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“What’s bothering you?” I asked

Shaking his head, he said, “Nothing” He turned off the light and reached for me

I sidestepped hi”

Dane’s devilishly handsome face darkened “Now’s not really the time—”

“Now is always the tiave hie to say to hell with it all and let hiet past oered between us Not anymore That was our new reality “Spill”

His ”

“Yes” I didn’t back down

“Fine” He didn’t appear pleased that I’d diverted our intihed on hisand pointed at the photo we’d both eyed days before The one of Ethan and his father “This isn’t right”

“You don’t know that”

“True” He blew out a long breath “But you can feel it, too Even if just subconsciously Otherwise, you wouldn’t have added this printout to the puzzle”

With a shrug, I told hiles You and I both know there’s a reasonable explanation”

Dane turned away Started to pace Never a good sign

I wasn’t exactly in the fra deeper, was drained emotionally from the ordeal with Mikaela Yet when Dane and I encountered soether, neither of us could let it drop without investigating all possibilities

So I said, “If Ethan and your father were at a sue, you know they would have been introduced to each other They’d shake hands, exchange a few pleasantries, that sort of thing”

“That’d be uess”