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up close, her hands holding mine she put a finger under my chin and lifted it. “Whether it was fate or just blind luck that brought you here, I don’t know. But whatever it was, we are more than happy to have you with us.”
    She stood up and kissed me on the top of my head just as Chase walked in. I looked up at Chase and knew he had heard everything. We stared at one another for a minute as he sat down. “Morning, Slugger. How’s the hand?”
    “Just fine.” I quickly wiped the tears from my face.
    Molly set a pitcher of orange juice on the table, “Now both of you sit right there. I’m going to fix some breakfast.”
    Chase got a glass and poured himself some juice before sitting down to stretch his long legs out. “Molly, a man would be a fool to turn away one of your breakfasts. My mama didn’t raise no fools.”
    Molly snorted and continued doing whatever she did in the kitchen. I have no clue what goes on in a kitchen except that food generally comes from one and I like to eat. Since I can’t even boil water, then so much the better that someone else is in charge of the kitchen.
    Chase sat back and looked at me. “Laney, I’d like to offer you a job.”
    “I have a job.”
    “Yes, you do. I’m sure Tommy appreciates you doing it, too. But I am prepared to offer you a better job.”
    “At the risk of repeating myself, sir, I have a job.”
    “Yes, I know that. I am also sure that you might like this job better.”
    “How so?”
    “Well I was going to bring up the money angle.” He put his hand up to stop my comment. “But I’m betting that money is an issue for you. I was then going to bring up the adventure angle. Wait.” His hand went up again and I sat back impatiently.
    “And after last night you might not be so keen on adventure. So let’s talk about helping people.”
    “Okay. Go ahead and talk about it.” Pretending to not be interested but knowing full well he had my attention.
    “Woo Security is in the business of helping people. From point A, when someone is in need of protection in one form or another, to point Z, when we’ve provided that protection and we’re no longer a physical presence, or our security systems are in place, we are helping people. Helping people feel safe and secure. It’s an important job and unless I miss my guess, and I rarely do, you would be good at it. You have a good eye for reading people and situations. You know how to handle yourself. Those are the qualities I want in the company.” Chase sat back and drank more juice and waited for my response.
    “But I have a job and I don’t think it would be fair to Tommy to just cut out on it.”
    Tommy chose this moment to walk in. “Cut out on what?” He asked, bending down to kiss his wife.
    “Chase has just offered me a job.” Tommy looked at me, and then his wife, and finally at Chase.
    “No.” Tommy said bluntly and sat down.
    “Thank you, Molly.” Chase said, as a plate of food was set before him, “Tommy, I don’t think it’s your decision.”
    “No.” was all Tommy said again. I watched the undercurrents between Chase and Tommy. Something was definitely not being said here. Well, far be it from me to let sleeping dogs lie.
    “Why no? I mean I’m sure I could keep working … ”
    “No.” Tommy didn’t even let me finish speaking.
    “Sir, I think I would like a bit more of an answer than that.” I was going to push this envelope open no matter what.
    “Damn it, Chase.” Tommy turned and looked at me, “Did he tell you what happened to Mason, her first month on the job? I bet not. It took twenty stitches to close the knife wound on her arm. How about Tim Woo himself, getting shot at. Did he tell you about that?”
    Chase buttered some toast while Tommy ranted. Molly continued to put food on plates and hand them out, then pushed Tommy into a chair.
    “No, Tommy, I didn’t tell her that,” Chase said calmly. “But if I was to tell her that, then I would have to follow it up