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“I think so. He manages to get quite a few, including through the window of my house.” Elle lets out a shuddering breath. “He…he took pictures of me in my bedroom as well.”
I feel a shiver going down my back. This guy has managed to take pictures of her in the part of the house Elle was meant to feel safe in? And he had snapped some of Amy as well? I can feel the fear and the rage mixing in my belly. If this guy comes anywhere near my girl, I’m going to rip his head off.
“I think it’s Dad,” Elle says quietly. “It’s got to be.”
“What makes you think that?”
“Because one of the models described the guy and it sounds like my dad. He’s proficient enough with a camera, so it’s not a stretch to think he would do that himself.”
“Why would he stalk you like this, though?”
“You know why! He and Megan want Amy for themselves!”
I shift around to face her, holding her hand between both of mine.
“You said there were photos of you. Was Amy in some of them, most of them, or not many of them?”
“What?” Elle blinks at me. “She was in a few of them, but the camera was mostly focused on me.”
“If your dad is after Amy, he would be taking more photos of her than of you, wouldn’t he? She’s the target, so she would be the focus of his attention. Does that make sense?”
“I guess.” Elle shakes her head. “But that wouldn’t explain why he was trying to get into my studio. I feel like I’m the target, like he’s looking for a weakness that he could use against me.”
I can see that happening, but I don’t agree with her that it’s her father, although I do believe that he’s deranged. Someone else is on my mind, and they are more likely to be the stalker, although they wouldn’t be doing it personally.
“I don’t think it was your dad, Elle.”
Elle snorts.
“Who else could it be? If you’ve got a better suspect, I’m dying to hear it.”
“My mother.”
“What?”
Sighing, I sit back in my seat, rubbing a hand over my face.
“I’ve told you about my parents before, haven’t I? How Dad is a great guy but Mom…she’s determined to have me married and settled down with multiple kids. She is desperate to be a grandmother.”
“I remember you telling me about her.” Elle holds up a hand. “Wait, was she behind your ex-girlfriend coming to Cleveland and trying to get into your apartment?”
“She was. She gave Hannah my address and everything.” I shake my head. “Let’s just say Mom is on very thin ice right now.”
“If I were in that situation, I’d be cutting her off immediately.”
“We’ve been through this before, Elle. It’s not as easy as that.”
“I think it’s very easy.” Elle sighs. “But that is your family, and you said you would deal with it.”
I remember what we talked about before regarding my mother, and I have purposefully kept her away from Elle. I don’t want her to be subjected to Mom with her rude questions and wanting to know every intimate detail of what we did. I know Mom, and she will definitely do that.
“So, you think that your mother hired someone to stalk me,” Elle says slowly. “Does she know about me?”
“She does. And she knows about Amy.”
“What?”
I hold up my hands as Elle stares at me.
