The Gate to Everything (Once Upon a Dare Book 1) by Ava Miles

Author:Ava Miles [Miles, Ava]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ava Miles, Inc
Published: 2016-07-05T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

Jordan was pacing in front of the windows, bursting with news for Grace. Ella had done something pretty spectacular, and he couldn’t wait to tell her about. Where was she? Ella had rolled over. His daughter had rolled onto her back. She was a genius!

He hated that Grace hadn’t been there. It was like walking for the first time, right? But he’d done his best to encourage Ella to do it again by dangling a toy within her reach, and darn it all if she was the smartest girl in the world. She’d done it again, and he’d gotten it on video for Grace that time. Being a dad totally rocked.

But Grace hadn’t answered any of his texts. He hadn’t wanted to call. Maybe they had a late table, but Tony usually sent her home by midnight. Right now, it was just shy of thirty minutes past one. If he didn’t hear from her in another thirty minutes, he was going to call Tony.

Fifteen minutes later, the security guard alerted him that Grace was at the gate. Except she was in Tony’s car, not hers.

Something had happened.

He opened the front door and was waiting in the driveway when Tony pulled to a halt. When Grace left the car moments later, the set of her shoulders was all the confirmation he needed.

“Grace,” he said as she came forward.

“Not now, Jordan,” she crisply replied, heading past him into the house.

He strode over to the driver’s side and rapped on the glass. When it lowered, he noted the tension in Tony’s face.

“What happened?” he asked.

“A customer asked Grace out after her shift, and from what she told me, the man knew who she was.”

His stomach sunk. “Shit.”

“The testa di cazzo gave himself away by saying he didn’t live too far from her, and then everything untangled. He was a huge fan. Grace freaked out.”

Jordan pushed away from the car and let out a stream of cuss words, wanting to punch something. “How could this happen?” he asked Tony when he stalked back to the Porsche. “Dammit! You and I talked about everyone keeping an extra eye out for her.”

“We are, and we did, Jordan,” Tony said in a curt tone. “The man complimented her about the meal, and Grace waved off Alfonso so she could talk to him. Everything seemed to be fine…and then it wasn’t. Trust me, that man is never going to return to my place.”

He took some cleansing breaths. Taking his anger out on an already pissed off Tony wasn’t the way. “But the damage is done.”

“Yes,” Tony said, tapping the steering wheel. “I insisted on driving her home because she had a panic attack and wasn’t steady enough to drive. I’ll have one of the guys bring her car back in the morning.”

“I can arrange that,” Jordan said, already thinking of his next move.

“I can fucking handle it,” Tony said with edge. “It’s late. I’m going home to sharpen my knives. Goodnight, Jordan.”

Jordan empathized with the need to do something physical.

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