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trust any of the Demarcos, or the Fosters, particularly when they were pretending to be nice.
    â€œI’d like to make up for Lucas’s actions.”
    Devin canted her head to one side, attempting to judge the expression in his pale blue eyes. “Why?” she challenged.
    He appeared contrite and guileless. “Because he’s treating you badly. He’s got five very expensive lawyers on the case. I know these guys and, quite frankly, Devin, you don’t stand a chance.”
    A cold fear hit the pit of Devin’s stomach. Added to it was a rush of suspicion. There was no reason in the world for Steve to warn her about Lucas. The Demarco family wanted Amelia, and Steve was one of them.
    â€œWhat do you want?” she demanded, assuming he was up to no good.
    â€œI just told you.” He met her gaze straight on, without so much as a blink. If this was an act, he was very good.
    She allowed for the slim possibility that he was being honest. “Why would you care?”
    Devin heard Lexi come closer behind her. It warmed Devin’s heart to know Lexi was on her side. Not that Lexi was a lawyer, and not that Lexi was in any better position than Devin to hire an expensive law firm.
    â€œI care, because I’m a decent human being. And I’m doing more than just warning you. I’m here to offer you the services of a first-class law firm. I have Bernard and Botlow on retainer, and you’re welcome to use them for the hearing next week. Free of charge, of course.”
    Devin blinked at the man.
    Lexi pulled the door wider. “What’s the catch?”
    Steve saw Lexi, and his expression faltered for a split second. “Hello. And you are?”
    â€œI’m a friend of Devin’s.”
    He turned his attention back to Devin. “Do you mind if I come in for a moment?”
    â€œThe baby’s asleep,” she told him.
    â€œI’ll be very quiet.” He waited, then he looked to Lexi. “I’m here to offer legal services, nothing more. You can check out the law firm, check out the lawyers. They have an excellent reputation, and I won’t be in any way remotely involved in the case.”
    He looked back at Devin. “My cousin is treating you unfairly. He’s stacked the deck in his favor, and I want to level the playing field.”
    Devin didn’t like to think about Steve’s cousin Lucas. He was a Demarco through and through. And that meant he was devastatingly handsome, sexy, self-assured and powerful. The combination should have been annoying. It was annoying. But it was also arousing in a knee-jerk, anthropological sort of way, and Devin found herself having to guard against a sexual attraction to the man who was growing more aggravating by the day. She thought about her overworked, sole proprietor lawyer down on Beach Drive. Hannah was wonderful. She was bright and hardworking, and she’d cut her fees considerably for Devin. But she wasn’t a family law specialist.
    â€œYou can always say no to me inside,” Steve offered reasonably.
    Devin glanced at Lexi. The woman gave a nearly imperceptible shrug, and Devin decided to take a chance. After all, Steve was right about one thing. She could say no to him in her living room as well as she could say it on the porch. There seemed little risk in listening to what he had to say.
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    Lucas knew that LoJacking Steve’s car brought him dangerously close to the line ethics-wise. But when the device went still for half an hour out at Lake Westmire, he knew his suspicions were confirmed and his actions justified.
    He left the mansion through the front foyer, crossing thedriveway turnaround to the garage that housed his jet-black Bugatti.
    He cut the hour-long drive down to forty minutes, passing the blip that signaled Steve’s Porsche coming the other way along the interstate south of Seattle. His GPS took him down the winding, beachfront road of Lake Westmire,