Chapter Twenty-Two
Zurie
Waking up the next morning in my bed, I felt a smile curve my lips. Spending the day and the better part of the night with Cayce had been very nice. Although I hadn’t confessed every detail to him, I had told him a hell of a lot. And he’d agreed to think about coming back to work for Niko.
I wasn’t in a happy mood just because I’d finally gotten him to at least think about doing what Niko wanted. That wasn’t it at all. As a matter of fact, that part sort of bothered me.
If he came back to work at Mantabo, that would give me some time to figure out how to get my mother and sister to somewhere safe; somewhere Niko’s minions couldn’t get to them. But I didn’t like the fact that Cayce was only doing it for my sake.
Manipulation wasn’t my thing. And I hadn’t been t
