“I just rummaged through your drawers for nothing, didn’t I?” he asked.
“I’m not sure she hasn’t answered me yet.” I turned to Caity. “Well?”
Her shoulders rose and fell with her deep breath, and I knew she was making me suffer. I had a lifetime of making it up with this woman ahead of me, and I was looking forward to every minute.
“Yes.”
I smiled and kissed her again. Stepping back, I yelled, “Hey, Sal!” A moment later my boss walked in. “Good news, you won’t be waking up to me at your kitchen table. I convinced her to give me another shot.”
Caity walked down the hall and came back with a suitcase. I scrunched my brow as I looked at it.
“You’re so fuckin’ stupid.” Sal laughed. “We were getting ready to leave when you pulled up. Come on, Mac, help me grab the rest of her bags.”
I glared at Caity. “You made me do all that groveling for nothing?”
She slammed her hands on her hips. “For nothing?” she repeated, and my chest sank. She was right; I deserved it.
Mac and Sal came back down the hallway carrying a few more bags. “We’ll get some of the guys over here to move the rest in the next day or two.”
We packed Caity’s bags into her car. I couldn’t drive, but I didn’t have an issue letting her drive us back to my apartment. As long as she was coming in with me.
“Thank you, big brother.” Caity kissed him on the cheek.
“Anything for you, baby sister.” Sal hugged Caity back and turned to me. “I’m glad you finally got your head out of your ass.” He slapped me on the shoulder and walked back inside without another word.
When the elevator doors opened into the apartment, I was hoping to find my daughter waiting for me. I hadn’t seen her since before I was admitted to hospital, but I’d talked to her every day. She wouldn’t tell me where she was, only that she was safe.
“You’re thinking about Maddie, aren’t you?” Caity asked, putting her arms around me from behind.
“I want her here.”
“So do I, but I want her safe, and right now, that’s with Rurik.”
“Bullshit. She’s safe with us.” I turned around and wrapped my arms around my woman.
“It’s the Mob, Ci. We’re never truly safe. But we’re together, and when Sylvia has been dealt with, we’ll have Maddie back too.” She looked up at me. “And then, maybe we’ll finally get to meet our grandson.”
Epilogue
Caity
A few weeks later...
I had been going through these files for weeks looking for any clue as to what could be missing. Who had the other files? Sylvia had told Cian that my father was only trusted with so much.
That meant there was still a lot of information we didn’t know.
Cian popped his head into my office.
“You ready to go?”
I sighed heavily, letting my frustration out. I nodded and stood up, grabbing my purse on the way out.
“Let me tell Sal we’re leaving.”
I stood in the doorway just as Sal’s phone rang. He looked at the screen and smiled, and I wondered if it was his daughter, who I hadn’t yet met.
“Beck, calm down.”
