“Yeah.”
“I don’t really know your friends.”
“Actually, you kind of do,” Charlie said.
He stood aside and Havoc leaned out of his truck. “Hi, Uncle Bane!”
“You’re going to spend the day with Havoc?” Bane asked.
“And Lucien.”
“Why?” Bane asked with a laugh.
“Because we found out who hurt Daisy. We’re going to New Orleans to pay him a visit,” Charlie said.
Bane’s laugh stopped immediately.
“I thought maybe you’d want to come along,” Charlie said.
Bane looked over his shoulder at Janie.
“Yes, he does,” Janie said, putting both her hands on Bane’s back and ushering him through the door.
“Send Kaid and Maverik if I don’t come back right away.”
“It hasn’t been that long. I know the drill. Go avenge our baby,” she said as she grabbed up his wallet and pulled cash out of it. She kept the wallet, but gave him the cash.
