The Epic Blind Date with My Boss

By this point, Josie had come to her wit’s end, and her voice turned hoarse with her frustration tipped over. “But he’s not the only criminal on the run in the entire Wavery!”

Arnold paused in his attempt to dab her tears away, taken aback by her sudden outburst, “Wow. Easy now. You sound pretty worked up.”

As Pop’s disappearance neared twenty-four hours, Josie was on edge, visibly worn out.

Arnold playfully pinched her cheek, “When was your last shut-eye?”

“Why do you care? I’m done here.”

Josie shoved him aside and unsteadily got to her feet, ready to leave.

Arnold’s grip gently pulled her back into place.

“Where do you think you’re going being in this state? Planning to walk right into the enemy’s clutches? That’s a one-way ticket to disaster. They’ve got your Pop, and their motive’s likely more complex than just wanting cash. They might be using him as leverage against you or Dexter.”

If it was about blackmail, the perpetrators would reveal their hands sooner or later.

many ways, his words began to steady Josie, though worry still furrowed her

undergone surgery, so he wasn’t fit for additional stress.

crazy won’t help.

expected, and she was knocked out cold in

on his shoulder, seeming more precious than any rare

to sneak a look at her serene sleeping face, an unfamiliar helplessness washing over him.

his phone, he looked at the picture with a satisfied

up, wincing from the all-over soreness, she glanced up at Arnold and shuffled back

suspicion,” Arnold quipped, his tone relaxed as he teased Josie, all

the private room’s door was swung open. “We’ve got a situation! Scar and the

disappeared. “By

at Josie and then at Arnold, … Dexter… Mr. Russell…”

was equally stunned.

surged ahead and grasped her arm, urging, “You need to lay low. Sneak

Her concern was etched on her face. “What if he’s

struck – how had this scenario become reminiscent of an operation to catch a cheating spouse?

determined. “If he were after you, he wouldn’t