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“Sky—”
“Why would you do that to me?”
“Do what?”
“You’re spying on me for him.”
“Not a chance in hell.”
“Then how did you know? Huh? How did you know Rico was the one who?—”
“Because I saw him!” His voice boomed through the house like a battering ram, and then everything turned silent.
“You…what? You saw him take the money?”
He sliced his fingers through his hair, turning away from me. “I saw him here the other day.”
“Why didn’t you tell me?”
“Because it’s none of my business!” His eyes flicked to the hallway, then he moved closer, lowering his voice. “He came by last week. He wanted me to keep an eye on you.”
“And you’re just now bringing this up?”
“I told him to fuck off,” he snapped. “It sure as hell isn’t my job to watch you for him.”
“Or apparently, to tell me when you see him breaking into my house!”
“How the fuck was I supposed to know he wasn’t allowed inside? It’s not like we’ve had an actual fucking conversation.”
He was right on that. We both only said as much as necessary. I knew what he was, and he wasn’t exactly the type of guy to get to know a woman.
“You’re right,” I sighed. “I’m sorry. I’m just…pissed that he’s taken away my chance to leave.”
“Why are you trying to leave?”
I widened my eyes as if to state the obvious. “Because I don’t want to be here. I never have.”
“Then you chose the wrong man to sleep with.”
“Tell me about it.” Sighing, I sat down on the couch. It wasn’t any of his business, but after all he’d done for me, it felt like I owed him an explanation. “I met Rico at a club. I had just passed the NCLEX.”
“What’s that?”
“An exam to become a nurse. I’d been an EMT, working my way through nursing school. I went out to celebrate with some friends, had a little too much to drink, and had a one-night stand that turned out to be the best and worst mistake of my life.”
“Because you had Parker,” he acknowledged, sitting down beside me.
I nodded. “I was shocked when I found out. I thought I would do the right thing and find him. That was a big mistake. If I had never found him, Baz wouldn’t have so much control over me.”
“What is he holding over your head?”
“Parker,” I said quietly. “He threatened to take him away from me.”
“But you’re his parent. Baz is his grandfather.”
“And he has money and enough lawyers to make my life hell. So, I figured I would save up the money and then just disappear one day. And it would have worked, too.”
“So, what’s the plan now?”
