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“I thought Ritchie said he was going to put a stop to all that?” Darragh asked and I could practically hear the frown in her voice

I snorted “Please He doesn’t give a shit about that He’s all talk And half the ti the sexual harassment to the waitresses”

“You should still be sleeping I know you didn’t get home until late, and then I woke you up with the phone call”

“I’ that my eyes burned Then I couldn’t fall back to sleep, so I said screw it and got up to bug you But enough aboutto help you find your father?”

“I wish I could show you this place,” she murmured in this whimsical voice

Well hell, if a sight could put a sound like that in a girl’s voice, I had to see it I pulled the phone away and connected the video chat, waiting until she finally answered A second later the video call was accepted, and I grinned as Darragh’s face popped up on the screen

“Hey, you,” I said and sat back at the table, getting coivepull of the too-bitter coffee but felt that instant caffeine hit my bloodstream “So, show me how incredible this place is”

She turned the caeous staircase She swept the phone along as clearly the front entrance of a massive home—a mansion that screaeous library, the spines of the books looking leather-bound and aged with history It hadup

Once the mini tour was done, she turned the carin widened “Where is this dude who brought you to that house that screams ‘loaded’?”

Even though her ie was pixelated, I could see her blush clearly and cocked an eyebroanting to probe for that infor this dude had her flushing fiercely

“He had to step away for a bit”

I wanted to press, but for once in my life, I kept my mouth shut She’ll tell me when she was ready