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Miles had done a little digging on the Luis guy after finding the restraining order. He didn’t really have any work history, but his tax returns showed he was claiming a ton of money. Weird. Several known associates were fairly high up in one of the New York crime families. There was no explicit proof, but every bit of circumstantial evidence pointed to him being connected to the
mob in some way, shape, or form. This guy was dangerous on a different level. Lots of guys were pieces of shit who liked to slap around or intimidate women. Not many had the connections to make someone they didn’t like disappear. If this guy was really that nuts,
and dangerous, then he might try to follow her to Lilly Valley. That type of trouble was something the guys and I could do without. I was less than thrilled about the possibility.
I needed to talk to the guys. If I didn’t, I’d go freaking crazy. I changed out of my mowing clothes as fast as I could and, making sure to get into my car and away before the new neighbors came out and saw me, I drove to the office. A quick call on the way let me know that Miles, Steffen, and Blayne were all at the office. Good, I wouldn’t have to wait for them to get there. Fifteen minutes later, we were crammed back into Miles’s tiny office, like the other day.
“Okay, man, what’s this about?” Steff asked.
Miles raised an eyebrow. “Is this about your neighbor? Is that it?”
I sighed and leaned back in my seat, rubbing my temples. “Okay, so, you guys remember the last travel job I had, right?”
Blayne nodded. “The pop star? Nineteen-year-old chick who tried to suck your cock every night?”
“Yeah, right. Anyway, a few weeks before that tour was over, she did a two-night event in New York. On the second night, after she passed out drunk as shit on her tour bus, I decided to go out on the town. Have some drinks since I’d gotten off early for once.”
“Does this story have a point?” Steff laughed.
I glared at him. “While I was out, there was a gorgeous woman sitting across the bar. I introduced myself, we drank and flirted, and one thing led to another and… well… you know.”
“You… played Jenga?” Blayne said.
“You made sand castles,” Steff said, nodding and snapping his fingers.
“You obviously watched a marathon of
Downton Abbey,” Miles said.
I snarled. “Oh, for fuck’s sake. We had sex, all right? Fucked, screwed, made the beast of two backs, did the nasty. Stop being assholes.”
The guys chuckled but nodded for me to go on.
“So, we do the thing, and it’s fucking amazing, Maybe the best night of my entire life. I had a flight out at like five in the morning, so I bounce before she ever wakes up. I flew out to meet the singer chick in Los Angeles for the next leg of her tour, and I have a great memory of the lady in New York. Fast forward a few weeks, and I’m back home. Miles tells us shifters are disappearing and going missing. Be on the lookout for anything strange?”
“Well, two freaking hours ago, I’m mowing my yard. Not a care in the world. I turn the mower around, and look up. My new neighbors are across the street, staring at me. Two teenage girls and a mom. Guess, if you can, who the fucking mom was?”
They all stared at me for several seconds. All three of them had confused looks. I would have, too, if I’d been them. Even after talking about the lady in New York, it was hard for them to fathom how she could possibly be my neighbor. It was literally so unlikely that I’d made it as obvious as possible, but their minds refused to make the connection.
Blayne was the first one to get it. His eyes went wide. “No… fucking… way.”
I nodded. Steffen and Miles looked confused. Blayne smiled and said, “His one-night stand chick. She’s the new goddamned neighbor.”
Steffen’s jaw dropped, and he said, “Wait, what? How is that possible?”
“Right…” Miles said, “…the odds of that are like, a billion to one. You’d have a better chance of finding a dollar on the street, buying a lottery ticket, and winning the lottery than for this lady to somehow wind up being your neighbor in itty bitty, middle-of-nowhere Lilly Valley.”
“This is what I’m saying.”
The other three looked at each other and laughed.
“What’s so funny?” I asked through gritted teeth.
“The thought that you have to wave at this lady every morning when you get your newspaper is pretty funny,” Steff said.
Blayne raised his hand, pretending to wave. “Hey, Miss. It was really nice rubbing my genitals on yours that one time. Welp, see you tomorrow.”
I hissed a breath out my nose. “Would you guys quit?”
“Okay, okay, all done,” Miles said, though he was smiling with the rest of them. “I’ll have to dig more into it. Though, I sent you pretty much everything there is to know.”
I rubbed my head. “Miles, man, this can’t be a coincidence, there’s just no way. I—” I stopped to think about how I reacted to her and winced inwardly. “I was kind of a dick to her. Not kind of, I guess I was a total asshole to her. I was freaked out by her showing up there, and the whole story about the shifters going missing. I guess it wasn’t a great introduction.”
Steffen looked at me and raised an eyebrow. “You mean you weren’t your usual double-oh seven? Usually, you have ladies eating out of your hand.”
I shrugged. “Like I said, I was suspicious and on edge. If she’s on the up-and-up, I’ll go over and apologize or something.”
Miles glanced down at my hands. “Are you sure you’re good?”