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A heavy silence hangs between us save for the beep of the monitors I’m hooked up to. He cocks his head to one side and pulls his phone out. “Wait, a second. Brilliant fucking girl.”
Chapter thirty-five
Chapter 34
Bellamy
Cryinginsideofamotorcycle helmet is not ideal. But here I am, racing down the highway with tears and mascara running down my cheeks all the same. It’s a disgusting mess in there, but I can’t stop the flow of tears. Owen is safe, and he’s at the hospital with Tobias. Which means Tobias survived surgery. My heart is brimming with relief and love.
I was almost at the warehouse when Tobias called Zara’s phone, and I pulled over to talk to him.
Sitting in a Don Tortaco parking lot, listening to the worry in his voice, it occurred to me I had no idea what I was doing driving across town like that. My presence would not fix anything. But my hormones and panic took over, and it felt like if I didn’t get to Owen, he was going to die.
Then Owen walked into Tobias’s hospital room, and I had to get back to them as quickly as possible. Tobias’s command to get back to Luke’s house was never going to fly, and I’m now racing in the direction of Spring Valley Memorial, willing the tears to stop, because it’s getting hard to see, and I need to get to the hospital safely.
Behind me, a car speeds up, and my heart leaps into my throat. I’ve got no idea if Owen and the others realize what’s going on or if Luke got to them in time. There’s no reason for anyone to be following me, but terror still grips my throat.
The car changes lanes and eases up beside me just as we approach a red light. My palms get sweaty as the window rolls down.
“Owen says I get to spank you at the club after he’s done with you.”
My heart is still racing, but my entire body relaxes as Luke’s face appears. He’s scowling when I glance at him, but there’s a twinkle in his eye.
I acknowledge him with nothing more than ducking my head in his direction before the light changes. When it’s green, I take off before he says anything else.
Luke is a skilled driver of pretty much anything, not just the limos he owns for his VIP limo company, so he has no trouble keeping up with me and preventing other cars from getting between us. Despite knowing I’m in trouble, I feel safer with him behind me, and the tears have officially stopped, too. When we reach the hospital ten minutes later, I park next to his flashy sports car and climb off the bike.
He opens the door and steps out, holding his hand out to me, and I frown as I pull the helmet off.
“Check your phone,” he says. “Or should I say, Zara’s phone?”
My face heats, but I pull it out of my pocket and see a text from Owen.
Give your keys to Luke, love. You’ll get them back… eventually.
I huff, dropping the keys into Luke’s palm. He tucks them in his pocket and drapes his arm around me.
“I’ll take good care of her.”
“Oh, bite me, Luke. You could have taken me with you.”
He hugs me tight. “Did you uncover the paper trail or not?”
I scowl, hating that he’s right. If he hadn’t sent me back into the office, I wouldn’t have followed the money back to Bryce. It was a major piece to the puzzle, and I suspect it’s going to be the lynchpin to everything we’ve been dealing with for the last year.
“Don’t go being all logical with me right now, Luke Bowden. How did you find me, anyway?”
He laughs and gives me a don’t-be-an-idiot look. “You took my wife’s phone. Did you think she could track me without me being able to do the same?”
“Don’t be too mad at her, please.”
“My flower knows her choices come with consequences, little one. Don’t worry about her.”
We step into an elevator that will take us to Tobias and Owen, and I give Luke a full-blown hug when the elevator starts moving up.
“Everything is going to work out, Bellamy. I told you a few months ago that you only need to tell us what you want, and we’ll back you up.”
“That means everything to me. I want them both. Once we untangle the mess that’s going on right now, we have to face the fact that our families will not be OK with it. Even though it’s only been a little while, I can’t imagine one without the other.”
