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you thought he was into something that was stressing him out. But it wasn’t the affair. He knew he had that under control. I’m going over to his house and get something on him.”
    “Like what?”
    “I’ll know it when I find it.”
    Her hand tightened on his arm. “No! That’s too dangerous.”
    “I’m not going to just lie here and let him keep messing with you.”
    She sat up and slicked her hair back with her hand. “If you’re going, then I’m going with you.”
    “No,” he said automatically.
    “You said you didn’t want to leave me here.”
    “Going over there is dangerous.”
    “But I can help you. In the first place, I can tell you the layout of the house. And what if I go up to the front door and tell him I’ve come home—that I know I made a mistake and I’m sorry. I mean, there’s no way he can know you saw him with Candy.”
    Steve sat up, too, thinking it over before nodding.
    “So you agree that’s a good plan?”
    “I was agreeing about the affair. But Warren’s thugs saw me at the restaurant.”
    “I could say I decided you’re too dangerous.”
    He didn’t like it. Instead of arguing, he said, “Tell me about the house. If you go to the front door, where would be the best place for me to get in?”
    “There’s a sunroom built across the back. It’s only one story high. Do you think you could get to the roof and in a second-story window?”
    “Maybe. Are they locked?”
    “I leave one in the bedroom unlocked because sometimes I open it for fresh air. As you face the back of the house, the bedroom is on the right.”
    “How would I climb up?”
    “There’s a storage shed at one side of the family room. If you move a patio chair over, you should be able to get to the shed roof, then to the next roof. His office is up there.”
    “I don’t like putting you in danger. What happens when I finish searching upstairs?”
    “I say I want to go up to the bedroom, then I meet you in the office.”
    “There are too many things that could go wrong.”
    “You’re bringing your gun, right?”
    He nodded, still not liking it.
    “Then we should go before you over think this.”
    “Will Warren be alone?”
    “Unfortunately not. He’s always got a couple of tough guys in the house.” She laughed. “Unlike his wife, they have the option of quitting. So they change pretty frequently.”
    “The guys who came to Greektown with Candy?”
    “No, that would have been a dead giveaway. I guess he hired someone else for that.”
    “Uh huh.”
    She pictured his current security men. “The ones he’s got now are both bodybuilder types, but Carlton has long blond hair he wears tied at the back of his neck. Jimmy is dark, a little shorter, and he’s got a scar running down one side of his face.”
    “Okay.”
    She stood up “Enough talk. Coming?”
    He gave her a hard look, aware that she wasn’t going to back down, probably because she had to prove to herself that she wasn’t afraid of Pendelton. Or at least too afraid to confront him.
    He followed her to the door, then down the steps to the car. He knew the approximate location of the house, but he asked Leah for the address and punched it into the GPS.
    “What are you waiting for?” she asked as he sat without moving.
    “I might need backup.”
    He put in a call to Decorah Security.
    “The situation hasn’t changed,” Frank told him.
    “Actually it has,” he answered, telling his boss about the attempted abduction in the afternoon.
    “I see what you mean,” Frank said, then made a few suggestions. When Steve hung up, he was feeling somewhat better about the evening’s activities.
    They headed for the northern suburbs of the city, where the houses were large and set on spacious lots. The sun had set before they arrived in the upscale area.
    When they were within a few blocks of their destination, Steve slowed, taking a look at the neighborhood. Every house had a two- or three-car garage, and there were no vehicles