“It’s the right thing to do,” he murmured, picking up his glass and taking a long swallow.
And then refilled it before she came back.
Off in the distance he heard Maddie come back in and he forced himself to relax and face her with a smile.
The conversation from earlier was really just a precursor to what they really needed to dive into. It wasn’t going to be pretty, and it wasn’t going to really change anything, but that didn’t mean it didn’t need to be discussed.
Over the years, Knox had learned the art of paying attention to details—to ask the kind of questions that would guarantee the most telling answers. He’d used it in the military and he used it in the security business and now…
He would use it on Maddie.
Only…this was the first time he wasn’t looking forward to the information he might receive.