Chapter 33

“Brandon?” I queried when it had stretched on long enough. “What are you thinking?”

“Being that c-close, Jared and I aren’t g-g-going to w-want to be apart.” Brandon’s voice was small, like he was afraid of what I would say in response. I opened my mouth to soothe him, but before I even could, Jared’s deep voice rumbled down the line.

“I don’t suppose you’ve got security already?”

I glanced at Vincent and we held a quick conversation with our eyes. Security probably wasn’t strictly necessary, given the remoteness of the locale and how small everything was going to be, but it certainly couldn’t hurt. And if it was the only way we were going to get Brandon to sign on to the project, then we were all for it.

“Jared, would we take that up with you or Riverside Security?”

Jared snorted out a laugh. “I’ll take a leave of absence from the firm. With what you guys are trying to do, you couldn’t afford their rates.”