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"Me first You breathing today?"

She had to laugh "Yes"

"Good Keep doing it"

"Believe me, I intend to," she said "I have a new client for you"

"I love new clients Who is it?"

"Me"

He was quiet a et myself in trouble?"

"No trouble You knoant to turn the sunroom into a day spa What I need is an estimate to install a really plush client bed, an industrial sink, hidden speakers, a wall fountain, and a pretty oak wall cubby for storage Oh! And a soaking tub and a shower for body wraps and things like that I’ll need to kno fast you could get to it, and how much"

Jax proet back to her as soon as possible, and satisfied that she was at least on her way, Chloe headed out the back door

Their property was about an acre, and though they were off the beaten path, they backed up to the ocean It was remarkable, really, and Chloe could still feel the shock that had hit her last year when herup with Phoebe as Chloe had, she would have sworn on her own life that Phoebe didn’t have a spare dollar to her name After all, they’d lived in tents, or on friends’ couches, or even in their car for most of Chloe’s childhood Always at the ht mostly fond memories, and she’d never suffered for their distinct lack of luxury, but there’d definitely been lean tierm of resentment had found its way into Chloe’s heart She’d never ads of resentardless

Why hadn’t her mother raised her here in Lucky Harbor?

There’d been two short visits, but Chloe had been very young, too young to understood that her mother’s parents owned this place All Chloe re a real bed with a soft mattress and more food than she could eat When she’d lost her first tooth, it’d been here The tooth fairy had found her sleeping in a spare bedroom and slipped a crisp new dollar bill under her pillow After that, there’d been nomind had concluded that the tooth fairy hed at the julanced around the property and hoped like anything that she was doing the right thing, and not being influenced by long-ago childhood yearning Just because she’d felt safe here as a kid once or twice didn’t ht for her She’d always found her own security, her oay

Still, it felt right, living with the sisters she’d never really known

With her name on the deed

Granted, just last year that hadn’t ed to its eyeballs and indown on its axis

They’d fixed it up, and it was now the three sisters ed to their eyeballs, but it was home

Home

Chloe marveled at that and shook her head On the far side of the property was the ht boat slips and a s--basically a one-room warehouse It held kayaks, canoes, and various other equipment for the marina, and a small office area where Maddie usually worked the books for the B&B, when she wasn’t in the kitchen looking at wedding azines

As she walked across the yard to thewas always kept locked, with a code lock But the lock was broken, the door half open

She took a step back and peered around the corner of the building to the docks Nor boat and houseboat that had come with the inn, and the two boats that Ford kept at the dock as well

But there was nothing, no boats Heart stuttering, Chloe whipped out her cell phone

The police ca within ten e

Someone had set the boats loose

There was no real property dae beyond the broken lock on the ely relieved but still completely unnerved

"Kids," one of the cops decided

Tara shook her head "We’ve never had problems before"

"And this seereed with that, Chloe couldn’t tell by his expression, but he stayed back when the other uniforms left

"We’ll make extra drive-bys," he told her quietly "But you need to think about getting souests with a big old guard dog," Tara protested

"Safety is farabout what anyone else thinks," Sawyer told her

"You’re right, of course" Tara looked at her sisters "We’ll think about both an alar"

"We can borrow Izzy from Jax," Maddie said

"Sure," Tara said "And she can lick the next bad guy to death"

When she and Maddie left Sawyer and Chloe alone, Chloe ht of you breathing How are you feeling?"

"Fine And don’t deflect Do you think this is just a random vandalism by a kid?"

Before he could answer, his cell phone vibrated Sied over the radio He swore and looked at her

"You have to go," she said

"Chloe" He put his hand on her jaw and tilted her face up to his, his gaze searching hers

"I’ain "They need you Go"