“Oh for God’s sake,” Ava was already getting pissed.“Step aside,” she said and pushed past Axel, forcing her way into the house before gesturing for Ethan to walk in.Ethan walked into the house with Ava following behind him immediately, leaving Axel at the door for a moment before she quickly tried to recover from her thoughts and shut the door.She shut the door and turned to watch her guests.She caught herself watching just Ethan though, but she didn’t stop herself. She managed to convince herself that it was fine because she had spent more time seeing Ava than she saw Ethan since she came to his home.She knew that that was a lie, but she held on to that lie and just kept watching him.He looked different from the last time she’d seen him, which was just earlier today, but so much had happened with her today that it felt like it had been a while since she last saw him. He looked quieter now, and from the way he had spoken to her at the door a moment ago, he was a lot less sharp

“Master Ethan,” Ava cleared her throat at the first chance she got, so she could remind him of the need to return home without interrupting their conversation in a disrespectful manner.“What is it?” Ethan raised his head to her.“You have work to get back to tomorrow sir,” Ava said.“You should consider rounding up here so you can be well rested for tomorrow’s activities, sir.”She didn’t want to have to use this sentence, because she didn’t want him going back to the office, at least, not for another week.With her statement just now, she had basically given him ammo to use against her when she suggested he should stay home for a while to let things cool off.But it was either that or she would be unable to get the information she wanted on the shoot out from him.Ethan looked at Axel for a moment then nodded.“I will have to leave now, Ava is right,” he said as he got up.“Thank you for taking out time to check in on me, I really appreciate it… Ethan,” she paused before saying his

Ethan leaned back against the edge of the table in the center of the living room, his arms folded loosely. His posture was relaxed, but it was this deceptively relaxed pose he had learned in the past that was now a part of him. It really helped him in moments when he was in danger, looking that relaxed would always scare the trouble away before it got to him. But Ava knew that look. She had actually been the one that shared it with him. It was something her dad had been teaching her to do when they were still young highschoolers.She had never been able to master it, but Ethan did, and he didn’t with lessons from an amateur that was learning herself.So just one look at him, and she knew he was trying to hide a lot of questions in his head.After a little pause, Ethan resumed speaking again.“What if it wasn’t a coincidence?” he continued. “What if he’d already been tracking her movements? He might have even had us followed from day one after I took her from him at that wedding of