Chapter 5Nico was pacing the room. It wasn’t big, so there was a lot of turning around. Matt had called the station, but no one in the Barnes family had anything special to report, and half an hour ago, Matt had left for the store.
Hiding when not knowing what he was hiding from was weird. He couldn’t decide if he should be scared or annoyed. Matt appeared to be taking it in his stride, but Matt took everything in his stride.
“What are you doing?”
Nico jumped as Matt appeared inside the front door.
“I told you to lock the door.”
“Like a locked door would have stopped anyone.” He should have locked the door, though. He’d been too busy pacing to remember.
Matt was balancing a small cake on the palm of his hand and held a grocery bag in the other. “Happy birthday.” He offered the cake t
