“She never really got over the guilt of keeping you a secret.” Linda said softly, sniffling. “She was trying to think of a way to blend the two best parts of her life.”

I cursed, that about did me end right there, and looked up at the lights, blinking. That little brat. 

BoBo stepped into the office. His look said he wanted to say something but wasn’t sure with mixed company. He knew as well as I did how private Fiona was. I nodded my permission and set the picture back in its spot. 

“Sir, could this be related to Randy?”

My eyebrows slowly lowered. I hadn’t thought about the why yet. I was mostly stuck on the where. I started to pull my phone back out of my pocket, but BoBo spoke again, making that unnecessary.

“Keith already has someone looking for him.”

“Who is Randy?” The Senior Partner asked.

“Her brother. He’s a degenerate gambler. Fiona has done her best to keep him at arm’s length from her life. But she loves him and has bailed him out one too many times. It’s how we met, actually.”

He hummed, not looking pleased at all. 

“Who her brother has turned out to be is not her fault. She has done everything she could to keep her work and personal life separate. Her own brother doesn’t even know where she lives or works. They meet in a mutual location. I didn’t even know where she worked until her best friend brought me the message from Linda. I’m very curious to know how Ivan figured it out.”

“I got it!” Chris shouted. “She has a lot of security on her computer, but I got in. I have a feeling she did that on purpose though.”

I rushed over to him. “Can you access her history?”

“Don’t need to. She left it all open.” He turned the computer around in his hands to show me. “That man doesn’t look like he is sleeping in a stock room.” He added in a horrified whisper.

“That’s because that is a warehouse, and he is tied up. That is also her brother. They planted that video footage for her. They were subtly telling her they had him. Any chance you can backtrace that to find her?”

Chris shook his head sadly. “No. That was always Fiona’s side of things when she worked for me. At least on people who cover up this deeply.”

“I can.” A new voice said from the door. I breathed a sigh of relief when I saw him standing next to BoBo. “I heard through the grapevine that you might need me. Thankfully, I was already downtown seeing a play. I’ve been studying everything Fiona did to our system. She keeps adding things too, like she is teaching me.”

“What? She still has access? Why didn’t you tell me?” Chris and I moved so Jorge could take the laptop.

He shrugged. “She was helping me secure your interests better. I thought that was a good thing. And her tricks are very intriguing. I can’t wait to finally meet her.” He took his eyes off the computer, where his fingers were still flying over the keyboard. “I do finally get to meet her, right? Now that you basically announced your relationship to the world?”

I huffed a small laugh. Jorge was still besotted with her. If not more now. “Yes, as soon as we bring her home.”

Chapter 12

Fiona

“Where is Randy?” I demanded, the moment we were driving on the road.

“He is safe. For now.” Ivan sat across from me in their… limo?

I wasn’t really sure what it was. It had extra seats in the back, but it wasn’t all that long. From the outside it kind of looked like a regular town car, just a bit longer.

“What did you do to him?”