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Jaden’s hand. “Did you find something?”
    Jaden nodded. “I did. But this foyer is getting cramped. Are we ready to go? I wanted to hunt for an apartment and you said you knew some good buildings.”
    Opening the door to the outside, Marlon waved Cass and Julian through. “Where were you thinking, Cass? You know the apartments around here from when you helped Les move.”
    As Jaden edged between him and the glass, her breath caught. He liked that and planned to find a way to bring the reaction back over and over again. Logan gave him a soft punch to the arm. “Go for her,” he muttered under his breath. “Keep her off the streets.”
    Marlon’s ears burned. Forget the job, forget his late wife, and forget his hard luck with women. Hell yeah, he wanted to go for Jaden, but at her pace. Better to move with caution than from spur of the moment to regret.
    Cass pulled the blanket more tightly around her wriggly one-year-old child. “I thought we’d look at the Brooks Building and the Oceana, but Julian doesn’t want to cooperate.” She handed her son to Logan. “You might have a better idea, Marlon. I might have helped her look through the phonebook, but you grew up here. You know the town better than I do. What about where you live, in the Abbe Patterson Estates?”
    Putting her hands up, Jaden protested. “Absolutely not. The name sounds distinguished, but no. I met some of his neighbours and I don’t think I’d be welcome.”
    The comment rankled Marlon and he filed it away in his memory.
    With a snort, Logan wrapped his free arm around Cass. “You ran into Sabrina, I assume.”
    Cass dug her elbow into Logan’s side again. “Why don’t we go change Julian and give them some space?”
    Logan frowned. “But he’s not poopy.”
    Taking a deep breath, Cass tugged Logan’s jacket sleeve. “We’ll be over here if you need us,” she said and disappeared behind her navy truck.
    Jaden dug her hands into her hoodie pockets. “So.”
    “So…” Marlon fiddled with the paper in his hand. “I’m free until eight tonight.”
    “You have a date? I’ll bet she’s pretty.”
    Jerking his attention from his shoes to her face, he shook his head. “No date. I’m on duty.” God, would he have to admit how long it had been since he’d been on a decent date? “I know the Brooks and the Oceana. You’ll get a better deal for your money at the Oceana, but the Brooks has better security.”
    “I’ve got plenty of security, but what I don’t have is stuff to fill the apartment.”
    “Didn’t you find some furniture?”
    “Actually I did.” Jaden edged a foot away from him. “Cass gave me one of her spare beds if I want it and I found a nice little Queen Anne’s chair at the market. I’ve got my clothes, all my makeup, a duffle bag full of clothes and about twenty pairs of shoes in the trunk—but that’s it. I guess for a former celebrity, I didn’t plan well, did I? But, hey, I have shoes!”
    Most people would have brought things for survival. She’d brought shoes, lots of shoes. “What if I offer to help you move the bed and the chair and the mountain of footwear? I think I can also scrounge up a used fridge and stove if there’s room.” The more she inched away from him, the more he wanted to pull her into his arms. “And I think I like the woman you are right now better than any old celebrity.”
    “Like?” A foot from him, she paused. Crimson blossomed on her cheeks. “Thanks, but don’t you have to sleep before you go on duty?”
    Sleep? Unless he drowned himself in her kisses or watched television with his eyes closed, he didn’t sleep well. Not at night or during the day for that matter. “I got enough last night. I’ll be good. Why don’t you call Mrs Pennywood and we’ll go meet her. I think you just might like the job.”
    A smile returned to her face, brightening it in an instant. “Yeah?”
    Holding out his hand, he reached for her. “I do.”
    She laced her fingers with