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“You better,” Mr. Langley said gruffly. “I can’t standincompetence. And I do not tolerate failures.”

“We won’t fail, sir,” I said.

“Sir?” Mr. Langley started smiling.

“Yes, sir,” I said.

“That’s more like it,” he said. He looked closer atme. “Seems like you would be your father’s favorite, wouldn’t you? If so,that’ll help you find his treasure quicker than the other two.”

“I don’t know about being his favorite,” I said, “ButI certainly tried to understand him the best I could.”

“Well, that’s a start,” Mr. Langley said. “A week.That’s all you get. If you don’t have my treasure for me, you’re all dead.”

“And don’t think you can get away from us,” Barbieadded.

Mr. Langley glared at him, but he walked over to whereBarbie was and turned around. “We’re leaving you to go at it, but we’ll beback. And we’ll be watching.”

With that, he pointed at each of us and walked out thefront door like he was just done visiting.

Ash, Seb, and I watched the front door close so slowlybehind him with bated breath.

When it shut, we were scrambling to get our phones.

“Any word from Kaley?” Seb asked the two of us. “I’vegot nothing from her.”

“Man, I was so worried when we couldn’t find her atthe restaurant, but damn glad she didn’t come back with us too, to this!” Ashsaid.

“Do you think she really went off with Sutton?” Sebasked me.

“I don’t know for sure,” I said.

“Well, you were the one to see them two together… hotand heavy. Fucking!” Seb said angrily.  “Does she still have the hots for him?”

The vision of a naked and wet Kaley in the showerswith a hung-like-a-horse Sutton ramming into her from behind as he thrustedinto her so hard, her boobs were flattened so damn sexily against the showerglass doors flashed before me. She was thoroughly enjoying herself. Her facecontorted so beautifully into intense pleasure and passion.

Yes, that vision made me hard just watching her havesex, even with someone else. Kaley in the throes of passion was the sexiestthing I’ve ever seen.

“Let’s just say Sutton can give it to her pretty darnwell,” I said.

Seb and Ash both frowned.

“So she ditched us to go with Sutton?” Seb asked.“Took the pie with the key to the puzzle’s first part with her intentionally soshe can get ahead of us?”

“No, no!” Ash said, shaking his head. “Kaley wouldn’tdo that. She agreed to work with me. She wouldn’t ditch me to get ahead on herown. I bet Sutton took her. Because why would she leave her purse and phonebehind.”

Seb, Ash, and I looked dumbfounded.  “Her phone!”

“Duh, guys!” Ash said. “That’s why she couldn’t callus.”

“Shit,” Seb said. “She probably tried, but shecouldn’t. Sutton did take her. We have to get her back. We need to get herback.”

“What about Langley?” Ash asked.

“Screw him,” Seb said. “I’m going to find Kaleyfirst.”

“He said he’ll be watching,” Ash said.

“Well, we still need Kaley,” I said.

“We’ll find Kaley first,” Seb said. “Her safety comesfirst. Then we’ll deal with Dad’s nemesis and whatever sordid secrets he had.”

“I’m beginning to think this heirs thing is more of acurse than a blessing,” Ash said.

Seb and I looked at him with a grimace.

“Depends on how we pull through this,” Seb said. “Andwe will.”

“That’s what being a Keystone is about,” I said,putting my arms around Ash and Seb.

“Yes,” Seb said. “Remember that, Ash. Dad wasn’t ourfather for nothing.”

Ash nodded. “True. Like it or not, he didn’t raise usto lose.”

“Nope,” Seb said. “And he wouldn’t entrust us withfinding his treasure within the will, if he didn’t believe we couldn’tdo it.”

“But with Kaley’s help,” Ash said. “Speaking ofKaley…”

“We won’t let Langley know about her,” I said. “Underno condition. She is not part of anything, but some college girl who is stayingat our house. Langley shouldn’t know how much she means to us if we want tokeep her safe and alive. She’s a friend who is just staying over.”

“Okay,” Ash said.

“We already can’t touch her like we want to,” I said.“That provision to not have romantic relations with her still stands. So, it’snot like we aren’t withholding ourselves already.”

“True,” Ash said.

“So… if Sutton is around her,” Seb said. “I hate toadmit it, but it would make our story of her just being some friend stayingover, and her romantic interest elsewhere more legit.”

“I hate the thought of him kissing her, fucking her,”I said. “But if he can keep her safer…”

Before I could finish my sentence, the front door blewopen.

Talk of the devil and the angel…

Sutton was standing in the doorway with a gun in hishands.

Chapter 3

Ash

Talk of the devil.

Seb, Thomas, and I immediately raised our hands,showing we weren’t armed.

Sutton continued walking through the house, with hisgun pointed ahead of him. I think he was sweeping the place, making sure thereweren’t more of us around.

Finally, after going through the first floor, he saidin a whisper. “Upstairs?”

“No one there,” Seb calmly said.

“It’s just you three?” Sutton asked, still with hishands on the gun in front of him.

“Just us three,” Seb said, almost bored.

Sutton let out a breath before standing straight andpulling his gun back. “You could have told me that before.”

“But that wouldn’t be as fun,” Seb said.

Sutton gave him a hard glare before looking at me andThomas. “You guys alright?”

Seb shrugged his shoulders. “Why wouldn’t we bealright? Nothing going on here, Officer.  Just us boys minding our own businessin our own home.”

Sutton must have heard the sarcasm in Seb’s voicebecause he said. “You’d probably wish I came by as much as I do, with your Keystone’strack record on getting into trouble.”

“Trouble?” Seb asked. “When have we been in trouble,Officer Sutton? In fact, it seems we are always the ones who have beenvictimized.”

“Exactly,” Thomas said. “We’ve never done anything tomake you believe or think we’re troublemakers.”

“We Keystones have always been upright citizens herein Majestic, minding our own business,” Seb said. “What made you think ofpulling your gun out on us at our own home?”

Sutton put away his gun and stood up straighter. Hecoughed and said, “I thought I saw a suspicious car pull out of