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probably a good idea if they knew he’d met her. Something like that could come back and bite him in the ass later. “I’m not sure. I think it was shock. I ran into her in Las Vegas a while back and we spoke a little. Maybe it spooked her to see me at her door. All I know is one minute we were talking and the next she went down.”
    Worry lit in him again. She’d been so adamant about not going to the doctor. He should have taken her himself and not wasted as much time as he had at her house. “They’ll make sure she really goes to the hospital, right?”
    Jace and Kade both laughed, but it was Kade who spoke. “Absolutely. Sidney will insist she get checked out.” He pulled up the stool from behind the counter, sat down, and crossed his arms. Breck knew that look; it was possessive, but not in a romantic way. He’d seen the way Kade looked at Sidney, but this was more the big brother or father way. The kind that cleaned a shotgun when a man came to pick up his girl for a date.
    Breck bit back a groan, knowing this info probably wouldn’t sit well. This Kade guy was the last thing he needed. He already had enough trouble with women—he didn’t need a bodyguard coming down on him, too. He opened his mouth to put the guy’s concerns to rest, but Jace spoke first. “You met her in Vegas?”
    Damn. Him, too? The Jace he remembered wouldn’t be the one worried about the girl—Jace would be the one who needed the warning. He looked between the two men, who both eyed him. It was on the tip of his tongue to tell them to go to hell. But then he remembered he actually had slept with her after only knowing her for a few hours. They may not know it, but they had a reason to do a lot more than question him.
    “She was in town for a hospitality thing. We met and talked. If it’s any consolation, I don’t think she likes me very much.” There. Everything he said was true. He only left out a good chunk of it. Not that he should have to answer to them.
    Kade looked satisfied with that answer. Jace’s eyes studied him more, though—trying to figure him out. They’d chased a lot of women together in college. The man knew he had a reason to worry. “It’s okay, we’re good. Women are the farthest thing from my mind right now.”
    Actually, he was pretty sure he was cursed where they were concerned. And he definitely didn’t need any bad luck in his life.
    Speaking of bad luck and women, he remembered Ace. “I have to go. My cat’s in the car.” He shook his head, realizing that sounded strange.
    A group of guys walked up to the bar. When Kade went over to help them, Jace stood. “I’ll go out with you. See you later, Kade.”
    They headed for the door. Everyone else around them had on jeans and long sleeved shirts, but Jace wore a suit. Breck was somewhere between the two in slacks, a button-up shirt, but no jacket.
    They stuck out. Not that he cared about that.
    “Those are your friends?” Breck asked, which was ridiculous since it was pretty obvious. He was hoping to confirm his guess about Kade.
    “Yeah. Betsy, and Kade and Sidney. They’re getting married this summer.”
    Breck nodded, a little more pleased than he should be at that.
    Gray clouds had multiplied in the short time they were inside. He’d forgotten about how precarious Washington weather was. It would take some getting used to.
    “Looks like it might rain,” he told Jace.
    “No maybe about it. Just depends on when the sky decides to open up and give it to us.” They stopped when they reached Breck’s rental car. “How about the truth about Rowan now?”
    Damn it. He should have expected this. He and Jace had spent way too much time together in college, then law school for Jace to be fooled. “You know I don’t have to answer that question.”
    Jace crossed his arms. “You just did. Hell, Breck. Only you would travel to another state and accidentally end up staying with someone you’ve slept with.”
    “It wasn’t like that.”