Chapter 17

I went up the outside stairs to his unit and hesitated at the door. Should I knock or try my key? Since Mace was a cop and not expecting me, just bursting in was probably not a good idea.

I knocked.

After a few minutes, Mace opened the door, wearing only his jeans, and his hair stood on end. And then I got it. The reason why.

Behind him down the hall, another guy struggled into clothes. And I was pretty sure it was his partner, Yanni.

“Julian!” Mace exclaimed, clearly too gobsmacked to say much of anything else.

Yanni finished dressing and dashed forward, wide-eyed and looking at Mace for some sort of clue on how to behave. That clue didn’t come because finally Yanni turned to me.

“Um. I’m just…I’m going to get out of here.”

I stepped aside to let him out of the apartment, feeling rather numb myself. I watched him run down the stairs.

“Come in,” Mace said.

I stepped inside and Mace closed the door.

“That was…”