17 Chapter 17

“My name is Brant Colton. Lorne and I…No, the three of us, belong to the same club.”

“What club?” he asked, going on the defensive now.

“The one you’re a special member of. Where, from what I understand, you and Kyler used to meet, at the beginning.” I held up my hand to stop him from denying it, which it looked as if he might. “Trust me, Ihave no more desire to have the police and the news people swarming the club than you or any of the othermembers do. I have some questions, however.”

“Why are you involving yourself in this?”

“As I said, I’m a friend of Lorne’s. A new one, and no, there’s nothing more to it than friendship.”

“Right. If he’s a member of the club…” He gave me a knowing look.

“He only joined because he wanted to find you. He wants to hear your side of the story.”

“He wants to be sure I didn’t push Kyler off the balcony,” Gavin said angrily.

“Partly, yes. I think he also needs to know, if indeed you didn’t, whether you have any idea who might have.”