“But—Dad,” Ainsley began defensively. “That wasn’t his fault. He didn’t know about the threat. I didn’t know about the threat. He just happened to be gone this weekend because he wanted to check on his mom. I’m sure he wouldn’t have left me alone if he’d known—he’s pretty gung-ho about my safety. The only reason that stalker didn’t get in was that I locked my door right after entering. Sebastian is always up in my hair about it, I just did it automatically.”
When Ainsley had to pause to catch her breath, she realized that she might have given herself away with how passionately she had spoken. She bit her tongue and prayed her father didn’t notice anything odd about her behavior.
Luckily, George was too distracted by the content of her words to pay attention to anything else. He also reco
