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Kenny didn’t blink “How urgent is it?”

“Major deal”

“A good hookup and can’t find her nurinned He had no idea how close he was to the truth

“So like that,” Jett remarked dryly as he retrieved a brown Manila envelope fro you need to know about her And there’s soet me”

Kenny’s brow shot up as he flicked through the envelope and Brooke’s details His stare re face with her wavy hair spread across the pillow like a halo The picture had been taken with Jett’s cellphone in his luxurious Manhattan apartether Jett had been sitting in the chair opposite from the four-poster bed, torn whether to spill his secret because she had opened up to hi him about her painful past and why she didn’t want a relationship He felt he owed her the truth, but in the end he decided not to spoil thehe knew they had a fight, and she was gone

Missing without a trail And he never had the opportunity to explain things

“Hey, you still withhim “Why did she leave?”

“I dunno Ask lasses He swigged down the golden liquid in one gulp while Kenny stared at his, leaving it untouched this time The whiskey burned down Jett’s throat and probably messed with his brain The beauty of oblivion If he couldn’t find her, then that was the state he was ai for

Kenny just shook his head and pointed at the now closed envelope, his look devoid of e what he thought It was the reason why he stayed out of trouble—unlike Jett

“Yeah”

“When did you last see her?”

“Twenty-four hours ago”

Kenny’s pretend frown barely hid the beginning of a sarcastic grin “That’s a really long time”

Jett knehat he sounded like Desperate But it didn’t matter

“I’ even He didn’t like it when people made fun of him “I need to find her You have a problem with that?”

“Jesus What happened to you, man?”

“I fking messed up I fked up I wouldn’t have called you if it wasn’t important”

Kenny leaned back He didn’t seem in the least bothered by Jett’s outburst—they had reher shit than that

“Do you have any idea where she could be? Friends? Family? An ex or a secret boyfriend?” Kenny asked

If I did I wouldn’t be here wasting my time with you, would I?

“I was the secret boyfriend” Jett’s hand shot through his dark hair as he tried to cal out at the people around him They weren’t to blame

“I tried calling her mother who didn’t seem particularly worried, but claione with her, so I can only assume they both took a road trip The detective and his team called every hotel in the state of New York” Jett frowned at the memory He was no professional, but even he kneoman and her best friend would move out of their cozy apart precious hours “I can only assu with her friend’s family”

“Your guy checked credit card companies?”

Jett nodded “Last tirocery store across fro”

“What can you tell me about her friend?”

Jett shook his head gri about her Only that her phone’s switched off, too”

Kenny nodded and for a an to beat a h whether it was froh his blood or from the seriousness of the situation, he couldn’t tell

“Maybe she’s left the country” Kenny eventually resumed the conversation

Jett had thought about it and discarded the option quickly “How could she have paid for it without her credit card? I need you to dig deeper than that” He looked down at Kenny who remained silent, his displeasure clearly visible in the frown line on his forehead