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I hadn’t asked. Just like Huck had pointed out. I hadn’t fucking checked on her.
“Thanks, Bart,” Levi said, then ended the call.
My heart was pounding in my ears.
“You’re gonna lose it, and that won’t help anyone. Remember last time. Rein it in,” Levi told me.
“Drive faster,” I replied through clenched teeth.
The phone rang, and Huck’s name appeared on the screen.
“Yeah?” Levi said.
“It’s okay. Her uncle called. The neighbor went to the landlord and got the backup key. He got inside, and she’s suffering from a migraine. He said, since the accident, she sometimes gets them, and they can be debilitating. But the neighbor is with her, and she’ll be fine.”
The neighbor. Wilder. Fuck no.
“DRIVE!” I shouted when Levi slowed down like he was going to go back.
“What are you doing, Gage? She’s fine. You don’t have to get involved,” Huck said.
My body was strung so fucking tight that I wasn’t sure which side of sanity I was currently on. He was with her. In her apartment. Taking care of her. Touching her. My vision blurred.
“We don’t need to go, man. Let’s go back.” Levi’s voice was concerned.
“Drive,” was all I said. It was all I could say.
“Fuck,” I heard Huck mutter. “Try to keep everyone alive,” he said.
“I’ll do my best,” Levi replied.
He pulled up to the outside of her apartment, and before the car came to a complete stop, I swung open the car door. Getting out, I cursed the fucking cast for slowing me down.
“Let’s talk about this first,” Levi called out, then followed me into the building. “Fucking hell.”
Her door was locked, and I pounded on it.
“Don’t break it down,” Levi warned me.
The door opened, and it wasn’t Shiloh. It was a guy.
“Oh fuck,” Levi muttered behind me.
The guy looked down at my cast then back at me. “You must be Gage. You’re not coming in here.” The guy scowled at me.
I ignored him and started to walk inside, but the man stepped in front of me. He narrowed his gaze, and for a second, he looked ready to fight me if he needed to. The moment my Glock was pressed against his forehead, that stance evaporated, and he quickly turned pale.
“You just flipped the damn crazy switch. Congratulations,” Levi said to the man as he walked past us. He stepped inside, then looked back at me. “Put the gun away. Blowing his fucking brains out all over her apartment isn’t going to help shit.”
Hatred seethed through me as I glared at the man who thought he had a right to be in Shiloh’s apartment. “Get the fuck out of here,” I warned him.
He swallowed hard, and his Adam’s apple bobbed, but he didn’t move.
“Listen—Wilder, is it? We met at the restaurant. Anyway, my friend is fucking insane, and there is little I can do to stop him. Normally, I can rein him in, but we’ve added Shiloh to this equation, and where she’s concerned, he is batshit crazy. I can assure you, she is the safest female in a ten-mile radius because of him. You, however, might not see another sunrise. Now, please, go back to your apartment. Don’t call the cops because they won’t come. You’re welcome to try, but it’ll be a waste of time. But leave, please. I am not in the mood to clean up the mess if you don’t.”
The man’s gaze shifted from me to Levi.
“Put the gun down, Gage,” Levi told me.
