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ordered and then turned to leave. He rattled off an address to me before he disappeared back inside the cafeteria.
    Still in shock, I leaned back against the lockers and tried to figure out what had just happened. He knew about the changes. How did he know that?
    Well, as much as I didn’t want to, I knew the only way to find out would be to go meet him at his house.
    I couldn’t concentrate for the rest of the day so by the time school ended, I was relieved. Cade and Blake had been scarce since I’d had my conversation with Cade. I hurried home.
    Even during my training, Gary picked up on my preoccupied mind.
    “ Everything okay?” he asked as he wiped the sweat off his face with a towel.
    “ Yeah,” I replied. I wasn’t ready to tell him about my short conversation with Cade. If he knew about it he would try to stop me from going and I couldn’t let that happen. I wanted to know, to find out why I’d experienced the changes, and for once the answer was within my grasp.
    As soon as training was over, I jogged upstairs. I tried hard to concentrate on my homework but it took me forever because I kept watching the time, wishing it would go faster.
    After I finally finished, I showered and changed. I wore dark blue jeans and a white baby-doll shirt. There was no way I was dressing up for my visit to Cade’s house, so instead of a pair of high heels, I settled for flat, black ballet pumps.
    I decided against wearing makeup because I didn’t want Cade to get the wrong idea, so I only put a little lip-gloss on.
    Gary was already seated at the kitchen table when I entered. At the sight of me, he raised an eyebrow.
    “ Where are you going tonight?” he asked as I sat down across from him.
    “ I’m going out to meet a friend,” I answered vaguely. Gary wasn’t stupid; he knew I was trying to avoid telling him, and I knew him well enough to see he wasn’t happy about it.
    When Gary had become my guardian, he’d been very protective of me and he still was, even though he wasn’t my guardian anymore.
    “ I’ll be fine,” I assured him as I got a plate of food.
    He didn’t say anything further on the subject as I sat down and ate my dinner.
    “ I’ll see you later,” I said to him as I left the kitchen once I’d finished eating. My last check of the time told me I still had half an hour, so I headed to the garage. I got into my car and programmed Cade’s address into the GPS.
    My answers weren’t far away. It would only take twenty minutes, according to the GPS, to get to Cade’s place.

CHAPTER FIVE
    Scarlett
     
    I felt a little apprehensive as I followed the GPS instructions to Cade’s house. It didn’t take long before I pulled up in front of big black gates that were connected with a ten-foot wall around the property. It kind of looked like a fortress.
    Actually, it suited his personality from the little I’d seen; he was hard, powerful and used to getting his own way.
    I looked to find some sort of intercom system, but there was none. Then I noticed a video camera on the wall. I watched it angle lower to fix on me and then the gates began to open.
    Geez, and I thought I had a thing about security. I had nothing on this guy. I drove slowly down the driveway, taking in the sight in front of me. Although it was dark, the lights along the driveway lit up the way and then my eyes fixed on the mansion in front of me.
    His house was massive, but it wasn’t unexpected. Porsches weren’t cheap. There were a few lights along the driveway and the front area of the house was well lit with a few outside lights.
    I parked in front. With my eyes still fixed on the house, I slid out of my car and closed the door. The front door opened and Cade filled the doorway.
    “ You came,” he said like he’d expected me not to show.
    “ You sound surprised,” I said dryly as I walked to the front door and stood before him. He was taller than me but I didn’t let that intimidate me as I raised my eyes to hold his gaze.