Book 5: A New Direction

Cal

“What is it, Boss?” Sam asks, but his voice sounds distant and muffled.

When he moves to stand in front of me, his eyes studying me cautiously, I realize I was so angry, I wasn’t paying any attention to him at all.

“Who is it? What happened?” he insists, his gaze darting to my phone and back to my face.

I turn the screen for him to see the picture, but by the way his brows crease, I can tell he doesn’t understand what it means.

“This is Heidi leaving the bar,” I explain expressionlessly, my mind numb with a type of fury I’ve never felt before..

I’m doing everything in my power to suppress the outrage threatening to overcome me.

I shouldn’t have reason to be afraid for Heidi. If someone’s watching her, which is evident by this photo, I could, in theory, shrug it off as someone trying to bait me by thinking the hottest girl to ever set foot in my bar is someone attached to me. A girlfriend, perhaps. A mistress.