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Jardin turned and walked back to Carrick He was torn Part of him wanted to race after her But another part wanted to deal with the issue right in front of him

Carrick

God, he’d missed him He hadn’t handled Sally’s death well He knew that He’d lashed out at the one person who’d always been there for hi as much as he had

“Aren’t you going to go after your girlfriend?” Carrick asked bitterly

“She’s not rowled

“Sorryfuck-buddy”

Jardin ground his teeth together, holding back the need to lash out Carrick was doing enough of that He turned to the oas still hovering worriedly “Emmanuel, can we borrow your private room for a moment?”

“Of course, Mr Malone”

“What if I don’t want to talk to you,” Carrick bit out, glaring down at him

Once, he’d been closer to thisat hi was, Jardin knew he deserved every bit of that hate

But Thea didn’t and he couldn’t understand why Carrick had acted the way he had It had been obvious by the end that Carrick’s relationship with Sally was messed up Or maybe it had been like that for a while and Jardin hadn’t noticed

“I get it,” Jardin told him “I wouldn’t want to speak to me either”

Carrick gave him a shocked look

“But you seem to have some misconceptions about Thea and her role in whatever you think is going on”