Chapter 25: Bronson

It's quiet in the car, an eerie silence waving its way through the SUV. I attempt to once again concentrate on my phone and the hundreds of emails that require my attention, instead my eyes can't seem to stop glancing over at Nicole.

She's smiling, something I'm certain one would need a camera to photo in order to show proof of, but with her headphones in one ear and her head bobbing back an forth to some god awful music, I can tell she is at some kind of peace.

"Sir?" I turn and watch Rand speaking to me from the driver seat. His posture is hard, tightened with anxiety, much like it always is whenever I have to leave the state.

Today is the beginning of our trip to the prospective businesses my company and I are attempting to pursue and with Nicole going alongside me, I know he isn't the most comfortable right now.

"We are here." I look up to see we are indeed arriving at the hangar, where my private plan is stored and kept.

I turn, preparing myself to awaken Nikki from her musical di