“Okay, so it took one of his mistresses yelling at me to make me laugh, but still. So, no, this didn’t hurt me. And, frankly, it sounds like he’s trying to be sweet in the letter. He was just such a complete, selfish asshole that this was as good as it got with him.”

“I suspect you’re right,” he says. “Please tell me you don’t feel weird about the money anymore.”

“I don’t.” I blink, surprised at my quick response. “I really don’t. He didn’t tell me who he stole it from, so I can’t return it. And now I can get my hot water heater fixed.”

“Wait, your water heater is broken?”

“And I can replace my car. And buy some recording equipment. But does it make you feel weird that I have more money than you?”

Both of his eyebrows go up now, and then he laughs a little. “Who says you do?”

“I…you…wait, what?”

He just laughs again and shakes his head. “We’ll have to set you up with a financial planner. You can’t just have that much money sitting in a checking account.”

“I know. Kane has a guy.”

“I have the same guy,” he says, and I’m even more intrigued.

“Cam, you never told me that your job made you rich.”

“You never asked.”

“I—”

“I said I couldn’t tell you what I did and what I do now. You never asked about the rest. I do okay.”

“Right. You do okay. Sure.”

“Why are you acting weird?”

“I’m not acting weird.”

“Yeah, you kind of are.” He reaches over and pulls me against him. “It’s just money, Mags.”

“That’s easy to say when you have it.”

He kisses my forehead. “You’re right. And I haven’t always had it. What I do can be dangerous, and I’m well compensated for it.”

“Being a computer geek is dangerous?”

His eyes close into slits, and I grin.

“Yes.”

“What could happen?”

He sighs. “Imprisonment. Death. Any combination of the two.”

My heart stutters. Death? “You have to quit.”

“Maggie—”

“You have to quit today. We have enough money. You don’t have to do that anymore. It’s too risky. Just quit.”

“Hey, I’m fine.” I shake my head, but he holds on tight. “Listen to me. I’m fine. The really dangerous days are behind me. That was mostly when I was in the Army. These days, everything is on the up-and-up and much less dangerous.”

“Don’t just tell me that to placate me, Cameron Cox. I mean it.”

“It’s the honest truth.”

I sigh and feel a little teary. I had no tears when I was dealing with the last of the Joey stuff this morning, but the very thought of losing Cam reduces me to a blubbering mess.

“If you’re lying to me, I swear to God, Cam…”