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"I'm never letting you out of my fucking sight again," he growls.
"Say that again."
Uh-oh.
"Um, I saw him at the hospital when I picked Aunt Ophelia up from dialysis the other day?" I squeak, fighting the urge to squirm as Finn's face turns red and his head threatens to explode.
"You didn't tell me that," he growls.
"I forgot."
"You forgot to tell me that this motherfucker has been stalking you?"
"I didn't know he was stalking me!" I cry. "I thought it was just a weird coincidence."
Finn pinches the bridge of his nose, looking at his brothers. "I want someone at the bookstore around the clock."
The big one—okay, they're all big, but this one is a freaking giant—looks grim. The expression doesn't look natural on him. He reminds me of Aunt Ophelia. "I'll make it happen," he says. "We'll get cameras set up around the perimeter too. I'll have someone at the hospital while Miss Ophelia is in dialysis as well."
"Aunt Ophelia!" I gasp. "Oh my gosh. She's still waiting for me at the hospital."
"I sent Rulie over to sit with her," Finn says, cupping my jaw. "She'll be just fine until you get there, pretty baby."
"Rulie might not be," one of his brothers mutters.
Deputy Groves snorts and several of the brothers chuckle. I guess they all know my aunt too. Yeesh. Is there anyone in this town she hasn't terrorized with her craziness at some point? Never mind. I don't want to know.
"What about the house?" The brother in charge—Cash, I think his name is—asks. "We should keep an eye on her and Miss Ophelia while they're at home until someone runs this motherfucker to ground to see why he's been stalking your girl."
"I'll take care of it," Finn says.
"I'll put out a memo for extra patrol of the residence and the bookstore as well," Deputy Groves says. "Do you have a description we can work with, Ms. Crawford?"
"He's approximately five-seven, with dark hair turning gray at the temples, lean build," Finn says. "Wears designer suits, but if he has money, it's new money. He's squirrely."
"He drives a black town car."
A muscle in Finn's jaw tics.
He is not very happy with me right now. I probably should have mentioned that I saw Silas at the hospital, but it honestly slipped my mind. When I'm around Finn, all I'm thinking about is him and the way he makes me feel. Nothing else seems to exist, especially not other men. I won't be making the same mistake again, though.
Whatever Silas Renton wants to talk to me about, I'm not interested. And from the looks of it, he's going to have to go through one very grumpy brotherhood to have that talk. Because these men do not look like they came to play. If they're going to be hanging around the bookstore, Maddie's going to have to hire way more help, because every woman in Silver Spoon Falls will be flocking to the store just to ogle them.
Chapter Six
"Iwantthismotherfuckerfound, Giant," I growl, pacing the eight steps across Ophelia's porch and then back again. "I don't care what it takes. Find him." I leave off the part about killing him slowly, though that's exactly what I want to do when I finally get my hands on him. Coming near Scarlett was strike one. Scaring her was strike two. But making her cry? That sealed his damn fate as far as I'm concerned.
The eight minutes it took me to get to her today were the longest eight goddamn minutes of my life. Every possible scenario played through my mind, every way in which I could lose her, every way in which he could hurt her. Had he been there when I got there, I think I would have killed him on sight. I think my brothers know it too. They aren't helping me watch over her simply for her protection. They're trying to keep me out of jail too. Because far too many of them have been exactly where I was today. Far too many of my brothers understand exactly how I feel right now.
"We'll find him, brother," Giant says. "Between your computer juju and my guys, he won't be able to hide for long. I've already got Grizz running his name through your systems to see what hits. We should have something soon."
"Thanks." I expel a breath, scrubbing a hand across the top of my head.
"Go take care of your woman, you lucky motherfucker," Giant says.
I smile at the envy in his tone. Giant doesn't run from a fucking thing, not even the prospect of love. The man is hungry for his soulmate and won't stop until he finds her. When he does, he's going to leave a crater a mile wide in the earth. Whoever she is, I hope she's ready for his overgrown ass because he's going to change her whole world.
"Jealousy isn't your color, my man," I tease.
