Chapter Fifteen
Warrick had a hold of Shelby’s hand as she skipped down the hallway. “Where are you getting all this energy?”
She grinned up at him and shrugged. “Where’s the man’s office?”
“It’s right up here.”
“You really think the girl will like me?”
Warrick snorted. She’d asked the same question several times already. “I know she’ll love you.”
Warrick knocked on Eli’s open office door. “Can we come in?”
Eli smiled, stood, walked over to him, and shook his hand. When Eli glanced at Shelby, she ducked behind Warrick.
He rolled his eyes, and Eli grinned.
“Shelby, would you like to meet my little Kinley?” Eli asked.
She peeked around him and nodded.
He called out for her.
Warrick pulled her up to his side again. “I told you there’s nothing to be afraid of.”
She started to nibble on her lower lip. He watched her eyes widen when Kinley raced into the room.
Eli sighed and put his hands on his hips. “Kinley, honey, how many times have I told you not to run?”
Kinley froze. “Um, a few times, daddy.”
“I think it’s more than that.”
“I’m just excited to meet my new friend.”
Warrick watched the girls face off and stare at each other for a long time.
Eli nudged Kinley. “Say hi.”
“Hi.”
Warrick chuckled. “Do you want to shake hands?”
The girls reached out to each other like robots and shook each other’s hands once before they dropped their hands.
Both men rolled their eyes.
“Why are they always so shy at first?” Eli asked. “They do this every time they meet someone new.”
Warrick grinned.
“Kinley, why don’t you show her the office we have set up for the two of you?”
Kinley held her hand out, and Shelby took it. She looked back once when Kinley pulled her away into the small room attached to Eli’s. They planned to have the girls work on a program to strengthen security walls when they didn’t have any businesses to hack into.
Before she met Kinley, Shelby had wanted to stay in the condo to read more about algorithms and codes. He finally put his foot down.
He watched them get settled at a table Eli set up for them. It was short, just their size, and had several computers set up on it.