“And you think McNally set it?”
“We don’t think he actually set it himself, he’d be too smart for that, but yeah, we think it’s highly possible he was behind it.”
“That’s awful.” She peers between the two of us. “I can tell you I haven’t seen anything like that. I’d have said something. I promised Micah. I don’t know what you want me to do…”
“We wondered if maybe you had access to his emails or text messages. Maybe even computer files.”
She switches her gaze to Davis quickly. “I can’t. You know I need this job, Davis.”
“We don’t want you to jeopardize anything,” he says, assuring her. He reaches out to put his hand on her arm but places it on the table instead. “We thought if you felt comfortable doing something without getting yourself in trouble that you could try.”
“Please,” I implore her. “If he was the reason behind the fire, then it means he wouldn’t hesitate to hurt others, too. We can’t have that.”
“He’s a sick bastard,” she says. “He had me write up the apology email to the team and players about the talk show. He wasn’t sorry at all for what he put Miss Raeann through. He was madder that the whole team sided with Micah. He threatens a lot. But as far as I can tell, he’s never gone through with any of it.”
“Threatens?”
“You know, like ‘He’ll get theirs,’ or ‘Assholes deserve to be taught a lesson.’ Vague stuff.”
“Clearly he doesn’t like people crossing him.”
“Clearly,” she states. She peers toward Davis, and their exchange of looks says something I’m not privy to. “I don’t know what I could find out, and if I’m caught…”
“We don’t want you to put yourself in a position where you get caught,” I tell her. “We only wondered, if you happened to find an opportunity, maybe you could look at a few things.”
She blows out a breath, staring at the table. She takes a few moments to answer, then says, “Sure. But I can’t promise anything.”
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Levi grips my hand, squeezing. I squeeze back when the nurse inserts my IV. “You’re okay,” he says. Luckily, the nurse makes quick work of it, and I let out a big sigh when it’s done.
She leaves me and Levi alone. He’s been sitting in the chair next to my hospital bed since this morning. He even got excused to miss the flight to the next game. He’ll follow them when I’m out of surgery, but only because I made him promise to go.
“Look how strong you are,” he says, moving my bangs off my forehead.
Being in the hospital doesn’t make me feel strong at all. It reinforces the fact that something big happened to me, something irrevocable. “If it was McNally, I hope you make him pay.”
“Oh, he will. Don’t you worry. The guys are on it.”
I give him a small smile, and a shiver runs up my spine. He pulls the covers up for me then grabs my hand again.
A few days ago, I confronted him about keeping secrets, and he came clean about everything that was going on. Nala, the team, what happened to that poor girl who was on his dating show, and the fact that the police are currently investigating the fire along with the fire inspector.
From what we can tell, McNally hasn’t been interviewed yet, but I have, along with Raeann. Then afterward, they spoke with Micah. I just told them the truth. I had no idea who’d done it. But when it came to Raeann, they asked her if she had any idea of anyone who would want to hurt her, and she had to tell them the whole story with the morning show again. She pointed out the entire thing was on her social media, in detail, to provide proof. She shook while she relayed the information, but Micah and Athena were right by her side.
“Hey, I’ve been wanting to ask you,” Levi says. “I’ve been working on a little something.”
“What’s that?”
“How would you feel about moving in with me after the surgery?”
“Wait, what?” I ask, stomach tugging. “You want me to move in with you?”
“I’ve wanted you to move in since I climbed back down that fire escape the first time. Too much work.”
He grins, and it warms my belly.
