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Chapter One

Shae

I never liked sushi The very thought of itin the as A restaurant so exclusive it had a sign in Japanese Not that this — or the fact it was in a state more than five-hundredup in crowds I was genuinely shocked at how long I was able to hold my breath to not smell the fishy odors

The things I did for my cousin Aden He was lucky he was my favorite family member

Sushi in hand, I stopped in at the best bakery in the west, getting four caramel eclairs Not for o These treats were ht call it bribery, but I preferred to think of it as encourageer seat of et

The security guard at the Sure Thing Graphics building barely looked up as I walked past his desk There were advantages to being the cousin of the top euards were pulling twelve hours shifts who ht Mainly since I started hanging about so as, despite my hours at the hospital

The elevator let out its happy little ding as I stepped off into the small area that was the cubicle farm that ht happen in the case of a fire when the elevators were out Callas a nurse, I had seen some pretty serious stuff and was always ready for the worst-case scenario Drove ht they were also still all alive at last count, so I called it a win

“Workin’ hard?” I asked with a s up to Camilla’s desk My new best friend and ed Carown extremely close

“Hardly workin’, it’sreceptionist flipped her long brown hair over her shoulder and rolled her chair back some

“The Norse king of gods?” I asked, surprised by the evocation

“I like to hedge my bets,” Camilla said with a wink She rubbed her hands over her small, taut baby bump

“How’sof longing I really wanted a baby of my own