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“Sorry,” I muttered. “Summer? Are you okay?” Comforting Kane, I closed the gap to Summer and held out a hand to help her to her feet. She climbed slowly with Bonnie clinging to her like a koala bear.
“I-I,” she began shakily but her words died when Ava wandered out of the game room.
“Granny? I’m hungry.”
“Oh Ava!” Tabitha scurried over to her and took her hand, pulling her close and I immediately changed tactics.
“Dinning room, everyone, now.” A glance at Felix told me he was down for the count, and I escorted everyone into the dining room, though I lingered by the door so I could keep an eye on that asshole. Summer lowered down onto a wooden chair and Bonnie refused to let her go. Tabitha set Ava on her own seat and then crossed to the drinks cabinet.
“Someone please explain,” I demanded as I hunted for my phone.
“He uh… he just shoved his way in. I couldn’t…” Summer gasped but the words caught in her throat. She was as white as a sheet, bouncing Bonnie on her knee and staring at me with such wide eyes that I ached to gather her up into my arms alongside Kane.
“It’s okay,” I soothed my son, rubbing his back. “I’m here.”
Tabitha, having poured herself a sherry, turned back to me and drained the glass in one gulp before she spoke.
“He pushed his way inside. I was in the kitchen getting drinks for the kids, and when I opened the door, I saw Bonnie in his arms, and he had a knife. He was threatening everyone, and Summer was persuading him to put Bonnie down. Said she’d leave with him if he did.”
“No.” The word tore from me without thought. “I’d never allow that!”
“You weren’t there,” Tabitha pointed out.
“It was all I could think of,” Summer gasped, her eyes filling with tears that she was fighting to keep at bay. “I was trying to appease him the best I could so no one got hurt and he… he just kept…”
Bonnie wailed, and as Summer spoke I sent a text to Luke and Jax, then one to our head of security. How the fuck Felix got past them, I had no idea.
“He was going to,” Tabitha continued, draining her second glass. “He dropped Bonnie and Summer dove for her like something out of those sports shows you like so much. And I… I just grabbed the skillet and whacked him with it.”
She mimicked the blow with the offending item still clutched in her other hand. “He went down like a rock.” Suddenly a giggle escaped Tabitha as she placed a hand to her chest. “Oh goodness, I’m so sorry! I haven’t had this much excitement in years! This calls for another.” She turned back to pour herself a third Sherry, and something about her giggle brought a slight smile to my own face.
“Summer—” My question died as a long, low groan erupted from the heap on the floor. I set Kane down by Summer’s side and sprinted out into the lounge. Felix had barely made it to his feet before my fist slammed into his face and he reeled back, tripping over his own feet.
“Youbastard!” I snarled.
“Language!” Tabitha called from behind me.
“You absoluteshit, coming in here and threatening my family. Who the fuck do you think you are?!” Anger poured out in my words as I punched him repeatedly, grabbing his collar so he couldn’t escape. “You come here, threatening Summer? Scaring myson? I’m going to kill you, you son of a bitch!” Everything this man had done, from running over Luke all those years ago to scaring my children and the woman I loved; it flooded through me like lava, and I couldn’t stop myself.
Rage, blood red, and searing hot fueled every fist that slammed into Felix’s pathetic face over and over. He tried to fight back but his stinking, drunken state was no match for me. Blood sprayed under my knuckles, and I attacked him until two sets of hands wrapped around my upper arms and hauled me back.
“Theo!” Jax’s voice cut through the fog of rage that had descended over me, and I stumbled back, panting harshly.
“Theo it’s okay,” came Luke’s voice, and I glanced to my left to see him.
“You’re here?” I gasped.
“We were already on our way home,” Jax explained.
Felix stumbled back, blood pouring from his mouth and nose, and helaughed. Suddenly Luke flew forward and punched Felix so hard he flew back into the wall cabinet, and members of our security team that had followed Luke and Jax inside had to pull Luke off him.
“That’s for running me over you sob of a bitch,” Luke spat, then he raised his arms calmly as security pulled him back.
Felix was hauled up and restrained as Jax kept a tight grip on me, likely afraid I would maul him to death if I had the chance. Staring at his beaten face, I was certain I would. My chest heaved desperately, and a dull ache settled in my knuckles as the adrenaline started to wear off.
“I hope yourot,” I snarled at Felix as he was dragged away. “And someone find out how the fuck he got past security!”
“Where’s Summer?” Luke demanded, spinning on the spot. “Where is she? Theo, your text said Felix had attacked, is she okay?”
