cut him off. I don’t know why, but he is quickly growing on me.
“Yeah, my girl.” His lips twitch into a smile that looks foreign on his face. “Tell her I enjoy a good hunt.” With that he turns and leaves and I flip the lock quickly before he can try and come back in.
“Why are you running from GI Joe?” I ask, looking over towards my desk once he’s gone.
Kayla’s head pops up. “How did you know his name is Joe?”
I snort because I had no idea. “He looks like an action figure.” She rests her elbow on the desk, dropping her chin into her hand.
“He’s hot, right?” She lets out a long dreamy sigh and this is getting weirder.
“I’ll get you a towel.” I dash upstairs and grab her a towel and a brush. When I come back down she is sitting behind my desk with her feet kicked out as she leans up against the wall.
“Hey, is that my phone?” I drop the towel over her head and snag my phone from her hand.
“It was buzzing.” She whips the towel off and starts to dry her hair.
I check my phone, smiling when I see I have another text from Shaw. He’s been texting me all day and it’s made me feel like it’s Christmas morning. My shoulders drop when I see he says he’s going to be late but he’ll bring food. I can’t be mad because he went into the city to check on a job and his mom asked him to stop a few places for her. Gah, he is so freaking sweet.
“Word is Shaw spent the night.”
“What?” I drop my phone as Kayla stands up.
“Small town.” She shrugs. “You give it up?” She wiggles her eyebrows at me and I know she’s bringing up Shaw so I won’t push with GI Joe. My face warms, giving me away, and she squeals. “You did! Why didn't you tell me?” She smacks my shoulder.
“This is the first time I’ve seen you today,” I remind her.
“I’ve been busy.” She grabs her bag from off the floor.
“Doing what? Do you even work?”
“I do things. Top-secret things.”
I’m not sure if I should believe her or not. She’s always busy, but I have no idea what she’s doing half the time. She reaches inside of her bag and pulls out a folder.
“I had a stakeout last night into the early morning. No one knows Shaw spent the night. It was me that saw you.” She holds up a picture of me kissing Shaw as he walks out the back door.
“Why did you take a picture?” I snatch it from her hand because it’s actually really cute. “Can I keep it? Why is it in black and white?” I ask one question after another.
“I’ve got more.” She goes for another folder that’s labeled “Top Secret.” She opens this one but slams it shut quickly. It looked like there were handwritten notes inside. “Wrong one.” She quickly shoves that one back in her bag and pulls out another.
“Why do you have these?” I ask again.
“I told you, I was on a stakeout. You two came out while I was working, looking all adorable and stuff, so I took some pictures for you. You’re welcome.”
“Thanks, I think.” I take one last look at the photo and tuck it in my desk.
“This is what I was after.” She flips open the next folder and I see a picture of Missy. “Doesn't the black and white make it look more badass?” I laugh because she’s right. They look like professional surveillance pictures from the '90s. “I got color too.”
“Why are you taking pictures of Missy?”
I shuffle through them, remembering Kayla talking about watching her but I thought she was joking. I also have a feeling she used this as a way to keep on hiding from GI Joe guy—the one thing she doesn't want to talk about.
“She’s trying to shut you down so we should shut her down first.” I let out a long sigh.
“She can’t shut me down for no reason and she has no reason.” It still hurts that she wants me closed so badly.
“She’s the one over there selling lies!” She shuffles through the pictures. “She goes to the city and gets Donut King’s food and claims it’s hers, then marks it up fifty percent.” She holds up two pictures. One of Missy carrying boxes of donuts inside and the other of her picking a wedgie from her butt.
“Is that against the