Chapter 4

“So he didn’t give you any details beyond that? Where is his apartment?”

Derek held out a single key. “I figured you’d want to take a look through it. But I’ll warn you, the place is a fire hazard. I don’t think he’s thrown away a single thing he started.”

Gideon rolled his eyes. “Oh, great. More books.”

“You can stay here if you want. Unless you want to supervise from the hallway.”

“No, I’ll stay here. Someone’s got to be around when Dominique gets home from school.”

Derek had a visibly hard time suppressing his grin. “I never thought I’d see the day when the great Gideon Keel was relegated to babysitting. If I wasn’t on duty, I’d stick around just to watch.”

Gideon leveled an unamused stare at him. “After what you interrupted earlier? You don’t want to be alone with me, Derek.”