Grant sighed.“I know.”He saw the server approaching and pasted a smile on his face.
Kiernan picked up on his body language and mimicked his expression.
“Your third had to go?”she asked.
Grant nodded.“He did.I’ll take the check when you have it for me.”
“No dessert for you two?”
“Not today, thank you.”
“All right.All set then.I hope everything was good.”
“Amazing.Thank you.”Grant put his credit card in the folder for her, smiling when she tucked it in her apron and carried away their empty plates.
“You can’t be seriously thinking about this,” Kiernan hissed.
“I’m thinking about our future.About us being able to disappear and be done with all the bullshit.That’s what I’m thinking about.”
“There has to be another way,” Kiernan said.
Grant shook his head.“And if there’s not?”
Kiernan held his breath, holding Grant’s gaze.
Grant exhaled roughly.“We’ll figure it out, brother.For now, let’s get the hell out of here.”Grant thanked the server and pocketed his card.He gave her a big tip and signed the receipt, then stood.
Kiernan stood with him, leading the way to the door, pausing to hold it for Grant.Outside, they walked side-by-side to the waiting car, both men lost in their thoughts.
“Oh my God,”Harmony breathed, watching the two men from the window.
“What?”Damien asked.
“That’s… No.There’s no way.”
“What?Are you okay?You’re white as a sheet.”
“That was the man who broke into my apartment.”She pointed toward the two men walking to the SUV outside.
“Are you sure?”
She nodded, unable to tear her gaze from him.“I’m positive.”
“Which means he’s also one of the men you saw breaking into Pickens Systems Inc.”
“And he was just getting into a car with Grant Pickens.”
“That makes no sense.”
“It doesn’t, but they were.And to make it even more confusing, I think they might be related.”
“What?”
Nineteen
Damien toldtheir server they had to go, then dragged Harmony out of the restaurant.He didn’t know what it all meant, but he knew they were wrong about Grant Pickens.The man was not squeaky clean like they thought.
That or he had no idea who he was spending his time with.
