Page 114 of Legacy

“Damn straight you did. Although, with the cut on your knuckles, we’re going to have to work on your fist placement again,” Rune mumbled.

“We have the punching bag in the garage. We’ll work on it,” Dad said as he made notes to himself on the phone. Apparently, me taking more self-defense classes and adding additional security to the house was only the tip of the iceberg when it came to my dad doing what he did best.

Planning my life so that he could keep his children safe.

“He broke a window and came through the house. That’s how he got in. But you guys are going to put up a security system at the small house, and the owners understand, and everything is going to be okay. I’m fine. He didn’t even cut me.”

Mom’s arms tightened. “Let’s not talk about the knife when I feel like I’m going to throw up.”

“Okay. Okay. But the good thing is I took care of myself.”

“I should have been there.”

I pulled away from my mother, ignoring her sound of protest, and stomped towards Callum.

“You should be sitting. Or lying down,” he said.

“I will be lying down soon. When everybody leaves, I can go to bed. But Callum… He said he was working with somebody and found a way to mess with your brewery. He wanted you away from me. It’s not your fault.”

“I should have had one of my team members handle it.”

“You’re the boss. You wouldn’t have let anyone else handle it. You made sure she was in the house. It’s not your fault,” Rune snapped.

I looked over at my brother and realized though he was scared out of his wits, he was reassuring his best friend at the same time.

Maybe we weren’t exactly figuring out how to deal with my dating Callum, but he was still Callum’s best friend.

They were going to make this work.

Just like I was going to ensure that my family knew I was safe.

Before I could say anything, though, there was a knock on the door, and Rune went to answer it, even though it was Callum’s house.

“Sorry I’m late,” Bodhi said with a growl as he moved forward.

“Window’s fixed, the house is safe. I have a friend who owns a security company down in Denver, and they’ll be up tomorrow to fix everything up. Don’t worry.”

I sighed, then moved towards Bodhi. When I opened up my arms, hesitant that he would actually want to hug me back, he surprised me by pulling me tightly to him.

He kissed the top of my head and let out a sigh. “Let’s not do that again, okay? I don’t like to see my brother looking scared as shit.”

“I’ll try not to. Nearly getting kidnapped doesn’t really sound like a fun thing.”

“Maybe don’t joke about that,” Bodhi mumbled as Callum cursed under his breath and continued to pace.

With a sigh, I pulled away and realized that if I wanted to get some sleep, I was just going to have to do it and ignore the others.

“Okay. I’m going to bed. I’m really okay. Yes, I’m going to be freaked out for a little while, but Bradley is behind bars, all the charges in the world will be pressed, and his father isn’t going to try to get him out of it.”

“His father tried to put his son on the right path before and failed,” my dad corrected. “He’s not going to fail this time.”

“Well, you did threaten to bury me in the backyard somewhere, so we’ll do that to him if I ever see his scrawny little neck again.” Callum gave me a look.

My dad snarled. “Or if I see any of the four LS again.”

I nodded tightly. “It might not have been all of them, but at least two of them were egging him on in this. I don’t know what I did to annoy them other than just existing. But I’m done with them. I have my family here. I have my friends. I’m fine. I just want to go to bed.”

“Now go to bed.” My mother was there then and kissed my temple. “We’re leaving, and you and Callum can go to bed, and he’ll make sure you’re fine. You sleep well, okay?”