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“Stop calling me that.”
“What?”
“My name is Chase. When you call me Mr. Montclair, I feel like an old man.”
“Alright,” she smirked. “Chase it is, then.”
“And you are not leaving. This is your home now. So, get used to it.”
“While I appreciate what you and everyone else have done for me and my brother, the fact of the matter is that our home is in Juniper Hollow. Our parents are buried there. It’s home.”
“You don’t want to stay?”
“It doesn’t matter what I want anymore,” Skylar firmly said. “Cameron is my responsibility now and I have to do what’s best for him. Besides, I have no reason to stay.”
She turned and left before I could utter another word. I balled up my fist, wanting so much to chase after her.
After everything I’ve done for her, she was just going to leave.
Fuck it. If she wanted to leave, I wasn’t going to stop her.
She didn’t belong here, anyway.
She was better than all of us. She needed to be with kids her own age. In college, starting her life and making new friends.
Living, not going through the motions like I was.
“You know, staying angry isn’t doing you any favors.”
“Why the fuck are you lurking in the shadows, Scribe? Do you need me to beat your ass again?”
“Just observing,” he smirked, leaning against the counter. “Gotta say, brother, thought for sure you two were gonna melt paint before a little six-year-old kid cockblocked you.”
“You need your eyes checked,” I huffed.
“Still got twenty-twenty vision, brother. Maybe if you weren’t so damn bossy with her, she might actually talk to you.”
“I don’t want anything to do with her. You heard her. She’s leaving.”
“No. She said she has no reason to stay. Give her a reason, Chase,” Scribe said, walking out of the kitchen.
Turning, I roared, punching a hole in the wall.
Church was full when I walked in.
Finding my seat, I said nothing as Matthew Law looked at me before he continued. “My boys have found nothing, King. Hiller has gone underground. I reached out to a few of the active teams and none have heard anything. Not even a rumor.”
“Same here,” Hawk gruffy added. “When I heard Kevin and Brenda died in an accident, I got Indigo on it fast. No fucking way Hobbs lost control of his car. That man could have driven professionally. His old man was a stock car racer in his younger years. Taught Kevin everything he knew. Indigo is of the mind that the accident was a hit.”
“My boys agree,” Law nodded. “They want payback. We all owe Hobbs. That man saved all of our asses at one time or another.”
“Shit,” my brother sighed, leaning back in his chair. “Could this have something to do with downrange? ‘Cause if it does, we’re screwed. None of us are active anymore. We’re out of the loop. Does anyone know what Hobbs was doing before the accident?”
“No,” Hawk stated. “They deemed his jacket classified due to its sensitive nature. Indigo couldn’t get into it and you know that fucker can get into anything. Whatever Hobbs was doing was top secret.”
“Has Skylar said anything?” Law asked. “She and her dad were close. Girl has keen eyes. Sees shit that others overlook.”
“She knows nothing,” I muttered as all eyes looked at me. “She’s mourning the loss of her parents and raising her six-year-old brother. She’s been through enough. I won’t allow any of you to involve her with this shit.”
