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schedule but don’t worry your cute little face about that. I’ll get all caught up today.” I give him a cynical laugh before turning around and walking out the door.
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    I spent the whole day exploring Denver. Outside of two meals, the only thing I purchased was a prepaid smartphone. I spent hours at a coffee shop programming it and reading anything I could on Damian.
    Several articles stated that a few men are claimed to be dead after a raid in Tijuana went bad. One report even claims that an American DEA officer was killed, but sources aren’t clear which cartel was involved.
    Just because Damian was in Tijuana during the time of this raid doesn’t mean he was involved. Damian Paasch loves having a front row seat when someone else is being taken down. If he had any information about something going on, he’d have his ass there at a moment’s notice.
    He must have anticipated that something could go wrong. That has to be why he wrote down my escape route before he left, but why? Damian is smart, too smart for his own good, and he’d never willingly walk into something he knew might go bad, especially if he thought there would be a chance I’d be left alone.
    My anger starts to take a back seat to the pain I suddenly feel. No matter what anyone thinks, Damian is my father and I love him. It’s been over a week and a half since I’ve seen or spoken to him or his men, and that has never once happened in my twenty-one years of life.
    With a heavy heart, I leave the coffee shop and get in a cab and head back to Kate’s house. When I get to the front door, I stop. Do I knock or just walk in? Other than when I arrived, this is the first time I’ve used the front door without Kate accompanying me.
    I’m about to raise my hand to knock when I hear Kate shout something. I instantly open the door then walk in.
    I can hear Kate’s voice along with Gavin and Kiran’s but none of them has seen me.
    “I cannot believe you said that to her. Kiran, what were you thinking?” Kate hisses.
    “Babe, chill. He was only joking,” Gavin replies.
    “Did she take it as a joke? Huh, Kiran, did she?” Kate snaps back.
    I can’t hear Kiran and while the guy has acted like a jerk to me, I don’t want him to get in trouble with his friends—especially over me. I force my feet to move and I walk around the corner and into the kitchen with a huge smile on my face.
    “Hey. What’s going on?” All three of them stop and look at me as if they’ve seen a ghost.
    “Oh my God. Where have you been?” Kate says with concern dripping from her tone as she walks over and stops in front of me.
    “I went out,” I reply as smoothly as possible.
    “Out? Out where?” she questions.
    “Exploring. Denver is a beautiful city. I can’t believe all of the amazing things you can do here,” I add with another smile.
    Kate is wearing a confused look while both Gavin and Kiran are watching me like I’m guilty of something.
    “You went exploring for ten hours without telling anyone where you were going? Kiran said he thought you were going to the mall,” Kate says.
    My stomach starts to tighten at the thought that Kate already cares enough about me to worry. Other than Damian and Manuel, the only other people who’ve ever expressed concern for me have been on my father’s payroll.
    “I’m sorry. I...I didn’t think it would matter,” I whisper.
    Kate’s nose scrunches. “Of course it would matter. You’re a part of my family and in a new city all by yourself. Please, Belle...don’t take off like that again without telling someone where you’re going,” she pleads.
    “I won’t. I’m sorry,” I quickly say.
    Gavin walks up to Kate and wraps his arm around her shoulders then gives me a weak smile. “She’s back now, babe. Let’s go to bed,” he adds.
    “Okay. Goodnight, you two,” Kate says before walking off with Gavin, leaving me alone with Kiran.
    I look him directly in his blue eyes, waiting for