“Where’s your other cell phone?”
“I don’t have one.”
He lifted his gaze to look at me.“You don’t have a personal phone?”
I shook my head.
“What happened to your phone before you took this job?”
I crossed my arms over my chest and straightened my back.“I didn’t have one,” I replied tightly.
“Why?”
“I don’t see how that is any of your business.”
He narrowed those damn eyes of his at me again, and I mimicked his expression.
“How do you contact friends, your dad?There are no texts on here other than Glenda, Grissele, and the one you deleted that was sent from Bane’s cell.I’ll deal with him later.”
Telling him why I didn’t talk to my father or have friends wasn’t happening either.
“I don’t.”
“Why?”
“Again, not your business.”
His nostrils flared as he looked at me, and I could tell I was pissing him off, but I didn’t care.He set the phone down, then grabbed the chair and moved it under the air vent.
“What are you doing?”I hissed, afraid his moving furniture would wake up Glenda.
“Looking for cameras,” he replied standing in the chair.He took the vent cover off and began feeling around inside.
“Cameras?”I asked, my eyes going wide.
He put the cover back on.“Yes, cameras,” he replied, then moved over to inspect a lamp shade, the curtains, and the light fixture.
I just watched silently in horror.
“At least they didn’t invade your private space.There will be cameras in other areas of the house though.Hopefully, I wasn’t caught on one.”
He turned to look back at me.
“Do you like working for Glenda?”
I nodded.“Yes, I do.Very much.”I liked the security that I felt, although it had been snatched away from me in a matter of minutes.
“Fine.Then stay.I’ll … handle it.”
“What do you mean by handle it?”I asked him.
He cocked an eyebrow at me.“Exactly what it sounds like.I’ll find out who placed you here.And make sure you don’t get any more fucking threatening texts.”
“I didn’t come back here for you, if they think that’s why I’m here.I came for other reasons.I thought you were in Alabama.”
His jawline grew sharper as he clenched his teeth.We said nothing while staring at each other a moment more before he started for the door.He was leaving.Relief should come with that, but there was the urge to call him back.Ask him to stay.I wouldn’t do that though.He needed to go for both our sakes.
The door opened and closed silently.He was gone.The room felt colder than before.
