18When Zeke stepped off the elevator, Henry the doorman saw he was carrying the half-sleeping Kate in his arms, wrapped in a blanket. He jumped to open the door to the pick-up area off the lobby, where a Hill Financial Jaguar was waiting. Zeke carried her out and opened the front passenger-side door. He gently placed Kate down on the front seat and waited as old Henry gently made sure Kate was tucked in.
“Master Jacob is in charge of you now, girl. You’ll obey him as you would your owner or me, understood?”
“Yes, Daddy. But you’re not coming?”
“No. Just be a good girl until I return.”
She opened her mouth to protest but felt his finger on her lips. He put Kate’s black leather bag in the back seat and told Jacob to take her home. Jacob looked over at her and noticed her shivering so he
