Simon Says Die

is alive, he could get away with faking his death? He wouldn’t go to prison? He’d get away with . . . murder?”
    The way she’d said “murder” had him wondering if they were talking about the man who’d died in the car accident . . . or someone else. He watched her closely as he answered. “It’s certainly a possibility. It all depends on the evidence. Is there something else you know about Damon that you aren’t telling me? Something he did?”
    She blinked and refocused on him. “Nothing I can prove.”
    Before he could ask her what that meant, she waved her hand in the air. “Back to the truce. I’ll accept your help, on one condition.”
    Leave it to Madison to make it sound like she was doing him the favor when he’d already gotten shot protecting her, and was burning vacation days to help her. The woman was completely exasperating.
    And even though he hated to admit it, completely adorable. That sass and fire was one of the main things he’d always liked about her. “What condition?”
    â€œYou can’t tell Logan about this, any of it. I don’t want him to suspect I’m in danger. And I especially don’t want him to think Damon might be alive.”
    â€œWhy are you so worried about Logan knowing about Damon?”
    â€œBecause Logan would want to fix everything. And there are some things he just can’t fix. I’ll accept your help, but with that one condition. Take it or leave it.”
    What “things” was she talking about? He wanted to shake her in frustration, but he knew that would get him nowhere. Sooner or later she was going to have to be honest with him. He just hoped it wasn’t too late, that someone didn’t get hurt—or worse—before she decided to tell him what she suspected Damon had done.
    â€œAll right, deal,” he said. “But I have a condition of my own. You’re moving in with me. It’s too dangerous to stay at your house while the stalker is still out there.”
    Her eyes widened in surprise. “Where do you live?”
    â€œDoes it matter?”
    A mischievous grin curved her lips. “Not as long as Tessa doesn’t come with us.”
    He didn’t bother to respond to that ridiculous statement.
    She stared at her shoes, deep in thought, as if carefully considering whether she could stand to live in the same house with him for the duration of their truce.
    If it weren’t for his promise to Logan, he might very well have gotten up right then and told her to forget it. He and Madison had shared themselves in every way two people could, and she was worried about him sleeping under the same roof?
    â€œOkay, deal.” She suddenly held out her hand.
    He hesitated, belatedly wondering what he might have just gotten himself into. But when a look of uncertainty crossed her face, he blew out a breath and shook her hand.
    â€œFirst things first, give me that list you had earlier today when you went to MacGuffin’s,” he said. “And tell me what you were really doing there.”
    She rolled her eyes. “I didn’t figure you believed me about that.” She grabbed her purse and dug inside. She pulled out a small packet of papers and plopped them in his hand.
    â€œWhat’s all this?” he asked. He flipped through the pages and glanced up at her. “Contracts?”
    â€œAlleged contracts. I found those in Damon’s things when I was . . . suspicious of him. That list”—she pointed to the paper on the bottom of the stack—“contains the names and addresses I got from the contracts. I visited all of those places to see if the owners really knew Damon, and if maybe he’d contacted them recently.”
    â€œYou said alleged. They’re all fake?”
    â€œYes, as confirmed by each person I spoke with today.”
    He flipped through all of them again, looking more closely at each page. “I don’t see anything with MacGuffin’s listed on it.”
    â€œThat’s because Mr. MacGuffin shredded the contract. He was suspicious of me, thought I might be trying to pull some kind of scam. I let him have the contract so he’d know I wasn’t trying to cheat him.”
    He folded the papers and held them in his left hand. “I’ll give these to Casey, see if he can find anything useful.” He pulled her to her feet and tugged her