Nick was pacing near the front entrance of the ranch house, waiting for Grier.
“How did you get a suit here?” Mike asked as he came from his room fastening a watch on his wrist.
“Barrett.”
“The security guy? Where the hell is he staying he can pop in and out?”
“Boulder,” Nick lied with ease. “He’s pissed at me for making him drive back and forth. He’s hanging around tonight.” The truth was, Nick used a portal to go back to his own house and grab a suit from his closet while Grier and her mother were cleaning up after dinner. This was not information he’d share with Mike ever. Barrett was on call in case Hazel went psycho when they exposed her s**t.
“Do you give him as many bonuses as Grier?”
“Nope. He’s family. If he doesn’t do what I want, I go crying to his mother. She’s my aunt an
