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“Thank you,” Alejandro says to Raoul, who simply nods in response.
“Did you see anything? Remember any helpful details?” he asks both Lucia and Raoul.
Lucia shakes her head but Raoul speaks, reeling off the information he has for us. “A silver Dodge pickup. California plates but they may have been stolen. Driver had a black cap on. That’s all I got.”
“We can check security and traffic footage. I’ll speak to the LAPD and see if they got anything,” I add.
“Yeah,” Alejandro says absent-mindedly.
“Do you need me for anything else, Boss?” Raoul asks as he stands. “I can wait outside.”
“Can you accompany Hugo when he takes the girls home shortly?” he asks.
“Of course.” Raoul nods, then excuses himself.
“I can’t go back to the house now,” Lucia says. “What if I put Mom or the boys in danger?”
“Lucia!” Alana frowns at her.
“You won’t.” Alejandro frowns at her too. “There is nowhere safer for you than the house.”
“No.” She shakes her head. “What if something happened to one of you because of me?”
“Lucia. This is not up for discussion!” Alejandro barks.
“What if they’re just waiting, Papi? What if next time Matthias is with me?”
She looks up at him and it’s then that I see she is terrified. I mean that’s completely understandable but I have never seen her like this before. The instinct to protect her is so overwhelming that I have to force myself not to speak and suggest that I become her personal twenty-four seven bodyguard and take her far away from the danger that is here in LA.
“I can’t just hide out in your mansion. I’ll go crazy,” she adds.
Alejandro rubs a hand over his jaw and then he looks at me. “Any ideas?”
Fuck! “What if I got Lucia and Matthias out of the city until you can figure out who was behind this?”
His eyes light up and I feel as guilty as fuck for suggesting this. But I am just trying to protect her. I mean that’s what I keep telling myself anyway. And it’s not like we’re going to be alone. Matthias will be with us, not to mention my family.
“I think it’s perfect. I mean if they’re not with me, Jax, then the safest place is with you. Nobody outside of this room knows about the ranch, do they?”
“No.” I shake my head. Ten years ago I bought the ranch I was raised on until the age of thirteen, but it’s all in my aunt’s name. Even the people working there believe it’s her place and I just visit once in a while.
“You think you could protect them there?” he asks.
“Yes.” If there is one place on this earth I could keep them safe it’s the ranch.
“So Jax is going to take Lucia and Matthias to Texas?” Alana asks with a frown.
“Yes,” Alejandro nods. “Until I can find out who is targeting Lucia and why. Nobody will know who she is there and nobody but us will know where they are.”
“Lucia, what do you think?” Alana asks but Lucia just sits staring at her parents, still in a state of shock—or maybe she is wondering why the hell I just suggested taking her and her son away from everything they know.
“Are you sure about this, amigo?” Alejandro asks me, ignoring the fact that Lucia hasn’t answered her mom yet. His brow is furrowed and his eyes are full of concern as he waits for me to speak. I glance at Lucia. Her cheeks are pale and her eyes red. I have never seen her looking so vulnerable and fragile, and it breaks me.
I’m doing this to protect her though. Surely I can be alone with her for a few days until Alejandro finds out who was behind this? I have some self-control, don’t I?
“As long as it’s okay with Lucia,” I say. There’s no way she’s going to accept this anyway—I’m definitely not her favorite person right now—but to my surprise she nods.
“Yes” she whispers, and I wonder if she would agree to anything right now because not only is she terrified for herself, but for Matthias too.
