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“Yeah? And how the fuck did he know where we are?” I snapped.
“I’ve been hiding out across from the hotel. I figured one of you would show up eventually to retrieve the footage,” Simon said as he stood. “Geez, you almost knocked my head off.”
“That was the point!”
“He brought us the footage. I didn’t recognize the guy, but Fox lost his shit and ran off to kill him. Rae’s working on finding out who he is.”
“So, you decided to sit down and chat with him?” I asked angrily. I turned to Sarah then, who didn’t exactly look impressed with me. “I suppose you think I’m being mean.”
“Mean? No. A jerk? Absolutely. Simon is here to help us.”
I stared at her, still not able to believe it after all this time. “He. Tried. To. Kill you!”
“You know, you keep saying that, but how many people have you killed on this trip?”
I was totally speechless. Was she really comparing me to someone who strapped a bomb to her?
“Those people all have families too. Why is it only you that gets a free pass?”
“I didn’t say—”
“You might as well have. Without Simon, we wouldn’t have this lead to begin with. You should be thanking him.”
I couldn’t even begin to process the craziness coming out of her mouth.
“May I make a suggestion?” Red said from behind me.
“Why not.”
“Simon, I strongly recommend that if you want to live, you exit this hotel room immediately and never return.”
I hated that I didn’t get to put a bullet in him, but this was probably for the best. He would be out of my hair and away from Sarah, and she wouldn’t be pissed at me for dumping his body in the ocean.
“Alright, I’ll go,” he said, eyeing Sarah.
“Thank you for coming by,” she beamed. “I really appreciate you looking out for me.” And then she walked over to him and wrapped her arms around him, giving him a fucking hug. It took everything in me not to walk over and beat his ass.
Finally, after way too many Mississippis, she stepped away from him. He was fucking fawning over her, practically drooling at her feet. Enough was enough.
I stepped forward and tore the man from her arms. “That’s enough.” I shoved him toward the door, stalking behind him until he opened the damn thing. “If you value your life, you won’t come anywhere near her again.”
“Eli!” Sarah gasped. “You’re being rude!”
I glared at him, refusing to give in to Sarah. “Are we clear?” I growled.
“Yeah, man. Clear.” But his eyes drifted back to Sarah. I shoved him out the door and slammed it, turning around to face a very pissed off girlfriend.
She crossed her arms over her chest, pursing her lips angrily. “That was completely unnecessary.”
“No, what was unnecessary was the way you hugged him.”
“He’s a friend,” she shot back.
“He tried to blow you up. Why do you keep forgetting that?”
“Why do you have to be such a bully?”
It took everything in me not to strangle her. “There’s a reason you don’t hug people that tried to kill you. It’s the one recurring theme in this whole debacle! You’re lucky I let him walk out of here alive, and that’s only because I was outnumbered. If it were up to me, Fox would be taking him to his torture chamber right fucking now!”
