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I pull at my seatbelt, securing myself. Hades looks around, his eyes roaming the street. He starts a little as I touch his hand, clasping it with mine.
When his gaze swings around to me, I try to be reassuring.
“It’s going to be fine. You’ve got everything as under control is it can be. Okay?”
He nods but his gaze flits out, never settling on any one place for too long. I clear my throat and squeeze his hand. But I can’t help feeling like I have to be on high alert as well. The mood in the car is pretty tense and I am not so dense as to be blissfully unaware.
“What are you hoping to see today?” I ask.
Hades looks at me, frowning a little. “I’m sorry?”
I raise my eyebrows at him.
“At the appointment?” I prompt. “Are you excited to see the baby today?”
From his expression, it’s evident that he hasn’t even considered that yet.
“You mean we can actually see her?”
I roll my eyes at him. “Well yeah. That’s the entire point of going to the doctor’s office. They have medical equipment, like sonographs.”
Before he can say anything though, one of the men in the front calls attention to a car behind us. The man in the passenger seat looks back and nods his head.
“Hey boss,” he says. “I think we’re being followed.”
Hades’ head snaps around to look out the back window. His hawk like gaze zeros in on the white SUV just behind us. He straightens and shakes his head.
“If they are intending to follow us, they are not being very subtle. Which means that we should be prepared for anything. Speed up, lose them if you can.”
As soon as he says it, the security guard presses on the gas pedal and the entire vehicle lurches forward. I can feel the sheer velocity that we’re traveling at all the way down into my bones.
My heart thumbs in my chest but honestly there are so many things going on that I can’t even pay attention to it right now. Putting my hands over my stomach protectively, I swallow. My input isn’t really asked for in this space. All that’s required of me is being as quiet as possible and staying somewhat calm.
Hades is really leading the charge here, trying to figure out if the white SUV is really following us.
The driver does a quick right turn, which has me clenching at the hand rest with evident terror. The white SUV makes the same last-minute decision that we did, squealing its tires as it follows us down the street.
He do use murmurs a curse under his breath. “Fuck. They are definitely following us.”
“What do you want me to do?” the driver asks.
“Evasive maneuvers. Do whatever you have to do in order to lose them. The last thing that we want right now is a confrontation. Not while Penny is in the car.”
I whip my head around, staring at the white SUV that is right on our tail. The windshield is tinted, but I can still make out two figures behind the class.
I feel my heart speed up as I try to decide if I recognize them. I could be wrong obviously, but it looks to me like Constantine and my father, Ben.
“Hades,” I say, pointing at the car. “Could that be a Constantine?”
He looks again and his gaze tightens. He nods tightly. “It could be. It looks like him, but I can’t be sure.”
I lick my lips nervously. I feel flushed, feverish almost.
“The other man could be my father.”
Hades starts, looking back. “Fuck,” he says. “Can we go faster?”
“I’ll try, sir.”
