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“Who hired you?” I shout at the naked son of a bitch and when he shakes his head at me, I grab the shower head, turn the water as hot as it will go, and hold it on him. His screams nearly take off the roof and when I give him some relief and hold the spray away from his body while he catches his breath, I ask him again
“Who hired you?” I’m running out of patience so he better talk fuckin’ fast.
“M-M…Mason,” he tells me, slumped back in the corner of the bath and looking pathetic.
“You made a mistake.” I take the knife out of my back pocket and slice it across the fucker’s throat, leaving him to bleed out while I go downstairs and check in with the others.
“We kept one alive in case you didn’t get what you needed,” Finn tells me when I join them.
“I got all I needed.” I look at the body count and see four dead men, there’s just the terrified little prick that’s on his knees in front of Tate to take care of now.
“You all made a mistake when you took that job on for Mason,” I tell him, crouching down to his level, grabbing thefront of his shirt, and raising him to his feet. “Now you're gonna pay for it.” I slam my fist into his face, over and over again. Giving him every ounce of my anger until he’s a faceless man and a soulless one too.
“Maisie said I might find you here.” Dan’s voice comes from behind me and it makes me sigh heavily.
“I didn’t want you to find me at all,” I tell him as he pulls out the chair opposite me and takes a seat. He looks real strange here in Cahoots. This bar is a foot sticking to the floor and the aroma of money nuts kinda joint, hardly what he’s used to back home.
“Please don’t be like that, I didn’t come here to fight.”
“Then why did you come here? After I specifically asked for time and space?” I ask, suddenly feeling exhausted.
“I came here because I love you,” he tells me, searching around the room like he’s afraid anyone in here might hear him. “And I know you love me, what you found out about your parents just freaked you out and made you start doubting everything. Savannah, they’re worried about you. They want to put things right.”
“You can’t put years of lying and deception right,” I inform him.
“Okay, maybe not, but what did I do, Savannah? We were happy before all this. We were gonna get married for Christ's sake.”
“I never gave you an answer,” I remind him.
“I didn’t need an answer, we’ve been together since 9th grade. Our parents are best friends. We’re best friends.”
“No, we weren’t. I lost my best friend when she moved here. Maisie was the only person I had outside of that world.”
“What world? You’re not making any sense.” He seems so confused.
“The world all of you live in, the one I lived in too. The big houses and fancy cars. The upscale parties and constant need to do better than each other. I don’t belong in that world.” I knock back my drink.
“You think you belong in this one?” Dan looks around us in horror.
“Maybe.” I shrug. “I feel more myself here. I’ve made friends here. I…”
“Savannah, you told me when you left that you wanted more out of this life. You told me you wanted adventure, that you wanted to travel. I came here to offer you all that.”
“You want to offer me adventure?” I laugh at him. Dan’s a nice guy. He’s handsome and real smart, but he’s not an adventurer.
“I asked your father if I could take a year out from my internship so we could go traveling. I thought we could start with Asia and then move on to Europe.”
“You? Take a year off?” I question him again. All Dan ever wanted was to be a lawyer, when he finished law school and Dad offered him a role at the firm it was his dream come true.
“Yes, because you're more important, Savannah. It’s been torture not waking up beside you, I hate not being able to talk to you, and I know I promised you your space and I said I wouldn’t push you for a decision, but we can forget getting married for now. Let’s do this instead.”
“Dad told me he’d taken measures, is that what you're really doing here?”
“The measures he’s taken are letting me go from the firm and trusting me to take his daughter around the world so she can live all her dreams,” he informs me, making me feel bad for being so cruel to them all.
“I have to think about it.” I drag my eyes away from his and wonder what the point of me staying here will be if Cole intends to keep avoiding me. I love Maisie, but I couldn’t put myself through that.
“Okay, that's enough for me for now. Let me drive you back to the ranch. I’m staying at the guest house across the street and I’ll be there until you come to me with your decision.” Dan stands up and holds out his hand. I smile as I take it and let him lead me out to his car. I’ve drunk far too much to drive anyway.
