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“About what’s happening here,” I said slowly, purposefully.
She nodded. “Yep. I’m going to use the toilet in front of Draven for the next three weeks or maybe longer, depending on if there’s an eclipse or if a comet flies past the sun at a quarter past three, in which case you’ll decide if I’m going to be here for another week or two or maybe forever. Is that right?”
She grinned.
“STOP IT!” I roared, my patience fully running out. “Don’t you get it? You’re my hostage.”
The words finally seemed to resonate with her, and Briar stared at me, her mouth agape.
“Yes,” she said, dropping her eyes. “I… I get that. I just don’t understand why.”
Now we were getting somewhere. She was finally listening—if only a bit.
“You’re here because of your father,” I explained without emotion. “If he does what he’s supposed to do, you’ll get to go home. If not, you’re here permanently.”
To my surprise, Briar scoffed and laughed again. “My father is a doctor,” she informed me haughtily.
My eyebrow rose skeptically. “What the hell does that mean?” I asked dubiously.
She met my eyes defiantly. “It means that he’s dedicated his life to helping others,” she spat back, all jokes aside now.
I had finally found a note of seriousness with her. I smirked at her, realizing that she actually believed what she was saying.
Oh, we definitely had a sheltered one on our hands.
“Have I got a bridge I’d like to sell you, honey,” I muttered.
“What does that mean?”
“Your father,” I drawled slowly. “The good doctor? He does some very bad things.”
Gone was the joshing, jibing, nervous rabbit I’d come to know over the span of twenty minutes. In her place was a killer hare with glowing eyes, ready to attack. I’d flipped a switch in her, and frankly, I liked it.
“How dare you,” she hissed, straining her neck forward with so much force, I feared she might decapitate herself. “Father is a saint! He helps females who can’t care for their babies! He finds homes for babies who would otherwise be unloved!”
“You’ve got to be kidding me,” I muttered, shaking my head.
This attraction I’d felt toward her clearly was not based on her intelligence if she believed that about Barney Madison. How could the girl have lived with him for so long and not realized what a piece of shit he was? Or maybe she was too busy reaping the benefits of his profits to care.
Nothing surprised me anymore.
“Whatever helps you sleep at night,” I chuckled.
“No! I won’t listen to this!” Briar yelled, all her good nature diminishing as she read the lack of interest on my face. “Get out of here. I might be your prisoner, but I don’t need to listen to you talk about my father this way.”
For a moment, I considered setting her right, but I decided against it. Her loyalty to Barney had nothing to do with me. This was nothing more than a business transaction, and Rachel had been right.
I shouldn’t have come to see her in the first place.
“Well, believe what you want, Little Bunny. It’s still your father’s fault you’re in here. If you want to kiss his ass even after he put you in this position, don’t let me stand in your way.”
“You’re a liar!”
I frowned and glanced over my shoulder at her questioningly before letting myself out of the room. In the hall, I turned back to look at her.
Just leave it and her,a voice warned me.Nothing good can come from this.
But I couldn’t.
