“What’s going on?”
Rather than tell him, I flipped my phone around to show him the screen.
“Oh fuck.”
Understatement of the century. I’d received countless calls and texts from my father since our last conversation. All of them went unanswered. He was pissed and feeling the heat. If anything, I figured he’d show up at my office again. What I didnotexpect was for him to let himself into my house with his nonexistent key.
“You’re not coming.”
Storming past Duncan, I opened my office door hard enough it smacked into the wall behind it. Curious glanceswere thrown my way from the team, but I ignored them as I pushed outside and clicked the unlock button on my key fob. I was fired up and on a mission. Heaven help anyone who stood in my way.
“Do you think confronting him alone is a good idea?”
“He’s my burden to bear, Duncan.”
“We’ll see about that.”
Climbing into the car, I gripped the steering wheel tight for the count of three, then flipped on the blinker and pulled out into traffic. Unfortunately, this conversation was a long time coming. I’d wanted it to be on my terms; however, it seemed that was no longer an option.
I considered running lights and sirens for the ten-minute drive to my house, then thought better of it. The Senator was an annoyance on a good day, never an emergency. Had I known who else was waiting for me, I’d have gone with my first instinct.
“What are you doing here, Shayne?”
My best friend was leaning up against her car, which was parked along the curb in front of my house; an amused look plastered on her face.
“I’m your emotional support human.”
“That’s not a thing.”
“It is for the next five minutes or however long it takes you to kick the Senator in his tiny dick. Fair warning, I’ll bite if you try to pet me.”
“Noted.” I failed to keep the sarcasm out of my voice. “Now, what’s the real reason?”
“Duncan called. We flipped a coin.” She joined me, walking at my side toward the front door. “I won. Tails never fails, bitches.”
“You don’t have to come in. I can handle whatever bullshit he slings my way.”
“No doubt, but the point is, you don’t have to do it alone.”
“All right. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.”
“If anyone needs a warning, it’s the Senator. He fucked with the wrong woman.”
“I see you woke up and chose violence this morning.”
“Damn straight.”
“Me too.”
“Hell yes!”
“Let’s put it to good use.”
I turned the knob and prayed to God she’d left her weapon in the car and had a shovel in the trunk. Things were about to get messy.
The smug bastard was sitting on my couch. He didn’t even bother standing when we walked in, just started bitching right away.
“Took you long enough.”
