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“Stay away from my daughter!” the man shouted.
I realized in that moment that time had slowed, and this guy was her father. And now the daddy comment made a little more sense, but still…
“Am I hearing this wrong?” I asked her. “He’syour father?”
She shrugged, nodding that he was.
“And he’s what? CIA?”
She winced. “Secret Service.”
“Secret—” I took a step back, ready to explode, but also feeling like I would pass out from blood loss. I just had to hold it together for a few more minutes.
“Sorry, I should have told you,” she said, moving back toward me slightly, but still keeping herself in front of her father.
I couldn’t believe it. I thought of all the times over the past week that she held it together so easily, and now it all made sense. She’d probably been trained to keep her cool in desperate situations, but still…
“Sybil, get over here.”
I did a double take as I watched her flinch. “Sybil?”
“Yeah, sorry.” She shrugged again. “Dad changed my name and cleared my whole background so no one would link me to him.”
I just continued to stare at her, thinking over every second of the last week and trying to figure out how I didn’t pick up on it sooner. The pickpocketing, the cool demeanor in a terrible situation…it was all starting to make sense.
“So…you didn’t need protection.”
“Well, he didn’t know I was in trouble until I called him.”
“And when was that?” I snapped.
“Earlier today. I feel really bad, but Fox was going all crazy about that guy, and then IRIS was talking about making me a cleaning lady for the house! And I haven’t even seen my cat in a week. Leonidas might be belly up in his bowl! You can’t ask me to leave my life behind after knowing you for a week. It’s just weird.”
“Then you say that! You don’t call your dad to have me killed!”
“I told him no killing,” she said quickly.
“Oh, well,” I threw up my hands, wincing when pain tore through my shoulder.
“You should really try not to move. I think he might have hit an artery.”
34
SARAH
He glared at me as I opened my mouth to offer to help him. This was not my fault. I told my dad not to kill anyone. Okay, it was mostly not my fault. I stared at Eli, my eyes drifting to his blood-soaked shoulder. He really didn’t look too good.
“Maybe you should sit down.”
“Maybe you should explain to me why you called your father,” he shot back. “And an explanation that doesn’t include Fox.”
“But…” I looked around at the men surrounding me. Eesh, Dad looked slightly upset, but I couldn’t be sure if it was at me or the situation. “You took control,” I exploded. “I already have one man in my life who controls everything. And then you walk in and just tell me I’m going to move with you to Kansas.Kansas!” I shouted. “Does anyone ever do anything in Kansas? And what about my cat and my fish?”
“Oh, Christ,” Dad muttered. “Not this again.”
I glared daggers at him. “The whole reason I moved to Chicago was to get away from you because you kept trying to run my life.”
“Wait, so, you’re not from Chicago?”
