It had been a mistake to agree to come to this party. All week he'd been out of sorts, focusing on solving his problems with Rick and Claire's murder. After Detective Riley's visit, he'd been more stressed and worried about how things would pan out to top it all off. The only ounce of peace he'd felt was when he'd been up twenty-thousand feet in the air with Cat. Although she'd maintained her distance and taken a seat in the back, he'd noticed the minuscule change in her breathing when he'd taken the seat opposite her. Pretending to be busy with her files, he'd fallen asleep to the music of pages flipping and her tapering slow breaths.