Chapter 37

Kamari's Point of View

Gaelan left his phone at home. Whilst on patrol, no distractions were tolerated. It was a simple rule to follow. And it made what I wanted to do next especially easy.

He had left it on the counter. Discarded it with no second thought. Up until this point, there had been no reason for him to hide it from me. If I ever needed him to transfer me some money, I asked. If there were some pictures he had taken that I wanted, he would send them.

We had no secrets.

Up until this point.

I scooped the phone up before heading up to my room. The lock screen was a photo of us on vacation about three years ago. Right before I outed myself. We both looked happy and content at the swimming pool. Gaelan's smiling face made me feel an ounce of guilt for snooping.

When I tried to open it, a prompt came up to enter the pin. I frowned and hurriedly typed in their anniversary date. It was declined. Rachel's birthday. Also wrong.

I looked at the photo again. We were so happy unti