Odie frowned, touching his flushed face. "Red?"

Jonah nodded.

Odie felt his own forehead, then Jonah's, finding no difference. "No fever," he concluded. "It's too hot in here. Let's get the AC going."

"How cool do you want it, boss?"

"Set it to 18 degrees."

Odie tugged at his collar. Yeah, it was warm. He hadn't noticed it much when he was in the study.

Thinking about it, Odie paused. "Was I too harsh boarding up Sophie's windows?"

"Not really. She did betray you."

took a few more steps before stopping again. "Get someone to remove a couple of those boards. We need

"Boss?"

anyone

"Got it."

Odie had given her into her ring-a secret that might come in handy later. *Knock,

"Come in."

time, it was Polly. "Boss wants me to make sure your

by Sophie's words but quickly shut the door and approached her. "Ms. Sophie,

phone because you hate Qdie and want to take him

Polly hesitated, clearly torn.

to me and I promise, not just the Minton and Gibbs families, but all those involved

"I can give you the phone, but you

to Sandy. Odie is the Pollard family's son-in-law. They won't let anything happen to him." Sophie smiled. "If that's

"What?"

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