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to ask more questions, probe about what he meant about the scars, but on second thought, I wasn’t so sure I wanted to hear the answers.
    Voices floated down the hallway. Male voices. Maybe I could save Jeremy another visit... “Can you hold on one sec?”
    “One,” he said.
    As soon as I turned my back on him, I rolled my eyes. He was used to getting his way. How that was going to translate into dating I couldn’t be sure. I could only hope a soul mate was going to love him the way he was.
    I headed down the hallway, hoping my father had come in. I wanted to waylay him and put my plan into motion. Operation Read Jeremy’s Aura. But as soon as I stepped into the reception area, I saw Sean and his brother, Sam, sitting on the loveseat looking decidedly uncomfortable.
    “What’s wrong?” I asked, knowing immediately something was.
    Sam stood up. Intense blue eyes narrowed on me. “We need to talk to you.”
    Sean said, “It’s important.”
    In his face, searched for a hint of what was going on and saw something that made my heart clutch. It was something big .
    “I’m just about done with Jeremy Cross,” I said, “our new clie—”
    I was cut off my Jeremy’s sudden appearance in the room. “Sorry, but I really have to go. I’ll call about that appointment,” he said, rushing for the door. “It was nice to meet you, Suz.”
    He threw her a smile, and I swear she melted right there in her seat. A Suz puddle. Giving a nod to the rest of us, he disappeared out the door.
    Something about his sudden departure was bothering me as his hurried footsteps echoed on the wooden stairs. I turned to Sean. “Well, I guess I’m done with Jere—” Shock rippled as I realized what it had been that nagged me. It was what he hadn’t been carrying. “Oh no he didn’t !”
    “Didn’t what?” Sean asked.
    “No, no, no!” I cried, dashing back into my office, wobbling on my wedge heels. I slowed down a bit before one of my ankles gave way.
    “Who? What?” Suz called after me.
    I stopped in the doorway to my office and stared.
    Oh, but he had . Sitting on my conference table was the black bag.
    Two green eyes stared out at me from behind a mesh panel.
    Jeremy Cross had left Ebbie behind.
     
     
    Chapter Four
     
    I couldn’t believe he’d left her with me.
    Five minutes had passed since Jeremy walked out, and now Sam sat in my seat at the conference table in my office, Sean stared out the window, and I was still mulling over the note Jeremy had left.
    Ebbie said she needs to stay with you for a while. I’ll be in touch soon.
    That was it. No other explanation. He’d dumped and run.
    I’d asked Suz call the number we had on file for him, but it turned out we didn’t have a number—he’d never filled out that portion of the client questionnaire.
    Damn him .
    I’d tried getting in touch with Orlinda, but my call was sent straight to her voicemail.
    It looked like, for the time being, I was going to have to take Ebbie home.
    Grendel was not going to be happy.
    Currently, Ebbie sat on the table, staring at Sam. And for a second there, I wondered what it would be like to hear what she was thinking... It was an interesting ability.
    Sam drummed long fingers on the table top. “That cat is freaking me out.”
    “I think she likes you,” I said.
    Ebbie’s tail swished against the table.
    “I’m a dog person,” he said to her.
    She flicked an ear.
    Frowning, he swiveled his chair so he could look directly at me. “I know you have a lot going on, but we have a problem, Lucy, and you need to be made aware.”
    Sean’s voice was low and steady as he said, “There’s still a chance you may be wrong, Sam.”
    Sam said, “We’ve been over this.”
    I adjusted my chair so I could see the both of them. Tension pulsed through the room. The whirr of the fan blades was the only thing cutting through the silence.
    They both looked like they’d just come from a funeral. “What’s going on?”
    I’d learned only a