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my burgundy wrap coat and tied it at the waist. I grabbed my phone and opened the door.
    Cage gasped in surprise. “Hey. You’re up.”
    “Yeah, and I need to go.” I tried to push past him, but he held his ground.
    “I thought we were going to talk Revelry strategy.” He held one of two steaming cups of I guessed coffee.
    I grabbed it and took a sip, burning my tongue. “We were. We will. But I need to grab some cash and rent a room.” I set the cup on the island in the kitchen and turned to leave.
    Cage shut the door before facing me. “Why do you need to rent a room?”
    I huffed. “You don’t need to know everything.”
    He took hold of my arm. “I thought we were doing this together. Partners.”
    “Fine.” I figured I might as well tell him. Then I could get to where I needed to go. So I did.
    “You did what?” he shouted when I finished. “Why the fuck would you do that and then think it was okay not to tell me?”
    “I figured you had your hands full enough already. Did you file the paperwork for Birdy?”
    “Yes, of course I did. But Dandelion, you need to think this through. If what you said is true and she paused, then agreed to exchange information, that means she either is the killer or knows something, and that means she’ll know what you look like. She’ll probably kill you too.”
    “I’m not that easy to kill, Cage.”
    He laughed. “You think you’re stronger than Reid? What if she killed him?”
    I hadn’t really thought through my decisions. “But I have to go. She’s expecting to meet Samantha at four. I need to talk to her.”
    Cage sat on the barstool near the island. “It’s a great idea, but we need a plan and we need a disguise.”
    “ We ? It’s we now?” I leaned on the counter and took another sip of coffee. He had a point about the disguise. I had to give him that.
    “Yes, it’s we.” He grabbed my hand. “We do this together, Dandelion.”

 
     
     
    CHAPTER 7
    Katie
     
     
    Cage and I walked down Park Avenue. I wore one of Birdy’s long blond wigs and one of her barely there black dresses. On my feet were the over-the-knee boots Birdy wore the other night. I’d done my makeup heavy, the way Birdy liked me to when we went out and was chewing gum, popping it.
    “Can you chew that any louder?” Cage asked, smirking.
    To answer his question I blew a bubble and popped it next to his ear.
    “Nice.” He sounded annoyed, but it was easy to tell he wasn’t. Cage was wearing a short black wig that was Birdy’s too. It actually looked good on him, but I figured with those blue eyes and his drool-worthy face, anything would. I’d found one of Brian’s tees left in Birdy’s room. Cage wore that instead of his standard button down, and he wore his jeans and the casual tweed jacket he’d already been wearing. “You look hot, by the way.”
    I popped another bubble. “I know, darlin’.”
    He groaned. “That accent. She bought it?”
    I pretended exasperation. “Why sir, are you questioning my acting skills?”
    Cage chuckled. “I wouldn’t dream of it, madam.” He tipped an invisible hat.
    A doorman pushed open the lobby doors.
    “Thanks, darlin’.” I patted the man on the arm. He responded by giving me a strange look.
    Cage took my elbow and steered me toward the front desk. “I’ll do the talking, if you don’t mind.”
    “Fine,” I hissed.
    “Can I help you?”
    “I hope so, little lady,” Cage said in a perfectly sexy Texas drawl. He turned his body so his back was facing me and all of his attention was on the girl working the front desk. She blushed. “I’d like a room. Your finest, if you please?”
    All the blood drained from my face. We hadn’t discussed that.
    “Of course, let me have a look.” She clicked keys on the computer. “We have one suite available. It doesn’t have the best view, but it’s one of our nicer suites.”
    Cage slapped his hand on the counter. “We’ll take it.” He pulled out his wallet. “How