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I leaned back and waited for him to finish his call. He listened to whoever was on the line, nodding and not saying anything.

“Yeah, tomorrow.” Pocketing his phone, he moved closer to me, his eyes taking me all in.

“You look hot in all of that.”

“No, I’m fine.” I waved my hand in the air.

He threw his head back and laughed. A deep throaty sound, his face completely relaxed.

“No,” he said, trying to catch his breath. “I meant, you look h-o-t. You know, sexy.”

“Ahhh.” I looked away, heat rising in my cheeks as he watched me.

“I love it when you blush.” He reached up and swiped a piece of hair off my face, tucking it behind my ear.

I didn’t, I hated blushing. He always made my body go haywire when he was around. I felt like I had no control over it.

“Mama!”

“I…I’ve gotta go,” I stammered.

“Uh huh.” He leaned forward, pressing his lips against mine in a quick, gentle kiss. “I’ll be out when you get back.”

“Okay.” I cleared my throat. I loved how he always did that. He wouldn’t go off the compound without telling me.

Picking up my camera, I walked to the door and turned back to him asking, “I’ll see you later?”

“Yeah.” He winked. “Oh and sweetheart?”

“Hmm?”

“Good thinking on always being prepared, you never know what could happen.” His face turned serious, something concealed in the shadows of his eyes.

Swallowing, I nodded and pushed through the door.

I walked through the living room and watched out of the window as and Eli got into the car. They’d become my whole world in such a short amount of time, and I constantly feared that they would be taken from me. I couldn’t cope with any more losses.

That’s why I had a tracker put on both of them. Eli had one in his school bag, one in the sole of his shoes and one sown into his coat. Kay’s was in the sole of her boots and in her vest. It wasn’t that I wanted to control them or make sure I knew where they were, it was for their own safety.

If anything ever happened, I knew that I could always find them.

Grabbing my own belt, I clipped it on and picked up my vest. Today I was watching Daley and Serena. Evan had found out that they had a business meeting at the hotel she was staying at, but we didn’t know what room it was being held in so Evan had hacked into the whole system.

“Boss?” I lifted my head as Evan came through the front door, tablet in hand.

“Yeah?” I said, picking my keys up.

“I’ve set it all up. Whichever one they have it in, if you click on the little icon, it will make it full screen.” He pointed at the tablet, tapping the screen to show me.

“Got it,” I said, taking the tablet from him and walking out the door.

“You need to be within a mile radius to pick up the signal,” he continued, following me out and shutting the door behind him.

“Okay.” Walking over to my truck, I pressed the button on my key fob, all the lights flashing. “Meeting, when I get back,” I told him.

“Sure,” he said, waiting until I was in the car.

“Keep digging.”