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“What?” Her heart pounded.
“Look at me.”
She did and saw pain in his expression. It took her breath away.
“Don’t ever do that again. Please.”
“Romy, it wasn’t that serious. I mean he’s a journalist, right?”
“He might not have been. You won’t risk your life ever again.”
She couldn’t promise that, not if the people she cared so deeply for were in trouble. Of course, she wouldn’t tell him. Then she paused, thinking about what had just gone through her mind. The people she cared about?
Romy directed her into his office and shut the door behind her. As soon as he was gone, the others p
ounced on her.
“What’s going on, Sonya?” Shakarri’s expression was filled with worry as she rocked her newborn. Aunt Livia bounced Arron on her hip, saying nothing, but her pallor was far paler than when Sonya had first met her. Mamma muttered beneath her breath in Italian.
“Everything’s fine,” Sonya assured them. “He was just a reporter.” She told them her suspicions when she jumped the man and how Romy believed they would narrow down right away who let the man in.
While she spoke, her thoughts churned. Just because the man turned out to be a reporter, he might not have been, and in her mind at the time, he was someone dangerous. When she jumped on his back to stop him, she thought he was pulling a gun out of his pocket. It terrified her to think about anything happening to Arron, but he wasn’t in Romy’s arms at the time. All she could imagine was Romy getting hurt, and it had nothing to do with the baby.
Chapter 13
Sonya drew her feet up onto the couch and laid her head against her knees. She let out a low groan.
“That sounds serious.”
She jumped and looked up just as Shakarri entered the living room. A part of Sonya wanted to get up and get out of there. The family hardly ever used this little living area, so it had become her favorite for getting some alone time without being holed up in her room. She enjoyed walking outside but often ran across security out there.
Shakarri burst out laughing when she didn’t say anything. “That look on your face says ‘why are you here? This is my hiding place.’”
Sonya made a small noise of denial. “Girl, I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“Uh-huh. Well, I was looking for you. I wanted to talk to you about Romy.”
Sonya put her feet down and scooted to the end of the couch.
Shakarri positioned her newborn to nurse. “No, don’t run off. I know we haven’t seen eye-to-eye since you got here.”
“You mean your husband treats me like I came in with a ransom note, and you back him up.”
“It wasn’t that serious.”
Sonya raised her eyebrows.
“All right, Ezio was that bad, but you have to admit he’s laid off in the last…few days?”
Sonya couldn’t help but laugh at that. “He might have let me go to the bathroom once or twice without having a bodyguard search me first.”
“Now you’re being dramatic.” Shakarri grinned. “Ezio takes some getting used to. It’s only because he loves me that I can handle him as well as I do. To be honest, I like how you give him as good as you get. You’re a tiny little tiger roaring as big as you can.”
“Wow, thanks. You make me sound like a mewling kitten, all pathetic.”
“You’re far from pathetic.” For a moment Shakarri watched her, and Sonya waited for her to continue. “You’re something. I like you.”
That took Sonya by surprise. She couldn’t find words to respond.
