I finished telling Spied the story right about the time that Sadie decided to pop into the room, and the two of us just stared at her before dissolving into a fit of laughter. Talk about timing. Sadie frowned as she looked over at us, and I gasped in a desperate attempt to draw in air. Oh, laughing felt so good!
"Did I interrupt something?" Sadie asked sarcastically as I bit my lip to keep from laughing again.
"Nope, not at…all." I replied haltingly—tripping over my words as I giggled. Sadie just narrowed her eyes suspiciously.
"Get a room you two. Can someone please tell me why the feds are in the office right now?" Sadie asked sagely as I felt the blood in my veins turn to ice. Please say Tommy had finished his business in town. Jumping down off the stool, I ran over to the cracked door behind Sadie and peered out of it warily. Shit! Two men in black suits were talking animatedly with Darius as they motioned around the room at large. I only caught snatches of the conversation, but I did hear the word 'Quincy' thrown around more than a few times. Oh God, where was Tommy?
"How long have they been here?" I asked Sadie in a panic as she scrunched her eyebrows up in confusion.
"About a half hour. Why? What's going on here?" Sadie demanded as I just threw her a "Don't worry about it" look before turning toward Spied. Spied shrugged in that 'Don't look at me' kind of gesture as I took in slow, deep breaths—trying my best to keep my breathing easy and my heart beating normally. Sadie just shrugged before sighing heavily.
"How come I feel like I've missed something very important here?" She asked as I looked over at her nonchalantly.
"Maybe it's because you've been way too busy with Liam lately." I remarked suddenly—placing my hand quickly over my mouth as I realized what I had just revealed. Sadie's jaw dropped to the floor before her eyes narrowed menacingly.
"What do you know, Jude Harrison?" She asked as I perused her indifferently.
"Trust me. Way way way more than I ever wanted to." I answered on a gasp as she grabbed my wrist painfully.
"Don't say anything, Jude. Please." Sadie pleaded as I wrapped my arms around her shoulders.
"Now that's something you don't have to worry about, Sades. We Harrison women have a tendency to fall hard and fast for forbidden men." I said on a small laugh as she smiled at me tenderly.
"I guess we do, sis, don't we?" Sadie remarked as I looked over at her—startled by the connection we suddenly shared.
"If you ever need to talk about anything, Jude…"Sadie began as I held up my hand in interruption.
"I know where to find you." I finished for her lightly as she laughed before peering out the door curiously.
"Now do I even have to ask if Tommy's in trouble?" Sadie remarked as I sighed heavily.
"God, I hope not, Sadie." I cried as she hugged me to her quickly before placing her hand on the doorknob.
"I'm still your big sister, Jude. Let's see what I can't find out for you." She replied as I grinned at her. Where was Tommy?