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Carrie gave me a big hug and told me she could come back to check on me. She waved at the guys, slightly awkward, and they grumbled goodbyes at her. As soon as she had headed into the living room, Jack said, “One of us should make sure she gets home.”
“I’ll walk her to her car,” Carter told me, looking concerned.
Fear squeezed my stomach.
Carrie was my person, my best friend. Was she in danger because she was close to me?
“Follow her home,” I said quietly.
Carter looked as if he wanted to argue with me, but whatever he saw on my face stilled him. He gave me a quick jerk of a nod. “I’ll make sure she’s safe.”
He hesitated for a second at the doorway, as if he wanted to stay with me, but then he was gone.
Once I heard the door to the condo shut in the distance, I asked again, “Where’s Greyson?”
Jack was already sinking onto the edge of the bed, looking as if some of his tension unwound the second he was close to me. He stretched out alongside me, his big, hard body radiating warmth. As mad as I was right now, I was also bone-tired and aching, and I wanted to curl up against him. It took every ounce of self restraint I had not to wrap myself up in his powerful arms.
“He’ll be back soon,” Jack said. “He really is checking on Alli and Alexa.”
“Why?” My voice was sharp. “Why did that car almost hit me? You told Carrie I was in the street, didn’t you? Like I’m the most careless idiot when it comes to cars, to get hittwice?—”
“You didn’t get hit, though.” Jack’s voice was soothing, but it didn’t soothe me. It made me want to smack him. “We were there.”
“You weren’t there last time,” I said, and Jack tensed. “The car leapt the curb. It was coming straight for me, trying to kill me. Why?”
“I don’t think they were trying to kill you.”
“No? Why’s that?”
“Because you’ve never been any threat to anyone,” Jack said quietly. He gently ran his hand over my hair, smoothing it back, as if he couldn’t resist touching me. “Look at you. You’re sunshine and light. There’s never been any reason anyone would hurt you…except to get to us.”
He said it like he meant it.
And yet, something about it felt wrong…I tried to remember why.
My memories had come flooding back, or at least…some of them. I needed peace and quiet and for my head to stop pounding so I could think. Why would anyone try to hit me with a car…twice?
Sebastian moved to the floor to ceiling windows. Against the dark outside and the glitter of city lights beyond, his reflection was thrown back by the windows, revealing his dark expression. “We think they were trying to kidnap you.”
“To get to Greyson or to get to you?” I asked sharply.
“I don’t know,” Sebastian admitted. “I always thought it was Greyson…that if we stayed on the straight-and-narrow and stayed away from you, there was no reason anyone would ever come looking for you.”
“You’re the reason we stayed out of trouble,” Jack told me earnestly.
“Mm, wouldn’t want to go to prison when Kennedy needs you.” Sebastian’s gaze flickered to Jack’s in the reflection, and Jack stared back at him with wide eyes. It was an unspoken conversation I couldn’t make sense of now.
“Why would any of you go to jail?” I asked sharply.
“Because we were mixed up with Greyson.”
My head still ached. I needed to sleep. To make sense of what was happening. “Give me a few minutes, alright?”
“You can have all the time you need, sweetheart.” Jack wove his fingers through mine. His big shoulder against mine was a comforting presence, even before he rested his head lightly against my forehead. “But don’t ask us to leave you alone when we thought we’d lost you.”
“I just need…” I yawned, my voice lost.
“I’ll wake you up when Greyson and Carter come back,” he promised, because Jack always knew just what I needed.
