with concern.
“No, I’m sure he’s fine. I’ll try him again later. Thank you, Christine.” We say our goodbyes and I sit heavily on the bed. When everything became so dangerous, I told her to stay away from the lake house. I didn’t want her to become collateral damage in anyone’s attempt to get to me.
Shadow and I have dinner together, but in my distracted state, I’m not very good at keeping up my end of a conversation tonight. Tucker still hasn’t returned my call and that has never happened. Never.
“Would you stop worrying? This is exactly why I didn’t tell you anything. Tucker is a professional and he’s fine. He’s just busy and he’ll call you when he can. He knows you’re with me and that you’re safe. Whatever he has on his hands is his priority right now,” Shadow scolds.
“Have you talked to him?” I ask.
“Have I told you that I’ve talked to him?” Shadow retorts.
The waiter approaches and I order bourbon on the rocks to help me relax and take the edge off. There’s nothing I can do from here anyway. Two more days of installation hell and I can turn the rest of the project over to my team to handle from here on out.
On the way to the worksite the next morning, I don’t mention anything about Tucker not calling me back. Shadow isn’t concerned about his whereabouts so I drop it for now. Tucker and I will have a major conversation when I get home. There’s nothing I can do with my cellphone locked up in the security office all day anyway.
Friday afternoon is finally here and we are on our way back to the Knoxville airport where my private jet is waiting. My cellphone’s ringtone breaks the silence of our ride. Glancing at the screen to decide if it’s a call I want to take or not, I can’t hit the green button fast enough when I see the name.
“Tucker! Where the fuck have you been?” my voice booms through the car.
“Dominic,” Tucker tentatively says and every muscle in my body freezes as I wait for him to continue. “It’s Sophia. Do you want to know?”
Do I want to know about Sophia? That’s a loaded question if I’ve ever heard one.
“Tell me,” I state and ready myself for the worst.
“I’ve been with her for pretty much the last twenty-four hours. This is the first chance I’ve had to call you back. I followed her to Harrison’s house night before last, like I told you. Right after we hung up, she came running out of his house and he was close behind her.
“By the time I got to them, he had already beaten her up pretty badly. He was hitting her, tearing at her clothes, and choking her, but I knocked him off of her. He took off on foot just before the police arrived. He had another girl tied to the bed inside the house. That girl had been drugged, most likely with ecstasy or maybe even ruffies.
“The ambulance took Sofia to the hospital and they kept her for a twenty-three hour observation. There’s no permanent damage, but she has a lot of facial swelling and bruising. She’s not supposed to talk for the next week or two while her throat heals. I dropped her off at her condo yesterday.”
Rage. Fury. Anger. Wrath. There is no word to describe the intensity of my feelings toward Harrison. His depravity knows no limits. The very fact that he calls himself a Dom is an insult to me. This is all the reason I need to track his ass down, beat him to a bloody pulp, and remind him what it’s like to tangle with someone his own size.
“How was she when you left her?” Part of me needs to know. I don’t know what I plan to do with the information.
Tucker sighs heavily and I hear his frustration in it. “She was sad, Dominic. Very sad. I went back this morning to tell her I had some things to do so I wouldn’t be around. There’s no doubt she saw right through me, though. You should know, she told me she loves you. Damn near completely lost her
“No, I’m sure he’s fine. I’ll try him again later. Thank you, Christine.” We say our goodbyes and I sit heavily on the bed. When everything became so dangerous, I told her to stay away from the lake house. I didn’t want her to become collateral damage in anyone’s attempt to get to me.
Shadow and I have dinner together, but in my distracted state, I’m not very good at keeping up my end of a conversation tonight. Tucker still hasn’t returned my call and that has never happened. Never.
“Would you stop worrying? This is exactly why I didn’t tell you anything. Tucker is a professional and he’s fine. He’s just busy and he’ll call you when he can. He knows you’re with me and that you’re safe. Whatever he has on his hands is his priority right now,” Shadow scolds.
“Have you talked to him?” I ask.
“Have I told you that I’ve talked to him?” Shadow retorts.
The waiter approaches and I order bourbon on the rocks to help me relax and take the edge off. There’s nothing I can do from here anyway. Two more days of installation hell and I can turn the rest of the project over to my team to handle from here on out.
On the way to the worksite the next morning, I don’t mention anything about Tucker not calling me back. Shadow isn’t concerned about his whereabouts so I drop it for now. Tucker and I will have a major conversation when I get home. There’s nothing I can do with my cellphone locked up in the security office all day anyway.
Friday afternoon is finally here and we are on our way back to the Knoxville airport where my private jet is waiting. My cellphone’s ringtone breaks the silence of our ride. Glancing at the screen to decide if it’s a call I want to take or not, I can’t hit the green button fast enough when I see the name.
“Tucker! Where the fuck have you been?” my voice booms through the car.
“Dominic,” Tucker tentatively says and every muscle in my body freezes as I wait for him to continue. “It’s Sophia. Do you want to know?”
Do I want to know about Sophia? That’s a loaded question if I’ve ever heard one.
“Tell me,” I state and ready myself for the worst.
“I’ve been with her for pretty much the last twenty-four hours. This is the first chance I’ve had to call you back. I followed her to Harrison’s house night before last, like I told you. Right after we hung up, she came running out of his house and he was close behind her.
“By the time I got to them, he had already beaten her up pretty badly. He was hitting her, tearing at her clothes, and choking her, but I knocked him off of her. He took off on foot just before the police arrived. He had another girl tied to the bed inside the house. That girl had been drugged, most likely with ecstasy or maybe even ruffies.
“The ambulance took Sofia to the hospital and they kept her for a twenty-three hour observation. There’s no permanent damage, but she has a lot of facial swelling and bruising. She’s not supposed to talk for the next week or two while her throat heals. I dropped her off at her condo yesterday.”
Rage. Fury. Anger. Wrath. There is no word to describe the intensity of my feelings toward Harrison. His depravity knows no limits. The very fact that he calls himself a Dom is an insult to me. This is all the reason I need to track his ass down, beat him to a bloody pulp, and remind him what it’s like to tangle with someone his own size.
“How was she when you left her?” Part of me needs to know. I don’t know what I plan to do with the information.
Tucker sighs heavily and I hear his frustration in it. “She was sad, Dominic. Very sad. I went back this morning to tell her I had some things to do so I wouldn’t be around. There’s no doubt she saw right through me, though. You should know, she told me she loves you. Damn near completely lost her
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