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"I’uy If I can catch hied back to his truck and pulled out his phone as he swung up into the cab Tank’s voice s

"Hey, it’s Eli I need you to run so claims he was paid to send letters to theirls Where they live, what they do for a living, what they do for fun If we can find a connection, uy focused on the three of theear Just before he pulled out, there was a flash of ht and build, stood watching him from across the street His oversized hooded jacket obscured his face co

His head was down and he walked at a nor about hilanced in his rearview uy When he got a hunch, he alith it It had saved him more than once

However, when he pulled out into the street, the guy was gone He sped up and looked down the next street to see if he’d turned the corner

Nothing

If he told the story to anyone else, they’d likely think he was overreacting A shadowy figure watching hiet close It sounded like a thriller novel But Eli just knew He’d started so here What, he didn’t know But whatever it was, he had to be ready

He shook his head and then pulled off, driving a little faster than he would have normally He suddenly needed to be near Kay, hear her voice and see her s, but now that he did, it was er than he’d iined

A FEW HOURS later, Kay exa peasant top she’d settled on was fe she always had to think about since her "girls" tended to struggle out of ain Maybe she should have stuck with the black sweater she’d originally chosen

She turned frousted with her own indecision It wasn’t that she was nervous Well, not that much Ridley, Raina, and Mara would all be there How bad could it be? It would be a low-key, no-pressure kind of date Just dinner with a bunch ofEli wouldn’t see it that way

That afternoon, Tank had co Whatever he’d been doing must have really thrown him for a loop because he’d been distracted and distant ever since She’d told hiht out and he hadn’t questioned it, but she knew his distraction was only a te about, he’d start asking his usual questions

Kay couldn’t even begin to guess what he’d do when he realized their girl’s night out was really just an excuse for the girls to fix her up