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“Do you know how risky that’d be?” Jax replies with his brow elevated. “Especially with your dad there.”
“True.” Hunter mulls this over with a frown. “We’ll give him a bit, and then if we haven’t heard anything, one of us should go check on him. We’ll just have to be careful.”
“I can go,” I offer. “It’s where I live, so it wouldn’t be too crazy if I just showed up.”
“No way,” Jax says at the same time Hunter shakes his head.
“Why not?” I’m a little annoyed over the fact that they’re telling me what I can and can’t do.
“Because it’s dangerous.” Panic flashes in his eyes, and he looks like he’s veering toward some sort of dangerous ledge.
Hunter remains a bit calmer. “I know we’re coming off intense, baby, but trust me; you don’t want to be near my father.” The muscle in his jaw ticks. “He always has some ulterior motive to everything he does, and that motive is bad.” He blinks at me. “So, it’s better to stay away from him and off his radar.”
“But aren’t I already on his radar?” I point out. “He has you guys looking into my family. That’s why you knew all that stuff about me, right?”Or were they lying about that?
The thought comes to me from out of nowhere and, while I want to dismiss it, I can’t.
What if they’re lying to me?
“Your family is on his radar,” Hunter stresses. “Not just you.”
I smash my lips together, so many questions filling up my mind. This is weird; Hunter’s dad being with my aunt and uncle, sitting at the kitchen table and chatting. It makes me squirm, that connection between Hunter’s family and mine. I don’t like it, don’t like that Hunter’s corrupt father is with my perverted uncle and my bitchy aunt. It just … feels off, especially when I’ve suspected that I’ve been to this town before and been with Hunter, Jax, and Zay. And after what Low told me …
Something is definitely going on. I just wish I knew if Hunter, Jax, and Zay were in on … well, whatever is going on. If not, I could just tell them what I think about my past. But my mom warned me never to talk about it.
What the hell am I supposed to do?
“We should set the cameras up,” Hunter suggests as he rises to his feet. “We can leave the video feed playing on the computer, but it’s just going to stress everyone the hell out if we sit here and stare at it without being able to hear anything.”
Jax gives a bob of his head in agreement then stands up, too, pulling me up with him. “I’ll show Raven how to do that.”
Hunter’s blue-eyed gaze briefly flicks to me before landing back on Jax. “Sounds good.” He grabs a few cameras that are on the table and wanders off into the kitchen.
Jax collects some cameras, too, but only two since he won’t let go of my hand.
“You know, you might be able to grab more cameras if you let go of my hand,” I suggest with a teasing smile. “I mean, it’s just a suggestion, but I feel like I might be on to something.”
“Right.” He doesn’t release my hand immediately, but he eventually removes one finger at a time.
My hand feels strangely cold without his fingers tangled through mine.
He collects a few more cameras. Three are left, so I pick those up. Then we head upstairs. I’m actually pretty curious how they hide the cameras without anyone seeing them. They’re small, but still, unless they’re tucked away, people will be able to see them.
“So,” Jax says when we reach the top of the stairs. He sets all the cameras but one down on the floor at the start of the hallway. “We need to find a good place to put these where no one will spot them or accidentally find them. High places are good, but places with a lot of stuff piled in the area are great, too.” He starts down the hallway, and I follow. “Bedrooms are going to be good for this particular.” He stops in front of his bedroom door and pushes it open. “Because people will be distracted while they’re in them.” His cheeks tint a soft hue of pink as he enters his room.
I trail in behind him. “You’re going to let people come up in your room and …” I can’t even say the words aloud, but seriously, isn’t that gross to him? People messing around and having sex on his bed?
“Mess around,” he finishes for me as he peers around. “I’m not a fan of letting anyone up here, but rooms are where people will go to have private conversations.”
“After they mess around?” I question.
He wavers, dragging his teeth along his bottom lip. “Maybe. Maybe not. But we need to put cameras in here just in case.”
“But when you look at the camera footage, aren’t you going to see …?” Again, I can’t get the words to leave my lips.
Fortunately, Jax seems to understand my rambling. “We fast-forward through that part. None of us watch or anything.”
“That’s good to know,” I mutter uncomfortably.
