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Addy stepped into the cool building, one hand held above her head. Data’s nails clicked on the floor as they walked in.
“You can lower your hands,” Matt said, pulling the door closed. It whooshed, latching into place. “Bulletproof glass.” He knocked on the window in the door. “You’ll be safe here.”
Data slipped on the glossy floor, jerking Addy down with him.
Somehow, she kept her footing in this shiny, citrus-smelling hallway. Reaching down to scratch his ear as he regained his feet, she glanced around. Looked like it might have been a school once. “Tell me, Matt, who are you?”
He stepped closer and removed his cap. With the shadow off his face, he appeared older. Closer to her age than she’d thought, bright blue eyes peeked from beneath dark brows. “I’m afraid I can’t really tell you that right now. But if you’ll follow me and my men,” he said, pointing to two men behind him, “we can get down to some questions I have for you.”
Glancing behind her, she eyed her brother.
His complexion back to normal, he nodded. “What could it hurt, Addy?”
She snorted, nodding to the group. “Watch your asses. I’ll see you soon.”
Matt’s men took her friends and Mike and led them down the hall. Sunlight bounced off the waxed linoleum floor and into her eyes as she tracked them. They disappeared into a room halfway down.
She turned back to Matt.
He smiled, lines ingrained on either side of his lips like a pair of parentheses framing his mouth. He held a hand toward the room behind her. “After you.”
Addy stepped into the cool building, one hand held above her head. Data’s nails clicked on the floor as they walked in.
“You can lower your hands,” Matt said, pulling the door closed. It whooshed, latching into place. “Bulletproof glass.” He knocked on the window in the door. “You’ll be safe here.”
Data slipped on the glossy floor, jerking Addy down with him.
Somehow, she kept her footing in this shiny, citrus-smelling hallway. Reaching down to scratch his ear as he regained his feet, she glanced around. Looked like it might have been a school once. “Tell me, Matt, who are you?”
He stepped closer and removed his cap. With the shadow off his face, he appeared older. Closer to her age than she’d thought, bright blue eyes peeked from beneath dark brows. “I’m afraid I can’t really tell you that right now. But if you’ll follow me and my men,” he said, pointing to two men behind him, “we can get down to some questions I have for you.”
Glancing behind her, she eyed her brother.
His complexion back to normal, he nodded. “What could it hurt, Addy?”
She snorted, nodding to the group. “Watch your asses. I’ll see you soon.”
Matt’s men took her friends and Mike and led them down the hall. Sunlight bounced off the waxed linoleum floor and into her eyes as she tracked them. They disappeared into a room halfway down.
She turned back to Matt.
He smiled, lines ingrained on either side of his lips like a pair of parentheses framing his mouth. He held a hand toward the room behind her. “After you.”
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