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“Actually, I am. And these guys are my boyfriends.” She’d ask Jameson’s forgiveness for lying later.
“I don’t approve of this, Maggie,” her mum said. “You’re not getting involved with these men. No daughter of mine is going to be a slut.”
Maggie was tempted to curl in on herself. To just take the verbal battering and walk away. But then she looked at Ian who looked like he was about to explode. Over to Jack who’d gone blank, his body held tight. Then over to Jameson who lifted a finger to her mum.
“How dare you!”
Her mum jolted as if she hadn’t expected them to talk back to her.
“Your daughter is sweet and kind and smart. She deserves to be showered with love and affection and all you can do is spew hate at her. You don’t deserve her.”
“Well . . . how rude! Hugh, aren’t you going to defend me?”
Maggie’s dad just looked shell-shocked.
“Call her a slut again and I will end you,” Jack said in a low voice.
“You can’t threaten me! Get out of my house.”
“Gladly,” Ian said. “As soon as you tell us what we want to know, we’ll leave and you will never see your daughter again.”
“Your loss,” Jameson said. “But rest assured, we’ll take very good care of her.”
She expected to feel sad at the thought of never seeing her family again. But it was actually a relief. And she wasn’t on her own anymore. She’d survived being fucking kidnapped. She could survive this too.
“I’m not a kid anymore. I don’t need your approval,” she said quietly. “My relationship isn’t up for discussion. It’s none of your business and it’s not why I’m here. I’m here to talk to you about Uncle Willy.”
Her mother’s face grew cagey while her dad looked away. Rachelle glared at her until her gaze met Ian’s and then she backed down. Ronny was just staring at them all in shock.
“That’s none of your business,” her mum said.
Um, what the hell?
“What do you mean? Of course, Uncle Willy is my business,” she replied.
“I’m his sister. I’m taking care of his affairs.”
“His . . . affairs? What . . . what have you done to him?” Her heart raced and she felt ill.
Ian squeezed her hand, while Jack placed his hand on the small of her back.
Her mum looked offended, but there was still something in her gaze. “All I’m doing is taking care of him.”
“No. The two of you haven’t gotten on in years. You hated Aunt Lia. You hated that he was successful and you’re not. Where. Is. He?”
Her mother started to grow red. “Get out of my house! Now!”
“Where the bloody hell is he?”
“After everything we did for you,” her mother said. “All of the lessons we paid for. Chauffeuring you around. Going without so you could skate. And this is how you repay us?”
“So you’re saying you were parents to her and now she owes you something?” Jack asked.
“You know that I appreciate everything you did for me,” she said quietly.
“Do we? Since you threw it all away!” her mum screeched.
“Threw it all away?” Ian said in a low, dark voice. “She was in a fucking car accident and shattered her hip. And you’re blaming her?”
