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“Someone who’s looking for Catrina Linz,” the voice said again.
“Well, you can’t talk to her until you tell me who this is and what you want with Cat,” Repo insisted.
“This is a family matter. I’m a friend of her family’s and I called to tell her that her mother is dead,” the voice said. It was creepy and sounded devoid of human emotion. Repo cursed into the phone and the person laughed as if they were amused by his outburst.
“Catrina always did keep colorful company,” the voice taunted. “Please relay the message that she needs to contact her family at her earliest convenience.” The mysterious person on the other line ended the call and Cat took the phone from Repo and tossed it back into the glove box and quickly snapped it shut.
She looked over at Repo, his scowl firmly in place and she felt about the same way. “You think that they were telling the truth?” she whispered. “Do you think my mother is dead?” Cat wasn’t sure how she felt about that. She hadn’t seen her mom in over eleven years and it wasn’t as if her mother had reached out to her over the years. No one had—not her mom or Liam. As far as she was concerned her life was better for not having a relationship with the woman who called her a liar when Cat told her that her step-father was raping her. How could a mother do that to her child? How could she turn her back on her flesh and blood for a man who didn’t deserve to draw his next breath?
Liam on the other hand—him she missed. Her younger brother would be a full-grown adult by now and she often wondered what type of man he had turned into. God willing, Liam had found a way to steer clear of their step-father and make a break from that shitty little town they grew up in.
“I don’t know,” Repo breathed. “How about you let me reach out to some of my contacts and I’ll find out for sure for you. Didn’t you say that you didn’t leave things on a good note with your family?” he asked. That was an understatement. A relationship between Cat and her family was non-existent.
“Yes,” she said. “I haven’t spoken to my mom in over eleven years and the same with my brother, Liam. After I left, no one came looking for me so I figured that I was better off without them and vice versa.” She realized that her family didn’t give a shit about her disappearing from their lives and that hurt like a son-of-a-bitch but she got by just fine without them.
“I’m sorry,” Repo said. “That had to hurt—walking away from them and not looking back. A part of you had to want your mom to admit she was wrong and be on your side. I know that’s what I would have wanted.” He held her hand in his big hand, gently rubbing his thumb over her palm.
“Maybe,” she said. “I was just a kid and it hurt like hell that my mother didn’t believe me over some man. He took everything from me and no one believed me. No one was on my side.” Cat didn’t hide the small sob that bubbled up inside of her chest. She liked that she didn’t seem to need to hide any part of herself from Repo.
“I’m on your side, Honey,” he promised. “You will never have to worry about that.” Cat nodded, too emotional to say anything. Repo made her pretty promises but a part of her still wondered how long he would be on her side. The one thing that life had taught her was that promises were usually made to be broken but this time, when Repo broke his word, he’d be effectively breaking her heart too and she wasn’t sure she’d be able to handle that.
“What do you want to do about your mom?” he asked. “I mean, we can turn around and head back to—” He stopped talking and Cat looked over at him. “I don’t know where you’re from, Cat.” He grimaced and Cat giggled.
“It’s not a big deal, Repo,” she assured. “I’m from a little town in Maryland and I don’t want to do anything about my mom. She didn’t bother to come looking for me so why would I go home to watch them lower her into the ground?” She knew she sounded like a cold-hearted bitch but she honestly didn’t care. It was how she felt and nothing would change her mind. Not even getting a call from a stranger, telling her that her mother had passed, would get her to go back home.
“Whatever you say, Honey,” Repo agreed. “But, if you change your mind, I’m all for a road trip.”
“I appreciate that Repo but I won’t change my mind. I learned a long time ago that I need to watch out for myself. Whomever that was on the phone could have been lying. We have no idea who that even was and I’m supposed to run home?”
“My offer stands,” Repo said. “How about I have some guys check into whether or not the story is even true and then we can go from there.”
“Thanks,” Cat said.
“Anytime,” Repo said. He smiled over at her and she felt as if her damn heart skipped a beat again. Yeah, that would be something she’d need to get used to.
