She picks up the guest book and thrusts it into my hands.
“Sign out and leave.”
“Robin said Shayne could visit tomorrow,” I tell her as I open the book.
“Robin’s working tomorrow,” she says as she goes back around her desk.
“After six,” I clarify, signing out of the guest book and closing it.
“Well, any visitors will be dependent on what we find from this breach,” she tells me, as she picks up the phone that’s on her desk. “So, if you’re lying, you’d better tell me right now.”
She stares at me from that spot, and I let out a sigh.
“I’m not lying.”
“Pete’s out there,” Owen calls over to Lana. “He’s found it. There’s a hole in the fence.”
“Shit,” she mutters, as she starts punching numbers into her phone’s keypad.
I put the guest book down.
“Is the front door unlocked?” I ask, wondering if that’s the route she wants me to take to exit.
“It is,” Lana says. “A guard is outside. He’ll lead you straight to the gates.”
Her attention abruptly goes to her call, which seems to be to the local police station.
I hesitate to leave, wondering what’s actually going on now that I’ve reported it.
Owen taps my arm.
I nod and head toward the door as he opens it.
“She’ll be fine,” he assures me, when I hesitate again. “It’s not our first breach. We’ll handle it.”
He sounds certain. It isn’t much of a reassurance when I didn’t want to leave her in the first place, but I know I need to go. Lana doesn’t need an excuse to ban me from this place.
“Thanks,” I murmur as I leave the room.
The door closes behind me, and I walk by the overly cheerful secretary and out of the front door without allowing myself to stop and think twice about anything.
It’s not until I’m standing on the other side of those gilded gold gates that I feel like I’ve made a terrible mistake. I stand there for a few painful moments until the guard on the gates clears his throat, forcing me to look back at him.
He gestures to me to move along.
I stand there for a few more seconds before I make the decision to walk around the exterior of the building’s fences. The busted part will probably be fixed by the time I get around there, but suddenly it’s the only thing I can think of to do.
I head out to the left, staying close to the fence.
If someone’s out here looking to get in, I’ll find him before he gets the chance.
Chapter Sixty-Two
Harper
Spending most of the day shopping in the city was a poor substitute for visiting a new true mate, but considering the other option was staying in the hotel all day, I opted for the day out.
The second decision I made was more practical.
