217 Chapter 217

Cadence still wasn't back by Sunday afternoon, the day that Aaron was due backthe day that I would have to leave. Brandon and I both decided we didn't want to be anywhere near him when he returned since we didn't have any answers for him, so as soon as Aurora was done kicking our booties, we hit the showers and loaded up the car to head back to Iowa. I hoped I got there before Aaron arrived at headquarters. It was hard for me to imagine him angry, but I was sure it wouldn't be pleasant to be on the other end of that conversation.

"He's scary when he's mad," Brandon said as we headed down the highway. "Because he's still relatively calm. So the whole time he's 'yelling' at you," he did air quotes with one hand, not letting go of the wheel, thankfully, "you're just waiting for him to lose it. It could happen at any moment."

"And does it?"

"Not that I've ever seen. But it has to eventually, don't you think?"