“Abby came to me with information that may turn out to be valuable. Unfortunately, someone else thinks so too. She was attacked on one occasion, her apartment ransacked on another. She’s staying here until we’re ready to head out.”

Kade sobered. “If you two need a safe place to stay, you’re welcome at the ranch.”

“Thanks for the offer, but we should be all right here. And we have plenty of work to do.”

“Which I’m obviously keeping you from doing.” Kade finished the last of his coffee and set the empty mug down in the sink. “Let me know if there’s anything I can do to help.”

“Will do.” Gage walked him to the door, then reset the alarm after Kade had exited the building.

“You mentioned your brother Edge,” Abby said. “Are the three of you close?”

Gage refilled his mug. “As we grew older we drifted apart for a while. Kade’s wife, Ellie, brought us back together. I don’t think any of us will let that happen again.”

“You’re lucky to have a family. King was all I had, and now he’s gone.” Emotion rolled through her, made her eyes burn. King hadn’t been around a lot, but he was always there when she needed him.

Gage set a big hand over hers where it rested on the table. “You’ll always have your memories. With any luck, we’ll find the Devil’s Gold, and you’ll have even more reasons to remember him.”

Abby swallowed past the lump in her throat. Her memories of the time she had spent with her grandfather would never leave her. And he would be with them in spirit every day of their journey.

Gage sat down across from her. Abby picked up the list she had made the night before and handed it over.

As Gage studied the list, his dark brows pulled together. “You said King was all the family you had, but the names at the top of the list are your cousins.”

Abby nodded. “My cousin Jude and his sister, Stacy. Their grandfather was King’s younger brother. Jude’s always been a jerk. He’s thirty years old and still lives with his mother. His sister, Stacy, is selfish and spoiled. She dates wealthy older men and takes whatever she can get from them. Jude wasn’t the guy who attacked me, but I figure he or Stacy could have hired him.”

“They were both at the reading of the will?”

She nodded. “Their mother, Olivia, was also there. King left each of the kids a small amount of money. Jude was furious King left the house to me. He thought I should sell it and split the money with him and Stacy. I figured if my grandfather wanted them to have it, he would have given it to them.”

Gage’s mouth inched up in amusement. “Tell me about Stacy.”