The next time he raised his head, Vic was standing in the doorway. Eli glanced at the time and was shocked it was after five already.
“Hey, cuz, you ready?” Vic asked as he walked over to his desk.
Eli shook the man’s hand. “Hi, Vic.”
Vic looked at Eli. “I have to tell you you’re everyone’s hero right now.”
“Because of Foster?” Eli asked.
“Yeah, I’m so glad that perv is gone, and my cousin doesn’t have to deal with him anymore.”
“His hurting isn’t over. I’m going to make sure of that.”
“Good.”
Eli watched Vic walk over to Kinley and hand her a laptop.
“You can use this one until we find one for you.”
“This is great. Thank you, Vic.”
“How’s the apartment hunting going?”
“Wait,” Eli burst out. “Back up. Vic, are you saying she is looking for a computer?”
“Well, yeah. She doesn’t have one yet. But we haven’t really started looking.”
“I’ll take care of that.”
Kinley gasped, stood, and shook her head.
He raised a brow. “What did we talk about?”
“You talked about buying stuff for me, but you’ve already bought me all of this.”
“I’m going to buy you whatever you need, honey. Get used to it.”
Out the corner of his eye, Eli saw Vic cover his mouth to hide his smile.
“Now, tell me about looking for an apartment.”
Kinley scowled at her cousin.
Vic raised his hands in the air. “Hey, he would have found out eventually.”
She growled and then stomped her foot. “You’re a blabbermouth.”
Eli grinned. “Don’t get mad at him. Tell me?”
She rolled her eyes and sighed. “Vic has a girlfriend, and they want to move in together, and I feel I’m preventing that from happening, so I decided to look for my own place.”
“I don’t like it.”
She crossed her arms over her chest. “You don’t have to like it.”
Both his brows rose at her belligerence, and Vic snorted out a chuckle.
“You’re really pushing it, cuz.”
“Vic, he’s not the boss of me.”
Eli rose from his chair. “Vic, go on home. I’ll bring her later. If I decide to keep her with me, I’ll text.”
“Sounds good to me. Bye, cuz.”
“Where’s your loyalty?’ she yelled.
Eli grinned. “Close the door on your way out, Vic.”
“Sure. Love you, cuz.”
She snorted and rolled her eyes. “I love you, too.”