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protective of Mrs. Chambers, her being like his mother, so I overlooked it.  It seemed as if he was hoping I’d say something else, but I didn’t want say something I’d regret, so I kept silent.
    He finally continued.  “I know that now, but back then I didn’t trust you, since from what I could tell, Dina Evans did not exist before four years ago, and has barely existed since then.  There was no history for a Dina Nicole Evans with your social security number before then, so I took the next logical step, and asked one of the PIs we have on retainer to do a thorough investigation.  In that time, Margie asked me to hire you, and of course I thought that it would be the best way to keep an eye on you, so I agreed.  Of course, she wouldn’t have taken a ‘no’ for an answer anyway, but you were so distant, and wouldn’t let anyone get close to you.  You still are for the most part.  I wanted to get to know you and find out why you are the way you are.”
    “So, none of this was real?”  I was hurt and offended that the only reason he was talking to me was to try to get the scoop on me, and then a thought occurred to me.  “Oh my God, please tell me that Clair and Stefan had no part in this.”  I said desperately, with tears welling up in my eyes.  I really hoped that two of the people I had let in hadn’t only been a scam on me.
    “No, Claire knew nothing about this.  I did tell Stefan.  He is a close friend, and the silent partner here, so I did tell him, but in his defense, he likes you a lot and told me to tell you what I was doing.  I was the one who didn’t listen to him.”  His eyes held the regret he was feeling.  “I’ve gotten to know you from afar because you never let me get close.  You have such a big heart.  Even before you finally befriended Claire, you defended her to some of the staff who talks about her because they don’t understand her personality.  You are loyal and trustworthy, never divulging who Stefan really is, though you weren’t told not to.  You saw that he didn’t want anyone to know, so you just treat him as another member of the staff.  I’m actually jealous of that part.”
    That confused me.  “Why would you be jealous?”
    “Because the more I saw and learned of you, the more I wanted to be your friend.  I wanted to be more than just a friend to you.  I would like to go on a date with you.”  He looked at me hopefully. “But, before you even consider that proposal, there is something else you need to know.”
    “What?”  I asked, wary of what else he’d reveal to me.
    “I know who you are, and what you are running from.  Or, I guess I should say ‘who’ you are running from.”
     
     
    Chapter 4
     
     
    I started panicking in my head.  I didn’t know what to do.  If he knew; if I were being investigated, then it would definitely get back to certain people, or I guess I should say a certain person, that I didn’t want to know.  I was thinking that I should call Doc back and tell him that I changed my mind.  “How?”
    He knew what I was asking.  “The PI I have on retainer invested in some very good software.  He’d been wanting the facial recognition software the police use, so after about four months of trying, but not finding anything, he got it.  It took a couple of days, but he found you in the DMV records of several states, and the rest you know.”  Garret got up from his chair and came around to kneel in front of me.  “I want to help you.  I don’t want you to have to run anymore.  As I told you the other day; you can keep running, but eventually, you’ll run out of places to go.  You have to make a stand, and I want to help you to do that.”
    “You don’t understand.  If you know about him, then he probably already knows where I am.  Someone told me that he took a leave of absence from the force, and he’s not in Chicago anymore.”
    He grabbed my hands, squeezing them, and looked me straight in the