Chapter 27

Raina told herself it was going to be okay, that she hadn't specified exactly what kind of shopping she wanted to do, and Mateo had agreed to let her go. She was in the process of wandering the isles of Office Depot with a frowning Danny. Angela was covering the main entrance while Thomas waited in the vehicle. Mateo had put all of his best people on her. Raina was starting to realize he meant it when he said she wouldn't be going anywhere without a security detail.

"What exactly are we shopping for?" Danny asked, skepticism clear in his voice.

It was possible that Danny was under the impression she would be shopping for things like clothes, shoes, and handbags. It wasn't her fault he was making assumptions, but she supposed she should come up with some kind of explanation to give him.

"Scrapbooking supplies," she said cheerfully, tossing another cartridge of ink into her shopping cart.