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Officer Jenson knocks on the door. “Is it okay to come in?” I nod, and his attention centers on Grayson. “We’re going to need someone to identify the body. Usually we prefer it to be family, but Savannah’s injuries prevent her from coming down to the morgue.”
“I can do it,” Grayson says, and then he turns to me. “I’ll be back in a little bit.”
“Okay.”
The two of them leave the room, and my head falls back against the bed. Suddenly, something important pops back into my mind.
“Laney.”
She looks at me with that same warm smile she always has. “Yeah?”
“Can you get my phone for me? I need it.”
It takes a few minutes, and asking a nurse, but she finally finds it and hands it to me. The screen is cracked, probably from when he threw me to the ground, but it still works. I open the voice memos app and smile brightly when I see it’s there. Pressing play, my father’s voice comes through the speaker.
“Where has your ass been for the last week?”
“At Brady’s.”
“Yeah? Are you sure you haven’t been hanging around that Hayworth kid?”
“What if I have?”
“Then you better cut that shit out right now. I don’t want you anywhere near that boy.”
“Why? Because you’re afraid I’ll find out about what you did to his father? Yeah, I know all about it. How you gambled away all our money. How you stole from the company you spent five years working for. And even how you set your best friend up to take the fall.”
“You don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“Oh, come on. Don’t try to be all noble now. Go ahead. Gloat. Getting away with something like that had to make you feel like a badass.”
“I did what I had to, and your little ass should be grateful for that.”
“What you had to? You made your best friend take the fall for a crime he didn’t commit! He died in there! Grayson’s dad is dead, and you did that.”
“You’re damn fucking right I did. And I’d do it again! I got more money out of that score than I’ve ever seen in my life. It’s not my fault the fragile little shit couldn’t handle himself in prison.”
I turn it off before it reaches the point where he attacked me, and Delaney’s eyes widen.
“Is that…?”
Grinning, I flip to my contacts and call the one person who can get me what I need. My father may be gone, but he doesn’t get to die without his sins being exposed.
“Hey, princess. What’s up?” A familiar voice comes through the phone.
“Hi, Carter. I need your dad’s number. I have something he’s going to want.”
A FEW DAYS LATER, I’m finally released from the hospital. It still hurts to do even the simplest of things, like move or breathe, but the doctor was okay with discharging me as long as I promised to rest. Grayson wheels me down to the car and helps me inside.
“I hope you like my bed. You’re going to be spending a lot of time in it.”
My brows furrow. “I’m staying with you?”
Glancing between me and the road, he gives me an incredulous look. “You think I’m going to let you out of my sight? Savannah, I almost lost you. My heart broke into a million pieces when I found you bleeding on that floor. The threat may be gone, but the memory is still very real. It’s going to be a while before I don’t panic at the thought of not being able to keep you safe. You’ll have to bear with me.”
A wide grin spreads across my face. “Such a caveman.”
He chuckles. “You know it, baby.”
