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Chapter Twenty-Eight
Logan
The only time I am ever alone with Phoenix is when she’s home. It didn’t miss my attention she found the cameras around her room. I’m sure Stryker had a hand in that one. She took the ones from the bathroom but left the one that looks over her bed.
Stryker was serious when he said he was done; he turned his back on me and walked right into the arms of that liar. Serves him right though, I’ve seen the way she makes him work for her attention—it’s comical. I’m just glad it isn’t me. I know who she is and what she’s capable of, and I tried to save Stryker from getting tied in the webs she weaves, but she’s fucking good.
As she swims in the pool, I sit shrouded by the darkness of the living room, watching her as she does laps. If she knew I was here, or that Mom and Dad left for the night, I know she’d be in her room right now.
Making my way outside, I figure it’s time to confront her about the Stryker situation. I miss my friend, and I can’t believe that we’re letting some pussy get between us. I need answers, and I need to know what she said to make him turn against me. He wasn’t the only one that was getting wary about the whole revenge plan. Ricky and Caden have also started to question things; their reasoning is different from Stryker’s though; they were upset with the split in the group. I won’t ask them to choose sides—I’m too afraid of which side they may land on if I did. I can’t lose them too.
“You must be happy with yourself.” The bitterness in my tone was obvious.
“What are you talking about now, Logan?” rolling her eyes as she clings to the side of the pool.
“Coming between Stryker and me, don’t play dumb Phoenix. You know it’s not your strong point,” agitation spreads like wildfire through my body as she stares at me blankly from the water. I hate the conflict that constantly wars within me. I’m torn between wanting to be the person I was before Kyle’s death and wanting to appease my aunt and uncle, who lost their only child because of the actions of one selfish girl. Maybe there is some truth in what Stryker said the other night. Maybe I did have some sort of feelings other than hate.
I lose all train of thought as she pulls herself up on the ledge of the pool, water cascading down the pale curves of her body. I swallow hard. Fuck she’s hot.
“You messed things up with Stryker all on your own Logan.” She says, standing and grabbing a towel she’d thrown over the back of one of the lounge beds. My eyes follow her every move, picturing those strong thighs of hers wrapped around my waist.
“Are you even listening, Logan?” My eyes snap up. “Did you ever ask yourself why he’d walk away from you?”
“I don’t need to ask myself shit. You and I both know why he’s following you around like a lost fucking puppy.”
I step forward, running one finger down the opening of her towel. I feel her shiver at my touch.
“Wow, that’s real cute.” She ripped the bottom of her towel from my hands, trying to storm past me to the patio door.
“I can’t even have a normal conversation with you, you’re unreal.” But if she thought I was going to let her walk away now; she had another thing coming.
Racing to catch up with her, I grab her arm.
“Let me fucking go, Logan.” She starts struggling in my hold, trying to push me away.
“I don’t think so.” She manages to get free as I drag her through the back door. But I latch onto her towel as she goes, just long enough to slow her down a little before she lets it go, giving me a clear view of her perfect perky tits.
The sting is all I feel as her hand connects with my cheek. “Why can’t you just leave me the hell alone, Logan?”
“Fuck this shit.” Having enough of the pushing and shoving, I bend down and throw her over my shoulder, making my way down to the basement as she kicks and screams. I need a room that doesn’t have anywhere for her to escape. She will have to go through me to get out, and we both know she wouldn’t be able to take me on. Even as I walk us down here, she is still struggling to dislodge me.
“You and I are going to have a chat, Phoenix, one we should have had a long time ago, and you won’t be leaving here until I say you can,” sneering at her as I push her into the middle of the room.
She looks around, realization dawning on her face. She knows there is no escape down here, but she also knows she has no way to call anyone for help. She was well and truly trapped in here with me.
“I want to know why you lied to everyone,” I state in a low, calm voice. “Why is everyone so easily convinced of the little victim act you put on.”
“Screw you, Logan, I am not telling you shit when you’re like this. You’re so closed off to the notion that maybe Kyle wasn’t who you thought he was.”
Well, at least she’s smart enough to know she can’t manipulate me with the same lies she has so easily spun for everyone else. At least we were getting somewhere.
“Not the way I would have responded, considering it is me you need to go through to get out of here. Mom and Dad aren’t home and won’t be for some time. If I wanted to, Phoenix, I could lock you in here—no one would be any wiser,” I walk toward her slowly to get my point across. “You’re known not to come home some days from practice, choosing to stay with Cami. How long do you think I could keep you down here before someone even noticed you were missing?”
Laughing at me, she looks straight into my eyes. “Oh, I don’t know. Maybe an hour or so, considering Cami and Luca are picking me up.” A small smirk appears on her face. “I don’t know what you were trying to plan, Logan, but trying to lock me up to admit to something that isn’t true—it won’t work. If you want to know the truth, ask your parents, or come out and ask me, but trying to get me to tell you what you want to hear won’t happen. Now let me leave.”
Something snaps in me, and the next thing I know, I have her on the ground, straddling her. “Don’t fucking mess with me, Phoenix, I am warning you. I know you lied, and now I have you where I want,” taunting her as I lean in. Her eyes blow wide open with fear as tears start to run down her face. “I know you used to sneak around with Kyle, and I know you’re hiding something. I will find it out.”
Pushing her further into the ground, I needed to get out of here before I did something I regretted. All I can think about is the way she feels underneath me in her wet bikini. Fuck, I am so fucking hard with possibilities that I can’t explore.
Getting up, without even looking back, I get out of the room. The fear I saw in her eyes just now stirring up the war that is rampant within me. If my parents only knew what I had just done, they would be so ashamed and disappointed.
