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patio. This wasn’t the first time he’d crashed in their pool house and he doubted it would be the last. It seemed stupid to go home and sleep for three hours just to be back first thing this morning, so he’d stayed. Abbey, Troy and Julie had told him to go home, that he didn’t have to go to the police station, but he wouldn’t consider the idea. He wanted to be with Abbey as she built the composite sketch of the suspect. Something about the way she’d described the guard at the door made his insides buzz. The words broad forehead and bushy beard stuck in his head like an old wad of gum and brought to mind a face he’d never forget.
    Abbey had sat for hours looking through mug shots last night and had come up empty, which made everyone think that the suspects didn’t have a record. The man Blake had in mind also did not have a record and the coincidence freaked him out. Logically, there was no way this was the same man who had changed his life. His brother’s life.
    But what if it was? Blake couldn’t shake the possibility. It’s why he’d decided to go into private investigation.
    Troy Mills had been instrumental in saving his family and Blake wanted to learn from him. The man had incredible instincts and had taught Blake to never ignore his gut feeling. Blake’s gut was definitely talking to him now and it was telling him to keep Abbey close.
    Closing the door quietly behind him, Blake stopped at the sight of Abbey at the black granite counter in front of the coffeemaker. It was way too early for her to be up. Wearing a form-fitting white top with thin straps and loose black sweats that draped over the sweet curve of her ass, she looked as if she’d already spent time in Troy’s home gym.
    “Good morning,” he said softly.
    “Morning.”
    He noticed the lack of good return.
    She glanced over her shoulder and he saw why. Her red-rimmed eyes had that bruised quality of someone who had a lot on her mind. A black band held back her straight hair.
    “Did you sleep at all?” He pulled a mug with a Dangerous Race logo from the overhead cabinet next to her.
    “Thanks, Blake. I know I look like crap, but did you have to say it?”
    Fuck. She always did this. Put words in his mouth and twisted what he never said. She had perfected keeping him and every other man at arm’s length. He just didn’t know why.
    “Actually, I asked because I didn’t sleep because the bed in the pool house is too soft. You, as always, look gorgeous.”
    She dropped her chin to her chest and Blake watched her struggle to hold it together.
    “Abbey…” Frustration bubbled over the edges. It ripped him up to see her so upset. He never knew what to say to her and this was a hundred times worse because he wanted to say the right thing.
    “I’m sorry,” she whispered. Then she laughed, a dry sound that carried no humor at all before turning to him. “Thank you for yesterday, for being at the Sports Center. Thank you for staying at the police station all that time too.”
    Blake shrugged. “I had to.” Her doe-eyed look gave him the opportunity to change her mood. “I had to because Troy was my ride.” He grinned and she smacked his chest, but this time a real smile lifted the corners of her spectacular lips.
    How long could a man go dreaming about a pair of lips before he actually got to kiss them? If he ever got to kiss them.
    She watched him for a few seconds with those mesmerizing green eyes before focusing back on the coffeemaker.
    Blake rarely, if ever, got any alone time with Abbey and when he did, she was quick to vacate the premises. “Ab, you know whatever happens, I’m here for you.”
    She didn’t say anything at first, as if she had to measure her answer. “I know. I just hate that you always see me at my worst.” She didn’t even glance at him and Blake zeroed in on her, shocked at her admission. It was the most serious thing she’d ever said to him.
    “Hardly. I usually see you at your best. When