I watch as he walks back toward the building. Cody wants a second chance.
Do I want to give him one?
CHAPTER7
Cody
“How’d it go?”I ask Rover the next morning when I go to Joseph’s to relieve him.
Rover yawns as he leans against my car, shaking his head. His dark hair falls over his forehead and he pushes it back with his hand. “He managed to lose me for two hours last night. He claims he met up with a woman and wanted privacy, but I don’t buy it.”
“The twitch?”
Rover laughs. “Yeah, he’s a horrible liar. But not only that, his suit still looked pressed, and not a hair on his head was out of place.”
I lean against my car. “He didn’t go to the food bank?”
“No, I thought that’s where he was going, and I let him get too far of a lead. By the time I got to the food bank, there were no cars in the lot, and all the lights were shut off.”
“Where do you think he went?”
“I don’t know, but you mentioned yesterday that he was going to solve the money problem?”
“Yeah?”
“Well, he was humming to himself this morning, so I thought he got the money last night. But then he answered a phone call and the color drained from his face. I asked him what was wrong, he said ‘nothing’. Something was definitely wrong.”
I exhale through my nose.What are you up to, Joseph?
“Oh, he tried to fire me, too.” Rover laughs again. “I reminded him that his boss hired the protection, not him. I swear, the mangrowled. I’ve never had an assignment quite like this one.”
“I’ll tell him we will no longer be protecting him,” I say.
He frowns. “Why would you do that?”
“Because I’m going to follow him today and see if I can figure out what is going on.”
I realize what I’m saying isn’t ethical. We are hired to protect clients, not investigate them. But if Joseph is bringing danger to the university, it could hurt the students and Lucy. I can’t let it go until I know it won’t affect her.
And we do owe a duty to his boss, after all.
“You are walking a dangerous line,” Rover says after a minute.
“I know.”
He claps his hand on my shoulder. “Call me if you need me.”
“Will do.”
As Rover drives away, Joseph opens the front door and steps out.
“Good morning, Cody. I’m heading to my office, so I’ll meet you at the university.”
Well, here goes nothing. “Actually, it looks like I’m no longer working on your case.”
Joseph frowns. “Oh?”
“I wanted to come by and tell you in person.”
