“Yeah, yeah. Everything’s fine. Just thought I saw a ghost for a minute.”
“You look like it.”
He leaned over and kissed her cheek. “Be right back.”
He and Gunner were both walking in the direction they saw the man and woman go.
“Did you get a good look at that guy?” Razor asked.
“Nah, I was hoping you did.”
“Just caught the back of him, but damn, I got icicles.”
“Me too. I’ll circle around and check him out.”
“He’s Ava’s father, Conor McNamara,” Razor told him.
“The hell he is,” he heard Gunner say as he walked away.
While his teammate went to give the man another look, Razor went in search of Doc, whom he found seated with Merrigan.
“There he is,” she said, kissing him on the cheek. “Kade tells me you’ve been romancing one of the bridesmaids.”
“You know not to believe everything you hear, Fatale.”
He’d meant it as a joke, but he saw her eyes flicker for just a moment. Evidently, something in his words struck a nerve. It wasn’t the use of her code name, everyone referred to her as Fatale on a regular basis.
Within a couple of seconds, though, she was back to her radiant self. Doc ran his hand lovingly over his wife’s protruding stomach.
“Got a minute?” Razor asked right about the same time Gunner returned and joined them.
“Tell you what, boys, I need to find the loo, so I’ll leave you to chat.” Merrigan kissed Doc’s cheek. “You can fill me in later,” she said as she walked away.
Both he and Gunner told Doc about their reaction to seeing the twins’ father. While Razor couldn’t place him, and neither could Gunner, they both knew there was something sinister about the man.
“He almost reminds me of somebody, but I can’t figure out who,” said Gunner.
Razor felt the same way, but he was certain he’d never seen him before.
One thing everyone knew about Razor Sharp was that he never, ever forgot a face. If he’d seen someone even for a split second and they’d been identified, he could pull that memory up twenty years later, and be able to report who the person was, where he’d initially seen them, and give a brief but concise background report. It was his superpower.
Gunner nudged him. “Better get back to your girlfriend.”
“Ava? I don’t know where she is,” Razor said, distracted by the man seated at a table across the lawn.
Gunner motioned with his head. “She’s where you left her. Maybe you should rethink your career as a spy, dude.”
—:—
Ava had been watching Tabon long before his eyes found hers.
He, Gunner, and Quinn’s dad had been talking about her father, and she wanted to know why, particularly when she saw the looks on their faces.
“Had you and Dad ever met Quinn’s parents?” she asked her mother.
“When would we have?”
“I don’t know, maybe when they first brought her to school.”