She grinned and strolled my way, and I noticed Caleb Rinna following. I frowned. Caleb was Drea’s assistant, and he wasn’t someone I particularly liked, but I couldn’t quite pinpoint why. He was nice enough, always polite, but there was a creep factor, and I didn’t know why.
She hugged me, whispering, “Caleb demanded he follow me here. I honestly thought he was going to leave me at the gates, but apparently, he decided to join the party.”
Well, that explains that.
“Hey, Caleb,” I said. “This is Jekyll.”
Caleb grinned big and shook his hand. “Nice to meet you.”
Jekyll shook his hand, giving him a chin lift in response.
Before anymore niceties could be given, Mina let out a blood-curdling scream, setting off a chain of events I couldn’t have predicted.
The second she started screaming, Wyatt’s brother, Teddy, joined in, pulling his hair as he jumped up and down, matching her bellows with his own. Teddy had some developmental challenges, so I would imagine her outburst probably scared him.
I had never seen Jekyll move so quickly. He rushed to Mina’s side, lifting her off her feet and turning her away from the crowd.
“What the fuck happened?” he bellowed to the group, holding her tight.
“Not sure,” Leo said. “She saw Bellamy and started screaming.”
I hobbled over to Jekyll and Mina and laid my hand on her back. “Baby what scared you?”
“Bad man,” she whispered.
“What bad man, baby?” I asked, and she shook her head, burying her face in Jekyll’s neck. “Is there somewhere quiet we can go?” I asked Jekyll.
He nodded. “Follow me.”
We walked down a hallway and Jekyll pushed open a door at the end, stepping back so I could walk in before him. Once I’d hobbled through, he carried Mina in and closed the door behind them. We were in a bunk room with three sets of bunk beds, three dressers, a small table and chairs and a recliner.
“Take that chair, baby,” he said as he set Mina on the ground and helped me lower myself into the recliner by the window.
Once I was settled, Jekyll hunkered down beside me, taking Mina’s hand. “Tell us what frightened you, Mouse.”
“The man with Belly. He bad.”
“Stay with Indy,” Jekyll growled, and rushed out of the room.
I held my arms out to Mina and she gingerly climbed into my lap.
* * *
Jekyll
Istalked back outto the great room and headed straight for Bellamy. “Where’s that asshole you brought with you?”
“To be clear, I didn’t bring him,” she said. “He invited himself.”
“Don’t give a fuck. Where is he?”
“He left,” she said. “Got a call and said he had to go. Is Mina okay?”
“She will be,” I said, and pulled out my phone, calling the guardhouse.
“Yo,” Grimace answered.
“Have you opened the gates to let anyone out?”
