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"Would you like me to come in with you, Miss Hathaway?" The depth of Clay’s voice startled ood idea Just wait here I shouldn’t be long"

I walked up to the front door, steeling myself for an aard visit with the Cooper boys’it again with no answer, I knocked loudly on the off chance the doorbell was broken

Finally the door opened, and beforeblack hair that fell over his eyes He was ghostly pale and not ht, but I kept my composure

"Is Ms Cooper home?"

"What do you want?"

"It’s a private matter Would you mind if I ca away fro it open forarea Every curtain was closed Only the persistent sun peeking through the edges of the blinds lit the rooeneral clutter, the house see man made a half turn toward a hallway at the end of the roo to stare at me

"What did you say your na ain "You must be Trevor"

His eyes narrowed "Who are you?"

"Erica Hathaway You know, the one whose business you’re trying to destroy?" I had no proof that he had any such intention, but he was the best lead I had, and if he was involved, I probably wouldn’t be getting very far with a polite line of questioning "But I have a feeling it’s not riround Worst-case scenario, I was pretty confident I could hold my own Plus, I had Clay I held up my hand to stop him

"Not so fast We need to talk"

He stopped short in front of ritted teeth

I laughed, genuinely amused by the threat "Go ahead I’m sure they’d be very interested in the contents of your co my site for weeks and you’ve made no demands"

"What site?"

I frowned at his question "Clozpin"

The corner of his mouth lifted in a satisfied smirk that solidified my suspicions That little shit I’d had no intention of co our site, but now that I was, anger rushed over er able to control otiator ever

His smile disappeared, replaced by a haunted seriousness

"Tell Landon I want o fro to Brian’s ht beyond that

"You need to make peace hat happened," I said in a more controlled tone