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“Send the order.”

“And don’t agree with everything I say. That makes it worse.”

“You ever had that problem with me?”

“No,” she says, laughing. “You’ve been very dependable that way.”

She hangs up to join her meeting. I finish answering Cam, then send the gallery my confirmation for two.

Chapter 26

Giselle

Rae has sent another photograph of the rental house. This one is a kitchen with white cabinets and a window over the sink. Before I can enlarge it, a message appears beneath it.

That door goes to the backyard. Zion could let the dog out without going through the whole house.

We do not have a dog.

I show Jarrett, who is taking the last carton out of the delivery bag.

“Dog looks expensive,” he says.

“There isn’t a dog.”

“Yet.”

I put my phone down. “She hasn’t even had the interview.”

“That’s tomorrow?”

“At nine. She flew in this morning. Apparently, she had time to become a resident before checking into the hotel.”

He slides my dinner across the table. “You tell her you liked the house?”

“I haven’t decided whether I like it.”

“You looked at that kitchen longer than she probably did.”

“The cabinets look freshly painted. That can conceal things.”

“Like Charlotte being too far away?”

I take the carton he offers me. He ordered what I asked for, including the extra sauce, which makes it difficult to object to him being in my house telling the truth.

“I want her to have the opportunity,” I say.

“I believe you.”

“I would like the opportunity to be closer.”

“How close?”

“Forty-five minutes.”

“Traffic or no traffic?”

“You’re enjoying yourself.”