Total pages in book: 86
Estimated words: 81040 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 405(@200wpm)___ 324(@250wpm)___ 270(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 81040 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 405(@200wpm)___ 324(@250wpm)___ 270(@300wpm)
I didn’t respond because arguing with him would do neither of us any good. I wanted to be gone by the time Huck came home. Seeing him would be more than I could take.
“Let’s go,” Maddy said to me.
I started down the steps, passing her as I walked down to her silver SUV.
“Where’s she gonna go? We don’t even know if it’s fucking safe for her,” Gage called out.
“To the only other people I know who can keep her safe,” she replied.
I hadn’t discussed that with her. I had planned on having her take me to a cheap hotel.
“Oh, fucking hell,” Gage replied.
I didn’t wait for him to say more. I got in the car and closed the door. In all the times I had been alone, not once had I felt as completely lost as I did right now.
Thirty-Three
Huck
I had one text from Trinity last night, and I hadn’t been in the right state of mind to respond. She was going to be upset, and I knew it. But after yesterday, I’d needed distance to process things. Rage because I hadn’t been around enough to figure it out had snowballed into too fucking many emotions for me to handle. I couldn’t talk about it. So, I’d gone to Devil’s, where I knew I wouldn’t cross paths with anyone in the family, and found a dark corner, drinking until the pain was numb.
Opening the door to the house, I found comfort in the smell of Trinity’s cooking. I’d talk to her about it, but not right away. First, I needed to take her to my bed and forget it all. I’d woken up on Liam’s office couch this morning, wanting to see her face. Knowing it would make this easier.
When I stepped into the living room, Gage sat in my chair with a glass of whiskey. It was ten in the morning. He glared at me and poured the rest of the contents of his glass down his throat. Levi walked into the room, and when he saw me, he just shook his head. Was this because I’d called Gage drunk last night? I hadn’t wanted Trinity to hear me like that, but I’d known I had to let them know I was alive.
“Dude, where have you been?” Levi asked.
“Sleeping off last night,” I replied, walking past both of them on my way to the kitchen. Right now, I needed Trinity.
“She’s gone,” Gage called out behind me.
I froze. I’d heard his words, but they weren’t registering. What the fuck did that mean?
“Left an hour ago with Maddy,” Levi added.
Trinity was with Maddy. Had she left to come get me?
I turned back to them. “Where are they going? Did you tell her where I was at? I didn’t see them when I left.”
Gage was still looking at me like he wanted to plant his fist in my face. What the hell was wrong with him? This couldn’t be about his breakfast. Trinity had cooked. I could smell it.
“Afraid she wasn’t looking for you. She was leaving you.” Levi might as well have wrapped a rope around my throat and pulled it.
“What the fuck did you say?” I asked, thinking this was bullshit.
They thought this was funny. My head was not in a good place, and I didn’t need their fucking jokes. I needed Trinity.
“You didn’t come home. Didn’t call or text your woman. Were out drunk at a strip club. SHE FUCKING LEFT!” Gage stood up, his angry glare leveled on me. “What the hell were you thinking?”
This didn’t make sense. Why would she go to Maddy’s if she was leaving me? She was upset. If she was leaving me, she wouldn’t have gone to the ranch.
“She went to Maddy’s. That’s not leaving me. She’s hurt because she doesn’t understand. I’ll go fucking fix it.”
“Sure. Take your ass right on over there. I said she left you. She’s not there.”
My heart started pounding as hard as my fucking head.
“Where is she?” I asked through clenched teeth. “And how the fuck did she know I was at Devil’s last night?”
Gage glanced at Levi, then back at me. “She overheard us talking last night. We thought she was asleep downstairs.”
“FUCK!” I roared. “AND YOU DIDN’T THINK TO CALL ME?!”
Gage threw his arms in the air. “I fucking called you. Levi called you. YOU WEREN’T ANSWERING!”
I pulled out my phone and then went to the tracker I kept on her. It said Unavailable. I refreshed and tried again. Un-fucking-available.
Panic was starting to take over. I stared at it as I ran my hand through my hair, then pulled at my hair as I tried to figure out how to find her. Blaise. If Maddy had taken her, Blaise would know where.
“What the fuck was Blaise thinking?” I growled, then pressed his number.
“You done with whatever shit messed you up?” Blaise asked when he answered on the first ring.