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her to notice anyone else.” His eyes lock on hers.

“It fits,” Winnie says, peeking under the cover at Sophia. “She’s snoozing, and I need to burp her.”

“Let me.” In a couple of long strides, I’m at her side. Grabbing the extra blanket, I place it over my shoulder, like I saw Winnie do earlier. Gabby helps her hold up the blanket while I lift my sleeping daughter into my arms. I go back to the window, and take my spot beside Chase, rubbing my little girl’s back. The conversation goes on as we continue to put the pieces together. Sophia burps and Chase laughs loudly, causing her to startle.

“I’m sorry, sweetie,” he says, reaching over and lightly running his finger over her cheek. “I didn’t expect that from such a little thing,” he says gently.

“So what do we do?” Winnie asks.

“I’ll make a call. Tell them what we know. Otherwise, we do nothing.”

“What do you mean, nothing?” she asks incredulously. “She’s torturing us, messing with your business. She started a fire, Harrison.”

“I know. But all that matters is that we’re all okay. No one was hurt. We have a new baby girl to take home and get settled. We’ll let the authorities handle it. Right now we have no concrete proof that this is happening. We’ll tell them what we remember, what we think and let them work it out.” I’m furious at myself for letting her stay employed by All Fit as long as I did, and at her for everything she’s done. However, I refuse to let it ruin the miracle that is my little girl.

“Who are you?” Gabby asks.

“I’m a father,” I tell her. “I’m a husband, and a brother-in-law, a friend, a son. I’m lots of things, but most of all, I’m deliriously happy. If it was Gina, which I believe it was, they’ll get her.”

“And if they don’t?” Winnie questions.

“Then we’ll figure it out when that happens.”

“He’s right,” Chase agrees. “We can’t take matters into our own hands. I mean, what are we going to do? Tie her up in the basement? We’ll tell them what we know, and it all leads back to her. We’re all confident of that. They’ll more than likely need to talk to all four of us, to give our side of the story.”

“Count me in,” Gabby says.

“Not alone,” he tells her.

“It’s not the mob.” She laughs.

“I’ll go with you, Gabby.”

“He’s right, you know. Just to be on the safe side. Until she’s caught, we don’t know what she has planned next or where she might be lurking.” I hate the thought of Gina out there after my family. I’m not letting her ruin this day, though, Sophia’s birthday. Inside, I’m raging mad, and I won’t stop until she pays for what she’s done.

“You should stay with us,” Winnie tells her.

“No. No way. You have a new baby, and you all need to settle in and get a routine. You don’t need a house guest.”

“You can stay with me.” Chase doesn’t even hesitate.

“Absolutely not,” Gabby says, but there is no heat behind her words.

“Then I’ll stay with you.”

“Have you lost your mind? I’ll be fine,” she tells him. There’s a slight tremor in her voice. One that tells me she’s worried.

“Gabby,” Chase says sternly. “Please.” His voice is quieter now, almost pleading.

If I hadn’t been watching with my own eyes, I never would have believed it. I see Gabby’s shoulders fall, and her features soften. “We’ll figure it out.” It’s not a complete agreement, but it’s close enough. Chase must think so too. He nods his acceptance and that’s that.

Chase pulls his phone out of his pocket, and it reminds me I need to call our parents. “Our parents,” I say to Winnie. “Gabby called them both. They’ll be here first thing in the morning.”

“Detective Benson, Chase Callahan, I have some information that might help with your case.” We remain quiet as we listen to Chase give him the details and our suspicion of Gina. From that night all those years ago, to her being fired and the events that have happened since. “Thank you, sir. We’ll be waiting to hear from you.” Chase ends the call and looks at me. “He’s on it. I guess there’s video footage from the back of the gym. Apparently, there’s a camera she didn’t know about or forgot about.”

“She didn’t know about it. When Winnie started working out there, I realized the back hall wasn’t well monitored; there was a blind spot. And