(Ridge)
I stayed beside Mira for another few minutes before I moved. Long enough that leaving didn't look like anything. Long enough to make sure she was settled and not reading too much into the way I'd gone quiet.
She was watching the room with her hand resting over her stomach the way she did when she thought nobody was paying attention. I kept my fingers linked with hers under the table and let her think I was just sitting with her.
I wasn't.
My mind had been somewhere else since Nash's call. Nolan had made it to Crosswell. Close enough to ask questions at a garage. Close enough to show Mira's picture to people who might recognize her. That wasn't a coincidence and it wasn't a casual visit. He'd come looking and he'd found a thread and right now he was somewhere in this town pullin
