Dominic
“You asked to see me?”
Dominic looked up as Susie entered his study. “Yes, Susie, thank you.”
He was sitting in his big leather chair behind his desk, the window behind him open to the backyard as usual. This was typically when Colby would be instructing Nova in her swimming lesson, but Nova had cancelled due to their current situation. She wouldn’t be able to focus on her stroke while Aria was missing, she’d said.
Susie came around Dominic’s desk, facing him as she leaned against his desk. She was close enough to rest her knee against Dominic’s.
“How are you doing today?” he asked her.
“Sleep-deprived and shaken,” she answered. Everyone had gotten so little sleep after Aria was abducted. Nova had called Side-by-Side first thing this morning to inform them of the situation an
