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Chapter 357
i tilted my head to the side and nodded slowly. "I am." | smiled. "Did you know my father?"
The man chuckled, the little extra he had around his waist jiggling with it. "Yeah, | know your dad. How is the old
bastard?"
| froze, and | forced tears to spring to my eyes and | looked down at my hands. "He passed away in a rogue
attack a few years ago." | looked up and | let one tear drop. "But you are right, before he went, he was one old
bastard." | smirked and wiped the tear away.
The room was silent or a few minutes and Brandon leaned over and whispered to me. "It's okay." He rubbed my
arm with his hand. | smiled up at him and nodded.
"I'm sorry." Rick sighed and rubbed his face. "I didn't know." He cover and stood with his hands in his
pockets. "Now | normally hate any person Vince forces on me, as | feel like he is going to forceout once he
has young blood in here. But for Gav, I'll take you without complaint."
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I laughed, sniffling along the way. "Sounds good."
Brandon turned, but then stopped as a ring sounded. He pulled his phone from his pocket and | watched his eye
twitch as he glanced at me. "I have to take this call." He turned to Rick, whose gaze was narrowed on Brandon's
screen. "Rick, can you show Amy to her office and help her get settled? She has to get set up with the new
laptop.
| smiled and nodded as the phone rang again, and Brandon's jaw clenched. He gave another nod. "I'll be fine." |
waved him off. "Go."
He sighed and turned to leave, and | caught a glimpse of his screen. | smirked when | saw Shannon's nflash
over the display again. "I'll be off. Have a good day, and I'll cvisit when | can."
| gave a tiny wave as the door shut, and then I turned to look at Rick. "I'm at your disposal." | smiled, genuine
this time. But something had Rick upset. | could see it on his face. He took a deep breath and sighed as he
looked at me.
"Follow me." Rick broughtinto a nice enough office. There were snice windows that overlooked the
training ring where | could see Derek training with the warriors. | felt my stomach clench as he took his top off
and howled. "Never mind the boys, girlie. They won't help you in here."
| laughed the first of the day. "The boys won't distractunless you are talking aboutcriticizing their shitty
training." Rick turned towith a soft smirk on his face. "My father would roll in his grave if | was ever
distracted by shitty training and shittier men." Rick looked atfor a minute and then nodded.
"Your father was a good man, and a better alpha." He pulled out my chair. "Now sit, I'll get you logged on to the
servers, and then I'll see what you can do." | sat, and we got to work. A few hours later, he looked at his watch
and sat back. "Now that you're logged in, | have a test."
| sat back and cracked my neck. "Okay." | turned my chair to face him. "What's the test?"
Rick held up a finger and then walked out, coming back with a stack of papers. "This is the test." He placed them
down in front ofand I leaned in. | paged through the stack and looked up at Rick.
"This is...cat and mouse." | looked back to the papers. "You want to play cat and mouse?"
Rick smirked. "I do."
"Why?" | leaned back, tapping the page. "How long do | have to hide from you?”
He laughed. "You aren't the mouse... am."
| sat back. "I have to catch you?" He nodded. "How long do have?"
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He smiled. "You have the rest of the day, IF you can catch me."
| smiled. "Challenge accepted." | bent over my keyboard. "I'm ready whenever you are."
"You're excited?"
"Hold your horses." He laughed. "I need thirty minutes to hide somewhere in the mainframe. I'll send Alannah for
our lunch, and I'll hide while we eat. When we are back, you can cfind me." He seemed very giddy.
in-
He nodded. “Honestly, | am." He pointed to the computer. "I've watched you navigate the systems, and | think
that you might have the skills to givea run for my money." He knocked on the desk. "Now, read the rest of
the packet. There is more information in there that explains the gmore in depth. Like, what happens if you
find me?" Then he turned away and left. But he cback. "Remember to give Alannah your lunch order? | just
put mine in." He grinned as he disappeared around the corner again. | just smiled.