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Don’s teeth grind. “Did he…?”
“No,” Dara is quick to say. “When he shifted his weight to…” She shakes her head, and based on the dark aura that leaks into the room I’m grateful she didn’t continue with that sentence. “I was able to bring my knee up and get him in the balls.”
“Where is he now?”
“I don’t know. I ran out to the street, hailed a cab, and came back here. That’s when I called you.”
Don nods, seeming to mull everything over. “Okay, stay here with Kali. I’ll be back in a bit.” He pushes to his feet, and Dara immediately follows him.
“What? Where are you going?”
The look Don spears her very clearly says, you know where I’m going. Except I have no idea where he’s going.
Dara looks as though she’s going to protest, but she snaps her mouth shut and instead nods in agreement with whatever Don’s plan is.
Don marches over to me, reaching out to hold my jaw firmly. “Stay here with Dara. Do not leave this apartment. I’ll be back shortly.” He kisses the top of my head.
“But, where are you going?” I protest as he stalks away.
He doesn’t answer me, and a moment later, we hear the apartment door slam shut behind him.
“Where is he going?” I ask, turning toward Dara.
She grimaces. “You’ll see shortly.”
Dara and I pass the time with idle chit-chat while the sky outside grows brighter. At some point, she tells me to make myself at home while she goes to shower and change.
As more time goes by, I grow increasingly concerned for Don, and my mind keeps drifting back to what he’s doing. He obviously went back to the club, right? To find the guy? But then, what is his plan? What is he going to do with him?
I suddenly realize that I have no idea what Don is capable of. Of what lengths he’d go to. He told me earlier that if anyone simply touched me without my consent, they’d face a fate worse than death. It sounded sweet and romantic at the time, but I imagine a similar sort of protection extends to his sister—so if touching me can lead to a fate worse than death, then what will he rain down on a man who tried to rape his sister?
He doesn’t actually think he could murder this man and get away with it, does he? I have this sudden urge to pray for God to look out for him, to guide him and help him make the right decision, and I bite down on my lower lip to stop the words from spilling out.
I’ve been listening to everything Don and Dara have been saying, and I’m trying to fight my impulses. It’s not as though God has ever heard me before. If I think about it, do I even really believe in him? He’s who I grew up being told to believe in, yet I’m slowly learning that there’s more than one way to live your life. Just because you grew up believing in something doesn’t mean that that’s what’s real or what you should believe in.
I’m more lost than ever, yet at the same time, I feel as though I’m seeing clearly for the first time.
A knock on the front door has both of us on our feet, and I follow Dara down the hall.
“Thank god you’re okay,” she sighs, stepping aside so I can see Don. My eyes immediately roam over him in much the same way he did with Dara when we first arrived. Other than noting some scrapes on his knuckles, he appears unharmed.
“Of course I’m okay,” he scoffs. “Can’t say the same for that dickhead, though.”
“You got him?” Dara asks, sounding surprised.
“Yup. Arrogant fucker had moved on to victim number two of the night.”
My nose wrinkles in disgust, and even though I still don’t know what Don did to the guy, I’m now glad that he went to that club.
Dara appears so too, as she bites out, “Asshole.” Glancing up at her brother, she asks, “So what now?”
“I’ll get everyone to convene tomorrow night. You know a slight like this can’t go unpunished.”
“Was he a member of the church?” I ask, only half following what they are saying.
“No, but that doesn’t matter,” Don explains. “We treat others as we ourselves would like to be treated”—he lifts his gaze to meet mine—“and if someone wrongs us, then we go Old Testament on their asses.”
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
