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to be doing well.”
    “It is.” He tapped the steering wheel in time with the music on the radio. “You in love with that Fed?”
    “Yeah.”
    “You always did have shitty taste in guys.”
    “You included?”
    “I’m the one exception.”
    I laughed, but it wasn’t very convincing. “Sure you are.”
    “Why’d you keep it?”
    His question caught me by the throat. “What?”
    “The tattoo.”
    I hitched a shoulder, trying to hide my overreaction. “I didn’t want to forget.”
    And that was the God’s honest truth. I didn’t ever want to forget the catalyst that had made me finally wake the fuck up and leave Sergei. The sound of the shots. The look on my best friend Bea’s face when the bullet hit her square in the chest. The bullet that had been meant for Sergei. I would’ve been standing next to him, but I’d gone back to the car to get something, leaving Bea to take the bullet for me.
    “Why did you keep your tattoo?” I asked.
    “Wouldn’t have mattered if I removed it. Can’t erase memories with a laser.”
    “No. You can’t.”
    “Do you ever wonder…?” He shook his head. “Never mind. It doesn’t matter.”
    “No. I don’t. The dreams are bad enough.”
    “Yeah.”
    I glanced over at him. He dreamed too?
    “I was there, myshka ,” he said quietly. “I was there.”
    Turning away, I hid the tears that suddenly sprang up out of nowhere. I hated to cry. Especially about things I couldn’t change.
    He reached over and clasped my hand. It had been so long since we’d touched. I’d almost forgotten how it felt. It was more than ironic that I should find comfort from the person who’d caused so much of my pain. Maybe he wasn’t the only one with unresolved feelings.
    Fucking Kostya and his fucking romance novels.
    We drove in silence the rest of the way. I was afraid anything I thought to say would just lead us back to the thing neither one of us wanted to talk about. So I kept conversation to turn-by-turn directions. He never let go of my hand.
    After what felt like forever, but was really a little over two hours, we pulled into Coos Bay. I’d forgotten what a picturesque town it was. If I had been with anyone else for any other reason I would’ve wanted to take a walk on the boardwalk and watch the sunset. But I wasn’t here to enjoy myself. I was here to find my brother.
    I directed Sergei to the Sunset Bay State Park. The sun lay low in the sky, dipping its bottom edge into the Pacific Ocean and sending out fragile pinks, oranges and yellows across the water. I wished Super Agent were here to see this. We hadn’t even taken a vacation together yet. This felt a lot like cheating on him for some reason, making me more uncomfortable than ever.
    I slid my hand from Sergei’s, disguising the gesture by pointing out the campground office. “Let’s find out which cabin he’s in.”
    We climbed out of the car and headed toward the entrance. When we got inside, a young woman greeted us with a chirpy hello. I hung back and let Sergei handle this. Back in the day when we’d run cons of our own, we had a deal that I would handle the men and he’d handle the ladies. It seemed that part of our past wasn’t so past tense.
    Sergei leaned on the counter, amping up his megawatt smile and his accent. “Hi. I’m Sergei. My sister Maggie and I are hoping you can help us. We’re looking for our brother, Michael Cast. He wanted us to come up and hang out, but he’s not answering his cell and he didn’t tell us which cabin he was in.”
    “Oh.” She blushed. “I’m not really supposed to give that kind of information out.”
    Sergei leaned a little closer and lowered his voice. “I wouldn’t want to get you in any trouble.”
    “I’d help you if I could.”
    “I know you would. We’ll just keep trying his cell.” He started to go and then turned back around, cranking up the charm to blinding. “If I leave without saying anything I know I’ll regret it later so… You’re