KADEN I left the mall immediately after speaking with Denzel. According to him, Daisy needed to see me urgently and anything that involved Daisy always seemed to circle back to my step brother. On the way, my thoughts wandered back to my afternoon with Laura. Just the memory was enough to bring a smile to my face. She was such a nice and sweet soul but unfortunately, she was surrounded by danger. I arrived at the bar a few minutes later and headed straight to the private room we usually booked. Surprisingly, Chris was around today and they'd clearly started drinking without me. “The man of the hour! Welcome, Kaden,” Chris announced the second I walked in. “Since when did I become that? What happened to Denzel?” I asked. “Oh, maybe it’s because Denzel doesn’t go shopping with his girl

