Burke stared at the shop keys sitting next to Ash’s phone on his front table. Darkness had claimed the island at least an hour ago, and while she’d been staying up at her mother’s long past this time, surely she knew by now that he had her belongings.
“Just take them back to her,” he muttered to himself. She wouldn’t come to him, he knew that.
So he swiped the keys and her phone and left his condo. He wasn’t going to hide out behind closed doors and make her come asking for what belonged to her.
“Come on, Dolly,” he said, and the golden retriever lifted her head like they’d be going to a party. Burke loaded the sixty-pound dog into his car and drove over to Ash’s place. Her windows were dark, but Dolly whined, so he got out and let the dog out.
She sniffed around, finally finding the p
