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Callum sounded like the world had been lifted from his shoulders.

I explained to him what she told me about the situation, and the plan we put in place. He agreed that hiding her down here was a promising idea, but he didn't think Sin would be any help.

Cal informed me that just minutes before my call, Noah called him. Apparently, something happened with the girls. Mia refused to tell Noah anything except she and Tess left town for a few days. My brothers suspected it had something with Sin, because why else would they be so secretive?

I hung up with my brother and tried calling Sin again. No answer.

Fuck.

Okay, stay calm Kai.

I said goodbye to Millie and left. Sin's apartment was close to the hotel, and with this turn of events, I figured I could just go home a day early and come back sooner. I needed to see Sin though. I needed to make sure everything was okay between us. I needed to make sure Aine was okay.

Aine! I forgot that she made sure I had her cell number too. I called Aine, and her phone went straight to voicemail. Fucking hell. My girls were ghosting me. What did I fucking do this time?

I barely threw my car into park before I was out the door and running up to Sin's apartment. She wasn't home. Or she just didn't answer the door. After a few minutes of knocking and calling out both hers and Aines names, I gave up.

Back in the car, I called Mia. She had to know what was going on.

"Mia, damn it. Why isn't Sinclair answering her phone?" I asked before Mia had a chance to say anything.

"I don't fucking know, Kai. You're down there, maybe you should ask her yourself." The tone in Mia's voice sounded off. I could read Sin like a book. I'd always been able to read her. Mia though, was a mystery I never wanted to solve.

I didn't get anywhere with her, so I hung up. She was in a mood, whatever she was dealing with would have to wait. She had Tess, and the two of them were off on a secret mission anyway.

thirty-five

Sinclair

Whatinthehellmade me decide to go after Kai? Whatever it was, I'm glad I did. I was such a fucking fool. He was a liar and a cheater. I had half a mind to go knock on his hotel room door and scream at him and let his girlfriend know the kind of man he was.

The other half of that mind wanted to run. It wanted me to get Aine, uproot our lives, and run away, again. I wouldn't though. I couldn't do that to my daughter. She deserved better.

My phone started buzzing in my cup holder. I glanced at the screen, saw Kais’s name, and hit ignore.

I pick up my phone and call Mia.

"Mi, I want to run."

"Babes, what's going on?"

"Kais a fucking liar. I mean, I deserve a lot of shit, but I don't think I deserve to be used and lied to." I had let the pain and feelings of betrayal out then, and I told her everything. Everything from the moment he showed up at my office, down to the second I called her.

"I'm going to kill him." Mia declared. "Babes, I do not want to ever hear you say you deserve anything less than the best in life."

I rolled my eyes. It wouldn't matter how much time or miles between us, Mia was always going to protect me.

"I love you Mi."

"I love you too Babes. Tess and I are coming down. We will be there tonight."

As we hung up, I heard Tess yelling something about cutting off a dick or two. I laughed. Talking to Mia made me feel a little better, and I questioned why I pushed her away so much over the years.

Since Aine was at Danielle's, I didn't bother going home, I drove straight to Danielle and told her what happened.

"Oh, honey. I'm so sorry. What are you going to tell the brat?" I hadn't considered the situation all this put Aine in. I wouldn't keep her from her father, but I couldn't deal with him. Not now at least.

"Right now, I'm not going to say anything. He's going back to his home, and it will be a while before he comes back or wants to see Aine. He's got his life up north." This was the truth, the sad truth. Kai had a life up in Lakewood, and our lives were down here. The fairytale that we could be anything more than co-parents was beautiful, but it ran its course. This fairytale didn't have a happy ending though, and that hurt more than anything.

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