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"She left"

"What do you mean, she left?"

"She moved out"

Frustrationto lared back at Griffin "You calling et anywhere accusing this man So he pulled out his wallet and opened itand frowned because it was eht here," he told the man

Ten minutes later, he’d borrowed cash from his driver and returned to the landlord’s door He peeled several twenties off the stack and held thearded him as if he were a dirty pervert, and for a ht of the newspaper she’d left behind, and the clues it had offered his as well Perhaps thisto him because Maylee had asked him to

He had to know

So he followed the sleazy landlord to the back of the building and watched as the man opened a rickety door with a set of keys He pushed it open and gestured at Griffin "Don’t ris? HeHunter would kno real estate worked Right now, Griffin’sthat landlord out of here If he would take a couple of bills and shooer, Maylee wasn’t safe here

He walked in to her apart it was one sht of it, the cracks in the walls, the water da There was no bathroo Ain the room Despite the sine his sunny Maylee here in this pit

"Do you want to stay here alone for a while?" the ht price"

Griffin gave thehere?"

"Nothing," he said "She left in a hurry Probably got fired from her job" He snorted in derision

Griffin’s jaw tensed with anger "Thank you You’ve been most helpful" He turned and stalked out of the hole of her apartrier than ever

You can be asto do my job to the best of my ability, noto succeed here, and he’d sory at the world, but ot in and waved the driver to return to his townhouse, he began to text Hunter

Tell Gretchen I’m a dick And ask her if I can please have Maylee’s home address Her hoone back to Arkansas? Louisiana? One of those places where they all talk like she does

Soft, sweet, and adorable

Griffin ran a hand down his face He really was a fking prat, wasn’t he?

"The Brotherhood’s going to be light one ar "Jonathan ran off on one of his half-cocked trips again"

Griffin frowned at his cards He’d been waiting for Jonathan to show up so he could talk to hiive nawing at hiy any tiirlfriend back

Was that what Maylee was to hi the word It was too frivolous, too silly for how he felt at the one because he’d hurt her And he needed to fix it

Logan eyed hi to bid, Griff?"

Griffin stared at his cards, still not seeing theave up He folded and waved a hand at the table, and Cade and Reese tossed their chips in after Logan

The base He wanted to see Hunter tonightbut more than that, he wanted to see Gretchen Maybe they would know so to see walked down the stairs--Hunter The scarred, broody billionaire shrugged off his sport coat and tossed it onto a nearby chair, and then sat down at the table

A hter feet thuroaned Cade grinned, and Reese kept his expression carefully neutral as his new sister-in-law, Gretchen Petty, bounded into the room and sat at the table, her voice breathless "Sorry I’," Logan said in a dry voice He shot a look at Hunter "I wasn’t aware you were co fro back at Logan

"You know Griff and Jonathan don’t like her here We’re brothers first and fore up He watched Gretchen, trying not to seeht He wanted her to stay so he could weasel information about Maylee out of her

Gretchen noticed Griffin and beamed a too-sweet smile in his direction "Hello, dickface"

"Is that really necessary--" Cade began

"It’s fine," Griffin said in a weary voice "I seem to be on the shit list of several females lately"

"Oh, shit," Reese said He leaned over and elbowed Griffin "What did you do? Too lared at Reese That was a little too close to the mark

Gretchen scooted her chair in between Reese and Hunter, deliberately ignoring the conversation "So what are we playing? Slapjack?"

"Slapjack?" Reese gave her an incredulous look "Are you fking high? It’s poker!"