When we get to the shed, it’s dark.
“I’m going to turn her ass so red,” Dirk says, slamming the door on the truck. “She’s not fucking here!”
Someone moans from inside, and I pull my gun from its holster. I push the door open slowly with Dirk and Raffe right behind me.
The single light bulb hanging from the ceiling shines brightly over the one man I’ve always wanted to kill.
I’m going to owe Jesse for this one.
“Well, well, well. Looky what we got here, boys. Benji’s back to play.”
Raffe sidles up beside me, tipping his head to the side. “Is this Lily’s ex?”
Dirk begins to circle the room.
“S-she told me if I ex-explained everything, you’d … you’d let me go.”
Dirk smirks behind his back, rolling his finger beside his ear. Yeah, this dude is crazy if he thinks he’s walking out of here.
“That’s the plan,” I say, flipping a chair around and straddling it. “Get to explaining.”
Benjamin, the man we rescued Lily from marrying, licks his lips. He’s clearly terrified to be in my presence again. He’s already taken one beating from me. Dirk hops up on the tool bench while Raffe begins to pace the room.
I have a feeling I’m not going to like what comes out of his mouth.
“I … I was just trying to scare her, so … so she would you know, do stuff.” He pauses. “I let her believe I was something I wasn’t.”
I was right. I don’t like it, and he’s just started talking.
Chapter Thirty-Four
Jenny
“Lily will be down in a minute,” I tell her boyfriend on my way into the library. It’s my favorite place in the whole house, and I’m going to take advantage of it while I’m here.
He follows me inside and closes the door. I pick up my steps, hurrying to the far side of the room.
“I know who you are,” he says as I pull a book from the shelf.
“And?”
His gaze darkens, and he clicks his tongue. “Come and sit with me.” He lowers himself into one of the leather chairs in the middle of the room.
The tone of his voice makes me obey, and that concerns me.
“So, you know I’m a whore. Big deal. Doesn’t every senator have one?”
His gaze darkens, and he rests an ankle over his knee. “Ah, but we both know you’re much more than that, don’t we?”
My heart slows as he spins a golden ring around his finger.
“You’ve been giving him bad information, haven’t you, Jenny?”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” I whisper.
He laughs. It’s rich and loud, and it sounds nothing like the laughter I hear coming from the senator’s office when they meet. I don’t know how he laughs around Lily. My guess is he doesn’t.
He leans forward. “Your handler. You’re not here by chance. I know someone sent you.”
