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in that bar and I had to know your name. I had to be near you. This morning, I got a call from my cousin telling me he knew you came back with me and I had to let you go.”  

    My brows creased in a frown. How the hell did his cousin know who I was? Then like a wrecking ball into a building, I let out a gasp, and my hand flew to cover my mouth. “You are Josh’s cousin? He talked about his cousin Morgan but never said anything about being related to you.”  

    He sighed and rubbed a hand over his neck.  

    As I watched him, I wondered if this could be a problem. I thought about last night and today. I moved my hand to his cheek. “I don’t care who your family is. The fact you had the chance to lie to me and try to make this my fault but didn't, proves to me you are an actual human being who has a heart. It shows me you were scared I would think you were like him. I know enough to know you and your cousin are two very different people. I would much rather be around you than even acknowledge his existence. I can’t say he is gonna be too impressed when Ellie tells him I hit her…twice.” I laid my head against his shoulder and closed my eyes.  

    “My little firecracker.” He pressed his lips to my head, and I sighed softly as I shifted to curl into him.  

    “You know he isn’t going to leave us in peace until we talk to him, right?”  

    “I know, darlin’, but now you know, and you heard it from me. I can live with whatever tall tale he tries to spin to you where he comes out of this looking like roses. Phones can be put on silent and ignored. I want to know more about my Maddie. My cousin can go back to the shadows where he belongs.”  

    I couldn’t help but grin at that. “I think he will have his hands full with Ellie. Thinking about it now, they really do deserve each other.”  

    He chuckled and wrapped his arms tighter around me.  

    “Then let’s leave them to their own misery, and we will just sit back and let karma do its worst.”  

    “Sounds good to me.” I grinned and curled into him more and relaxed. Who knew what would happen next. For now, I was going to relax here and enjoy the quiet.

CHAPTER FOUR
Morgan

    She came back. When security called and said Maddison was on her way to the bus, I was shocked. I honestly thought someone would have beaten me to telling her everything and made me look like an asshole. Maddison was smart, though. She had listened to her instincts and came back to hear me out. She wasn’t turned away by the fact I was related to the ex who broke her heart and destroyed her friendship. I loved that she wasn’t about to let him rule her life like that.  

    I got some sick satisfaction in Maddie telling me she wanted join me on tour for a little bit. All my free time would be spent with her, so she would get to see more than just the backstage in venues. Maddie also accepted an offer to come work with us. She showed me some of the photos she had taken over the course of the weekend, so once I got back to the States, I was going to talk to the record company about how to get her on board. I tried to ignore the part of my brain telling me my reasons for doing this were purely selfish, but how could I not want to keep her close to me?  

    I was doing this for her too though. She would not only work with my tour but others in the label as well. Her name would be big. I would have her for three months while we got all that sorted out. I was trying to busy myself with things that would stop me from remembering that at the end of the two weeks, I had to leave her here and go back. Could Josh get to her after I left and get inside her head? I cursed myself for thinking that. She was smarter than that. To be sure though, I decided to go and pay a visit to my cousin before I left. Maddie had some stuff she wanted to take care of, so on our way to the Hunter Valley where we would be hiding out for a couple of days, we were going to stop in and take care of it.