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trudged back into the office to get himself a cup of coffee.
    Brian was already in the little room where they kept the coffee and other things, filling his own mug. When he looked at Cale , one corner of his mouth turned up in the hint of a smile.
    “I see things are moving right along with Linnea .”
    “What makes you say that?” Cale very carefully kept his voice neutral. “How do you even know anything happened?”
    Brian laughed. “You mean besides the fact the air around the two of you is so hot I was afraid I’d get burned? Or that you’ve got a goofy grin on your face? Buddy, she’s got your scent all over her.”
    Cale stared at him. “You set me up, didn’t you?” He smacked his forehead with the palm of his hand. “Of course. I should have seen it the minute I walked into that house. All that stuff about her ‘wanting her own shifter’ and ‘being fascinated’.”
    Brian grinned. “Guilty as charged. Regan and I both thought the two of you would be good together.”
    Cale poured some of the dark brew into his mug. “What would you have done if someone else had stepped up to the plate? Fixed her up with them?” The idea of someone else with Linnea suddenly filled him with a mixture of dread and anger.
    “Nope.” Brian clapped him on the shoulder. “We’d have manoeuvred it somehow. Not to worry. So am I right? Things are going good? Last night worked out okay?”
    Cale gave a sharp nod. “Yes. And that’s all I’m telling you about it. Listen, I need to call the ranch and make sure everything’s squared away with my foreman for a few days. Then I want to get started down the list of people Cathy Porter saw her last day and also talk to her friends. Is everyone still around so we can split up the names? And can you run a quick search on each of them?”
    “Yes to both questions.” Brian looked at his watch. “I spoke to Mack and Luke already this morning. They’ll be here with their wives, as well as Drew and Ann Marie. The others will call in for their marching orders.”
    “Drew will need to get back to his own ranch,” Cale pointed out.
    “They drove back down there last night. He checked in with me while I was still at home, said he’s squared away and they were starting back up.”
    Cale whistled. “That’s a lot of driving.”
    “They’re good. They’ll stay with us for a few days. Mack and Kelsey are bunking in with Luke and Sierra at the condo Luke still keeps.”
    Cale studied his friend. “This is really all for Regan, isn’t it?”
    Brian nodded. “ Linnea’s very important to her, and there’s nothing in the world I wouldn’t do for my wife.”
    “I’m beginning to understand what you mean by that. Listen, I’d like to ask you to do a deep search on Cathy Porter, see if there’s something maybe her sister—or her boyfriend, even—didn’t know about.”
    “Sure. I’d already planned on it. I don’t think you’ll find anything, but it needs to be done.”
    He headed off to his office while Cale camped out in the conference room to make his calls. By the time he’d finished, the others had arrived and they divided up the list of people to see, Cale taking the key people for himself.
    He made a detour to a mall to pick up some things he needed, not having expected to spend the night. Any night. And he wanted to have something besides jeans on his body when he called on the people Cathy worked with. He’d showered at Linnea’s , but he used the mall men’s room to shave and change clothes. It was late morning before he was ready to hit up the people on his list.
    He decided first he’d tackle Gray Fisher, the director of The Gage Foundation. He called to make sure the man was in his office.
    “Please, come right over,” the man told him, in what Cale was sure was his polished professional voice. “I should be free by the time you get here.”
    Cale was there in twenty minutes. The offices took up an entire floor in a six-story building at the