I remembered the weirdo at the coffee shop earlier and realized the only one I’d told about it was Trevor, and he hadn’t texted me back yet. Damn it. “Luke, I have to tell you something—”

“When Cade comes back in.”

I nodded. Then we waited for Cade. It was a long five minutes.

“Someone was back there. No doubt about it. But they got away.” Gram’s backyard was huge, and it backed up to an alleyway. A copse of trees and evergreen shrubbery lined the back of the yard, and there was no fence. It would be easy to hide within the trees and watch the house. Stupid to use a flashlight though, as it wasn’t so far away that a light wouldn’t be visible from the kitchen window or one of the bedroom windows upstairs. I was curious and annoyed by the idiot watcher and wished Cade would have caught him. Maybe we could have finally got some answers and put an end to the oddities that kept occurring since I got here. “There are footprints and trash in the trees, and tire tracks. They must have driven off when you were opening the door for me,” he reasoned.

Luke nodded his agreement. “You aren’t going to be alone here, Lily,” Luke said.

“Yeah, one of us will be with you. I don’t want you going anywhere alone until we figure out what the hell is going on,” Cade added as he placed his gun in his shoulder holster under his jacket.

“Um, something happened today, and I kind of forgot about it until right now…” Cade was going to be pissed that I didn’t tell him immediately. “After I left Luke’s office this morning I ran into a man at Violet’s. He was asking about a flash drive of Will’s and insinuating that he worked with him. Which was obviously a bunch of crap.”

Cade looked annoyed. Luke looked annoyed as well. But Luke’s annoyed was nicer. I didn’t get the feeling he was about to yell at me. I decided to focus on Luke. I turned to him and tucked myself into his side. He wrapped an arm around me and gave me a squeeze. “I’m sorry. I should have mentioned it right away. So much is going on.” I glanced at Cade. “I did text you to tell you to stop by so I could talk to you about it.”

He still looked pissed. “That’s why I’m here now, Lily. That, and I’ll be crashing here again. Dad and I don’t want you and the kids to be alone at night. Dad wants you to pack some bags, stay at the house for a while. Chill out, Lily. I’m not going to yell at you.”

“No need, Cade. I’ve already got the couch tonight,” Luke informed him.