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“My butterfly escaped again, Dirken I need you to get her back” He knew he sounded pathetic and of course it was the drugs taking over Dirken was the only one he allowed to see him like this, besides Olivia She knew the real man and she'd rejected that man She would suffer for what she did to hiain

Dirken circled the desk and picked up the monitor and picture of Olivia At one tiuy He stared up at Dirken, willing hie and he had classic Italian looks He'd been working as a stuntman when Ethan found him Of course Olivia would be attracted to hiht about the two of theht now he couldn't remember

Dirken loo her hoo and this time I’ll be more careful not to alert her We’ll have her back soon”

Ethan reached for the photo and stared at it er down her face and pricked hie He stared in fascination as blood welled on the tip of his finger then ran down the side She caused this Shebut he was beginning to think more clearly “I tapped into the security cameras There was another woman who sneaked in and talked to Olivia I don’t knoho she was but I’ll figure it out eventually Her face was hidden by a hood There was also the senator's aide I kneas trouble I knew Olivia was lying when she said heto her I've already taken steps with hi the little weasel” He shared Dirken's knowing smile That's what happened when you messed with Ethan's woman “Since then I’ve tracked her to six different places She’s very predictable, usually But this ti me some trouble”

“But you have new leads?” Dirken asked, peering over Ethan's shoulder at the couy was a moron The screen was blank because he had to reboot the system Did Dirken think he could stare at the black ically appear? Maybe he did The answers always caic happen

“I don't know yet but I' close I have a few hunches I need to check Soon she'll be back where she belongs and I'll ain”

FOUR

Olivia stood outside theif she planned to stay in Colorado She liked Denver The mountains cast a beautiful backdrop to the city and soon snoould blanket everything It was a big change from California If only her career options were bette

r, she thought with a sigh

Thank goodness the work day was over

The hours seemed to creep by as she sprayed people with perfurances Herto solve the problem of what to do with Paul Justice She never reached a solution because her ed on how attractive he was It was stupid really She’d never had silly crushes, even as a teen And now she washer Talk about ht up with her yet, but she had only been in Denver a little over a week She knew her fake ID would slow him down This wasn’t the first one she’d had but it was the best one The first one was done by an industrious teen in his parents’ basement She’d learned quickly that Ethan could track a bad ID faster than it took the ink to dry on her new driver’s license This ID wasside of the law She’d been so iht a second ID to help with the next s She hoped Paul never asked to see her license She needed to stop drooling over the guy before he learned how much she’d falsified – her name, her social security number, her driver’s license She had a fake birth certificate too Being an ex-cop, she was sure he would recognize the lies and she didn’t need a trip to the police station Telling the truth, even to the police, would bring Ethan down on her head in a matter of hours All they had to do was type her naht Not even Paul and all his police force friends could protect her once Ethan realized where she’d hidden

She heard Paul’s loud truck before he pulled into theblack beast luh the lot then come to a stop a few feet away froer door Paul hopped out and circled around to her

His boyish grin ood day? Wow, you sreat” He jerked open the door then quickly scooped her up Rather than depositing her in the seat quickly, this tiainst his chest a few seconds

“Paul?” She eyed hily as a slow sexy smile curved his lips She sucked in her breath

“Can you blao” He set her carefully in the seat like she was a fragile doll then tugged on the seatbelt so she would fasten it She watched him circle to the driver’s side and climb in If she wasn’t careful, Paul would worle protest froet the bus schedules,on him