CHAPTER THREE
Silence stretched the inches between Brody and Cara into miles. He wanted to bridge the gap, but he didn’t know how. She’d once been his best friend, closer to him than Caitlin had ever been, before life and distance separated them.
He hadn’t seen Cara since last year’s Oscars, knew little about what she’d been doing other than searching for a new job the past ten months. When he’d been struggling financially, trying to make it in show business, she’d sent him money to buy food and pay bills. He hadn’t been around to support her when she’d been laid off, hadn’t given her any money when she probably needed some, yet here he was, asking for a favor.
A big one.
Loki jumped off his lap and lumbered across the hardwood floor. The heater kicked on, blowing hot air out of a regi
