[Alexis]
My hands are still shaking as I open my phone and watch Sly leave with his rental slut.
Uncle Clancy must have felt something was wrong, or someone must have told him because he picked up his phone after two rings. “Report.”
“I’m not on the plane,” I announce, despondent. “Sly saw me talking to Apple and ordered me to stay so I…”
“I warned you to keep your distance,” Uncle Clancy snaps. “You were supposed to spy on them, not draw attention to yourself. But you had to push things.”
I can almost see him pacing back and forth in his office, the phone on speaker.
I’m about to say something snarky in reply but remember my place. My ex-husband almost ejected me from the pack. My connection to Uncle Clancy is the only thing keeping me from being cast out like a common rogue.
I can
