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“I knew how upset you’d be.” She touched his shoulder. “Both of you are always trying to protect me. I just wanted to do the same for you.”
“That was the wrong way to go about it.” Lincoln pulled her into his arms. “No more secrets, please.”
She squeezed him. “Same goes for you too.”
He sighed but nodded. “I’m assuming you didn’t go to the authorities about this.”
“No.”
“Do you have a plan?”
My respect for Lincoln ramped up a notch. He didn’t try to run all over his sister—not that he could. I liked that he asked her thoughts, that he seemed to want to move forward as a team.
“My gut tells me we should all act normal until we figure out what to do,” she said. “We need the element of surprise. Or any advantage we can get.”
“I say we just end it now. You still have bruises on your face. We can prosecute the hell out of Davenport and disown that spawn of the devil we’re lucky enough to have as a father.” Teague moved to the windows and stared out at the park across the street.
“Kane Zegas will help us.” Lincoln pulled out his phone.
Beau placed a hand on his arm. “You’re going to think I’m crazy, but what about the company? The people who work there are innocent, and we’ve sacrificed everything to build it to where it is. What Alex did won’t hurt us, but if we go rogue on Father, Hollingsworth Properties could take a serious hit. We’ll look unstable.”
“If it keeps all of my family safe and gets rid of him in the process, I don’t give a damn about the company.”
My brows shot up at Lincoln’s statement.
“Take a minute to think that through,” Beau said quietly.
“I don’t need it. Recently, I’ve been shown what’s truly important. I love our work, love working with you, but I love our family more.”
As I’d ridden up the elevator on what might as well have been another planet, I’d thought there was nothing I could have in common with these people. I should’ve known better, considering Teague was one of them and we’d always been friends.
But now, I realized we had a lot more in common than not. Our biggest differences were the size of our bank accounts . . . and that was irrelevant.
These three cared about each other the way I cared about my brothers and Ma. We all had moments of poor judgment in the name of protection, but it came from the right place.
“Pardon me for the interruption.” Daniel’s large form took up the entire doorway. “Your father is here, demanding to see you.”
Chapter Eight
Beau
“Send him away.”
My tone sounded feral when I spoke.
“I’ll let security downstairs know.” Daniel turned on his heel.
“Wait,” Teague said almost desperately. “Is he in the building?”
He twisted back around. “Just in the lobby.”
“I’ll be back.” Teague hustled toward the door. “I have to go check on Pepper and Miss Adeline.”
Panic swept through me. “You should call Lexie. Have them come here since Father can get in your building.” I tried to put on a brave face. “Do you mind, Daniel?”
“Of course not. Let me know her location, and I’ll have someone escort them.”
Lincoln was already on the phone, murmuring.
