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I made a split-second decision.
“Call Lee,” I gave in.
He talked in Spanish again, his voice now soft, I knew some of the words and they were sweet.
Then he said, “When you’re done, you’re comin’ to my place.”
He wasn’t asking.
“Yeah,” I said, feeling the warmth curling in my belly. I couldn’t say anything else. I was in an Eddie Daze.
“Leave your sister with Tex,” he ordered.
“Okay.” I was still in The Daze.
“Be careful.”
“You too,” I said quietly, meaning both words and meaning them a lot.
He was silent for a beat and then he said, “This is the part that makes you worth it.”
I blinked again, not keeping up with him.
“Pardon?”
“You got two kinds of sweet and I like both of ’em.”
Then he disconnected.
Dear Lord.
TWENTY
WAR
The afternoon passed in a whir.
We went back to Fortnum’s, then Duke took me to the bank (my second ride on a Harley) so I could deposit my tips and the (very generous) collection from the folks at Smithie’s.
While I was gone, Lottie trailed Mom and Tex home in her rental in order to visit with Mom and get settled at Tex’s.
Tex seemed surprisingly content with his house filling up with women. Indy explained Tex had been a loner and kind of hermit for years before he met her, so she figured he was making up for lost time.
Duke and I went back to Fortnum’s. I helped close and then Lee and Indy took me to my apartment to find something sparkly to wear. I’d packed for Eddie’s during a mammoth flip out and thus didn’t do it very well. I was going to use the opportunity to pack more (a girl’s gotta have options).
Lee made Indy and I stand in the front hall while he did a walkthrough of the apartment. I felt kind of stupid standing there, not to mention uncomfortable. The favors people were doing for me were spreading far and wide. So far and so wide, I’d never be in a position of payback.
“All clear,” Lee said with a chin jerk.
Indy followed me into my bedroom while Lee hung out in the living room and flipped open his cell. Before going into my room, I glanced at him as he moved around my living room and a thrill went up my spine.
He was just talking on the phone but he’d somehow completely claimed the space. In fact, his presence filled the entire apartment with a kind of dangerous, badass magnetism.
“He kinda scares me,” I admitted to Indy when we’d entered my room.
She threw herself on my bed to watch me pack.
“He’s kinda scary,” she told me.
