Cassie and Malekai were enjoying the morning walk to Miss Maggie’s shop. They had their arms linked and had been silent until they reached the edge of the park. Malekai stopped beside a bench and looked at Cassie.
“What’s wrong?” Malekai asked her.
Cassie shook her head, “Nothing, why?”
“I can feel all kinds of emotions rolling off of you, and I can hear you thinking. What’s wrong?”
Cassie took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. “There is something about Jax I should have told you before I brought him in to work on this case. I spoke with him on the way to the clinic about telling you. Jax said that I should tell you and anyone else who might need to know.”
“What is it?” Malekai asked as he gestured for her to sit on the bench and settled in beside her.
“Jax was able to come here and
