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away from the building before he got out of his car and stood with his butt resting on the hood.
    Ramsey saw him and made a beeline to stand in front of him.
    “How’s my brother?”
    “Get right to the point, don’t you?”
    “I don’t see any reason for beating around the bush.” The firmness in his tone surprised him. With anyone else besides his brother, Travis was more of a soft-spoken diplomat. “I did call you to go see about him.”
    “You did. And like I told you, I was already on my way to see him when you did.”
    If Travis didn’t know better, he’d swear Ramsey had a twin too from the way he seemed to be so attuned and extra sensitive to Trevor’s needs. If not a twin, maybe he had a younger brother that he was close to. “So, how is he?”
    “Okay.”
    Ramsey’s laconic reply didn’t engender Travis’ confidence, though he knew the man would never hurt his brother. He could see how much he cared about Trevor in fact. Travis decided to take a different tact. “You were up there a long time.”
    “We had some issues to iron out.”
    “Hmmm.”

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    “Look Travis, I think you know what the deal is between me and your brother. I care about him. And he cares about me.”
    “I think you more than care about each other.”
    “I can’t speak for him. I only know how I feel.”
    Travis wondered what Trevor would say if he confronted his brother about his feelings for Ramsey. Would he hem and haw around the issue the same way Ramsey was?
    He smiled at the big man’s hesitation and shyness, didn’t think Ramsey Logan found too many occasions in his life to be shy. Travis guessed love did this to a person, made him act totally out of character.
    “Look, if it’s any consolation, we just spent the better part of the last couple of hours getting rid of Trevor’s stash.”
    “Drugs?”
    Ramsey nodded, and Travis couldn’t believe he hadn’t thought of that.
    He was falling down on the job.
    “Thanks, Ramsey.”
    “You don’t need to thank me. I’m doing this for Trevor and me.”
    Travis didn’t need to ask why. He could see it in Ramsey’s soulful eyes.
    The man really did care about his brother. He felt like a large weight had been lifted off of his shoulders, one he’d been carrying by himself for the last six years without realizing it before now.
    Ramsey reached out a hand to squeeze Travis’ shoulder. “He’s going to be all right, Travis. He’s a lot stronger than either you or I think. Trust me on that.”
    Travis smiled, glad that Ramsey sounded so sure and that Trevor had truly met his match.
    Now if Ramsey stuck around longer than any of Trevor’s other friends, Travis might be able to breathe a little easier and not worry for his brother’s well-being so much.

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Chapter 7
    As soon as Ramsey reported to Zara’s for duty at eight p.m. he knew it was going to be a long night, just not how long. He punched in at the main office and was about to check in with his security staff to debrief them about last night when Quincy caught up to him at the main bar.
    “Rams, can I speak to you in private?”
    Ramsey followed Quincy back to his office, prepared to take his medicine whether he deserved it or not and he did.
    As head of security and main bouncer, it was his job to make sure that everything ran legally at the club, if not always smoothly. They’d had a few minor incidents in the past, but nothing that had gotten as far out of hand as last night. Ramsey believed in preventive maintenance and when he saw potential troublemakers, he either didn’t let them into the club or got them out of the club as soon as he realized that protocol had been breeched. And in this litigious, suit-happy climate, it was a delicate balancing act, knowing how and when to turn someone away or get someone out once they had already gained access into the club.
    He’d been in the business for five years, the head of security at Zara’s