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you.”
    Isaiah had lingered as long as he could without attracting
attention. Since today was obviously going to be a bad day for work, he decided
to head home and try to figure out what kind of trouble Nikki was in. He had
every intention of following her when she went to meet with Brian after her
shift, but he’d need to do a little planning first.

Chapter Three
    Phoenix’s heart was pounding against her rib cage as she
watched Isaiah gather his belongings and walk out of the coffee shop. Even
while she’d been talking to Mitch, she hadn’t been able to stop sneaking peeks
at Isaiah. That was nothing new since she’d been sneaking peeks at him and
finding excuses to go over to his table to talk for the last three weeks. She’d
even played it off like she always delivered coffee and pastries to people’s
tables, when really, she’d just been trying to get close to him. He was sweet
and awkward in a way that made her pulse quicken just being near him. Never
would she have pegged him for the type to jump in when Mitch had grabbed her
arm. It was shocking, and kind of sexy at the same time.
    Shaking her head, Phoenix reminded herself she needed to end
her fascination with Isaiah now. Everything she’d told Isaiah about herself was
a lie, and Mitch’s visit came as a much needed reminder of the danger she
brought to those around her.
    “Are you done ogling the college boy?” Mitch asked her.
    “I was not ogling him!” she insisted.
    “College boy seems pretty capable of taking care of
himself,” Mitch observed. “It might be smart for you to keep him around.”
    “He’s a regular customer, so I’m sure he’ll be in again
tomorrow,” she replied.
    “From what I can tell, he’d like to be a hell of a lot more
than your customer,” Mitch pointed out.
    “That can’t happen,” Phoenix argued, not sure if she was
trying to convince Mitch or herself.
    “What could it hurt to let him in?” Mitch continued to push.
    That question just proved to Phoenix that Mitch was a
complete fool.
    “I let you and Brian in, and now Brian’s whole family is in
danger,” she snapped before letting out a frustrated sigh. “Sorry for jumping
down your throat.”
    Mitch laughed. “Considering how I acted when I came in here,
I don’t blame you. Can I give you some advice?”
    “You can try,” she told him, even knowing she probably
wouldn’t listen to any advice from Mitch.
    “Stick close to someone who can protect you,” he warned.
“Brian would rather die than sell you out.”
    “I know,” she said, meeting his eyes. “You don’t share that
sentiment, do you?”
    Mitch stared at her for a long moment without replying,
likely considering what his brother would say if he admitted the truth. While
Mitch was mostly a self-serving ass, he loved his brother and didn’t like it
when Brian was disappointed in his actions, something Phoenix had heard was a
common occurrence. Mitch looked away. “Just make sure you get to the shop to
talk to Brian by five.”
    On those words, Mitch stormed out of the coffee shop.
    It had taken less than thirty minutes for the carefully
crafted lie that was her life to start to unravel.

Chapter Four
    Four hours later, Isaiah had nothing on Nikki. It wasn’t
just a matter of not being able to find out what kind of trouble she was in; he
couldn’t even find out who she was. Finding the coffee shop’s employee
records had been easy since their accountant wasn’t doing much to secure the
information. After that, he’d come to the conclusion that Nikki must be getting
paid under the table. The shop was owned by a guy named Michael Tanner, and
there were three employees on record. The first two were men, so they were easy
to eliminate. He’d assumed that the only female employee, Paula Nicole Davidson
had to be Nikki, but he’d been wrong. Paula was Michael Tanner’s married
daughter. She was in her forties and looked nothing like Nikki. In the three
weeks he’d been going there,