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“You can hate me tomorrow.” I look him dead in the eye. “Right now, I need to save my girl.”
For one long second, Arthur just stares at me. “Well, then what the hell are we standing around for?” His jaw hardens. “If that girl’s in trouble, I’m going with you.”
I barely register what he just said.
We both rush out of the office.
I make two more calls. One to Dorian to see if he can try to track Piper.
The other to the police.
Chapter Thirty-Two
PIPER
The car pulls up outside a converted warehouse complex in Brooklyn with sleek black-framed windows and warm light spilling from the riverside bistro on the ground floor.
I’m safe. I repeat the words in my head.
I’m safe.
I’m just meeting with a client.
And I’m with two bodyguards.
At that thought, I drag in a breath and open the car door.
The guards get out with me, and we walk toward the building.
I’m supposed to be meeting my client in a café by the river.
The guards don’t say a word; they just follow beside me. I like the silence. I don’t feel like talking.
I’ve seen people with bodyguards. I always thought it looked excessive and so over the top.
Having my own now for the situation I’m in, I see it’s not.
It almost feels like two hulking guards isn’t enough to keep me safe.
I didn’t exactly want to come out tonight. It’s late, but I couldn’t turn down the sweet older lady who called me raving about my website.
And she said Ellie Mae sent her.
There was definitely no way I could say no to her when I heard that.
She said she heard I was leaving for England on Sunday and really wanted to meet with me in person. She, too, is traveling tomorrow. So, we had to meet now or months later when I’m back.
Her name is Alice, and she has a pretty Southern drawl like Ellie Mae.
Apart from Ellie Mae, this is my first client meeting.
It’s one good thing in the chaos Reece has created.
After the fight at the office the other day, I didn’t know what to think or do.
I kept seeing the whole thing and feeling sick to my stomach when I remembered everything Reece said.
That was the first I’d seen him since the trial. It felt like being dosed with acid.
