“Good. That’s all, Leo. Dismissed.”
“Thank you, Mr. Markos.”
I hear the office door open and close again. The other door swings open seconds later.
I look up as Kev’s head appears in the opening. He looks amused. “Wow. Ihonestlythought you’d come jumping through the door to defend him when I went after him.”
That is close to the truth. I stand. “You told me to stay.”
“I know I did, but I went pretty damn hard on him.”
Something hits me. “You did that on purpose.”
He smirks. “Duh. Something needs to shake you two up. So whenareyou talking?”
“I’m still…sorting things out. I need to have a long talk with Elliot this weekend, but he’s got campaign events all day tomorrow. I won’t do this to Elliot right before he’s going to be in public.”
“Smart.” Kev sighs. “Please, try to have this talk soon, all right? Leo’s been miserable since you left. Today’s the first day I’ve seen him actually smile in months. He was so fucking snarly on the trip, I was about to send him home early.”
I feel guilty. That’s interfering with Leo’s work, which is just as bad as anything he does to interfere with mine. “Sorry.”
“Not your fault.”
“Kinda is. He was worried about me. He didn’t know where I was.”
Kev eyes me, then it sinks in. “He thought something happened to you. That’s why Elliot asked me to keep your return quiet.”
I nod. “Elliot told me it was possible Leo had installed a tracking app on my phone.”
“And you turned it off before you flew to DC?”
“In Tallahassee, yeah. I didn’t turn it back on until late last night.”
Kev smirks. “That’ll teach Leo not to be sneaky with his pet.”
“I’m not sure I’m still his pet.”
Now Kev laughs. “Oh, you’redefinitelystill his pet. The only question is whether or not you stillwantto be.”
