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I walked to him and grabbed his forearm. I started dragging him out of the room. At first, he resisted but then he started following me. I closed my bedroom door, and we went downstairs.
“Why did you make me leave?” he growled as soon as we entered the kitchen.
I sighed. “She is afraid, Nick. Of us. It hurts me too to leave her, but she needs to be alone for a while.”
He ran his hand through his hair and sighed. “I know. But it is killing me.”
“Whatever happened, a man did it,” I said and grabbed a beer from the fridge. “She let Annie hold her, not us.”
“Or she let Annie hold her because she knows her, and we are just strangers to her,” he added.
I didn’t think of that. But I thought my theory was correct. Maybe because of that fucker from that bakery. I had a bad feeling about him. He told her she belonged to him. That was some fucked up shit.
“Could be,” I said and sat at the table. “But I think it has something to do with that bastard from the bakery.”
Nick’s eyes widened. “Of course! It is him. It has to be him.”
I nodded and sipped my beer. Nick’s fists clenched and he got angry.
“What do you think he did to her?” he growled.
I didn’t want to think about that. I knew, but I didn’t want it to be right. If I was, I was going to rip him apart. And put him back together so I could rip him apart again. If I was right, I wanted him to suffer.
“I have a pretty good guess,” I said. “But I want her to tell us. Because I don’t want to be right.”
“If he has touched her…” he growled, his eyes blackening.
“Nate,” I said calmly. “Go back. Don’t scare her even more. I promise we will kill the motherfucker who hurt her, but you need to be calm around her and make her feel safe, not scared.”
He growled before giving the control back to Nick. He sighed and placed his head in his hands.
“I need you to take me to Louis’s bar and buy me a few bottles of that cheap wine,” he muttered.
I laughed. “I promise I will, man.”
He grunted and sipped his beer.
My phone rang in my pocket. I took it out and saw it was Sebastian.
“Hey, man,” I answered and got up.
“Gabe,” a rough voice said. “I have the info you wanted.”
I had completely forgotten about this. I had asked him for all the info about Patricia Jones, he could get me. I thought it would take him a bit longer, but the man worked fast.
“Thanks, man,” I said. “When is my shift?”
“Tomorrow,” he answered. “The envelope will be at my desk. I will not be here. I have some business outside the city. Don’t kill anyone. Just beat them good and throw them out.”
I laughed. “You got it, boss.”
We hung up and I turned to Nick.
“We have info on Patricia Jones,” I said and sat back down at the table.
“I completely forgot about that,” Nick sighed. “So, your shift is tomorrow?”
“Yes. I will pick up the info then,” I said. “Are you coming with me?”
