After our conversation, her stomach started growling. I managed to get her to crawl out of bed and made her breakfast. Thankfully Tyson keeps the kitchen stocked because someone is always staying here. She chose waffles and a side of toast.
“How long are we hiding out here?” she asks from inside the shower.
I go to respond when the doorbell rings. I look up in the mirror, and she opens the glass door, arching a brow. “Expecting someone?” she asks.
“Nope,” I say, grabbing a towel and wrapping it around my hips. “Stay here.” Closing the bathroom door behind me, I check her cell on the end of the bed. I see it’s not even eight in the morning yet, so I’m confused about who could be here. I know Tyson keeps this place locked up tight when it’s closed. Stepping into the living room, I grab my gun from the front zipper pocket of my bag. It’s always loaded and ready to fire.
I make my way to the door to the apartment and open it to find Tyson standing in the hallway. “Ringing your own doorbell?”
His eyes drop to my gun at my side and then run over the towel and my bare chest. “I wasn’t just going to walk right in. I didn’t know what you’d be doing.”
I step to the side, and he enters the apartment. “I just wanted to give you a heads-up that Haidyn and Saint are on their way here.”
Fuck.“You told them?—”
“No,” he cuts me off. “Bill has called a meeting. I was instructed to tell you to join us.”
Bill knows I’m hiding out with Eve; he’s aware she needed rest, so for him to call a meeting, it must be important.
I place my gun on the kitchen counter. “How long do I have?”
“Maybe twenty minutes. But they don’t know you’re here. So if you go downstairs before they arrive, then they’ll just think that you beat them to Blackout.”
I nod. “Thanks for the heads-up.”
“Of course.” He goes to walk out.
“What is this meeting about?” I need to prepare Eve as much as I can. She’s had enough surprises over the past couple of days.
“You know what I know.” With that, he exits the apartment.
I return to the bathroom to find her out of the shower and brushing her teeth. Her pretty eyes meet mine in the mirror before she rinses her mouth out. “Who was it?”
“Haidyn and Saint are on their way here. We’re having a meeting downstairs.”
She turns off the water and bows her head. I understand why she doesn’t want to see them. Eve now has to face them after finding out what Evan did to her. Now more than ever I’m glad that I didn’t tell her that my brothers and I know that our fathers raped her.
“Hey.” I walk up behind her, grab her arm, and turn her to face me. “It’s going to be okay. I promise.” Leaning forward, I kiss her forehead. “Afterward, we’re leaving.” Getting the fuck out of this town.
“Where are we going?” she asks.
“Wherever you want.” My girl deserves a vacation.
Eve and I finished getting ready and made our way down to the club. Tyson excused himself to his office to make a phone call. Then Ryat arrived, followed by Sin.
Haidyn and Saint got here not long after that, and there’s been tension since. A lot of it. We haven’t spoken. I think everyone is confused by what’s going on, and of course they’re mad at me for ignoring them for the past several days.
“Why the fuck are we here so early?” Sin glances at his watch as if he’d rather be in bed.
“Long night?” Saint chuckles.
“Just wait. Your sleepless nights are coming,” Sin says, smiling with satisfaction.
Tyson enters the room and claps his hands. Ryat was sleeping with his head in his hands, but jerks awake at the commotion. “I’m going to make this quick, but we’re waiting on two more,” Ty states.
Everyone looks around silently, counting to ourselves. I’m surprised Tyson’s minions weren’t invited. I know we’re waiting for Bill. He was the one who supposedly called this meeting. Surely, he’s not bringing Adam with him. Maybe Tyson’s detective is also joining us. That has me on edge, because I know he’s after Eve. Bill wouldn’t set her up. Would he? Not after what she just went through at Dollhouse.
I see movement out of the corner of my eye, and to my surprise, Bill enters the club with Adam by his side.
