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His stare never unleashes from mine, and I’m not sure if that excites me or terrifies me.
“I told you why you are here. I know what you’re capable of.” He tilts his chin but holds my stare, looking down the bridge of his nose.
I look at his face and really try and memorize his features. I know I’ve seen him before. He has got to be six foot three at a minimum, his dark hair has the slightest curl to it, and his eyes. I know those eyes. Striking blue, pure blue.
“How do I know you?” I question softly, hoping he will answer.
“I knew your dad. He was a good man who didn’t deserve what happened to him.”
My mind flashes every newspaper article and news broadcast I’ve seen since he’s died, trying to remember if maybe that’s where I remember him from.
“Did you do it?” My lip quivers, but I refuse to let any tears fall. It’s a suspicion I’ve had in the back of my mind ever since I was brought here. Why else would he want me here so bad?
“No.” He spreads his feet and crosses his wrists in front of him.
“You didn’t ask what I was talking about.” My voice is a whisper.
“I don’t need to. I’ve known the question has been there all along. I have simply been waiting for you to ask.”
“Do you know who did?”
“No.”
“No?”
“That is what I said, Monkshood.”
“Don’t call me that,” I spit.
The corner of his mouth raises slightly. “If you insist on calling me Teddy, I will call you what I want.”
I roll my eyes. “I want to add a stipulation.”
“Negotiation time is over.”
“I want to be the one who does it.” I cross my arms in front of me.
“Does what?” He raises a brow at me.
“I want to kill the son of a bitch who killed my father.”
He licks his lips, letting his eyes fall from mine for a split second to roam my towel-wrapped body. “That is a promise I can’t keep.”
“Then at least promise me you will find him.” I let my arms fall to my side. “Please.”
He stays quiet for a beat. “What makes you think I care about who did it?”
“Because, I know you. I’ve seen you. I don’t remember where, but I know I have. And something tells me you care.”
I search his face for any indicator that what I’m saying is true because at this point, I feel maybe I’m crazy.
He turns and opens the door, then pauses, glancing back at me. “I will find him.” He leaves the room without another word, and I stand alone watching the door close gently behind him.
I hurry and put on the dress and unrealistic heels before leaving the room too. Luckily, Carl is waiting by the door ready to escort me to the gym, a place I never would have found on my own. This entire house is like a maze. One wrong turn and you’re in a bathroom or broom closet.
I enter the gym, listening to the echo my heels send off the wooden floor and reverberate throughout the room. It is no different from any other gym really. You have your fitness equipment, towel baskets, courts and hoops, and of course your typical jock, who in this case we will refer to as Lucas.
“Well, look at you,” Lucas says, standing from a weight bench. “You clean up pretty nicely. Too bad you’re a bitch” He laughs.
