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Titling her head, she studies me as she considers it. “What’s in it for me?”
“What—” I’m speechless. What’s in it for her? “What do you want?”
“Will you give my mom a raise? She’s always worried about money and I can’t work yet. But I can help you with your phone.”
“That’s enough, Lola.” Andie suddenly appears behind her. “We’re not letting Mr. Alexander make calls just yet. He’s still pretty weak,” she adds with a glance at me in an amused tone.
“I need to know what’s happening at my casino,” I tell her. Not to mention how the hell someone managed to break through one of the toughest security systems in Las Vegas.
“In due time,” Andie assures me. Then to her daughter, says, “Why don’t you play with Joshy for a bit.”
Lola huffs. “I want to know what’s going on, Momma. I’m not little anymore.”
“Josh is. Please go play with him while I have a chat with Mr. Alexander.”
“Momma!”
“Lola.” The single word seems to hold enough warning to make the child heed her mother.
“I’m always left out of everything,” Lola grumbles as she storms out of the room.
“What the fuck is going on?” I demand.
Andie nears the bed. She leans in and touches my forehead. Another jolt of pain slices through my skull and I groan.
“Yeah, this is a nasty cut.” From the nightstand, she grabs a bottle of water and two pills. “I imagine your head hurts pretty bad. Now that you’re awake, you can take these.”
“Is it poison?”
“If I wanted you dead, I would have killed you while you were unconscious.”
“If you didn’t, you’d have taken me to the hospital.”
She blows out a breath. “And if I had done that, the guy that shot you would have finished you off.”
“So you brought me here for my own safety?”
Turning her face, she peers at herself in the mirror above the dresser. “I saw an opportunity, and I took it.”
“An opportunity for what?”
Her gaze snaps back to me. “You blackmailed me, kept me against my will. You did things to me.”
“I gave you pleasure.”
“At a cost that meant nothing to you, but everything to me.”
I stare at her for a moment. She’s angry, angrier than I’ve seen her. It’s as if now that she has me in her home and has the upper hand, she’s allowing herself to feel.
She may be entitled to it, but I don’t have time for this shit now.
“How long do you plan on keeping me like this?” I demand. “What if I have a concussion?”
“Miri looked you over. She said she doesn’t think the blow was that bad. The bullet just grazed you.”
“Well, I’m glad there was a nursing student around for my near-death experience,” I say with a good dose of sarcasm. “She sedated me, didn’t she? With what? Drugs she stole from her nursing school? Thick as thieves is taking on a new meaning.”
The target hits the mark and her nostrils flare with indignation. “You should be grateful. If it wasn’t for her, I would have risked taking you to the hospital. And yes, she did drug you because she doesn’t trust you.”
