“No, I’m goingto fuck you so hard you’ll sleep too deep to have one.”
“That sounds alittle too good to be true.” She closed her eyes briefly and licked her lipsbefore meeting my eyes again. “But first, what did my dad say?”
“Nothing youneed to worry about.” She anchored her hand on my shoulder before grabbing herphone and I scowled. “Your dad’s not going to tell you anything, Daisy.”
“I’m not callingmy dad, Huckleberry.” She raised an eyebrow and put her phone to her ear.“Well, hi there, favorite hacker extraordinaire. Did Dad have you look intoanything for him… well, me? He did? Yep, okay, thanks, honey. I appreciate it.Sure. Say hi to Wrath for me. Bye.” She set the phone on the table again andcocked her head. “There’s a money trail, it’s not Keith. Not sure who it is,and Dad’s concerned the job isn’t finished.”
I saw tearsforming in her eyes and I let out a low growl. “Enough.”
“He’s worriedthey’re going to keep coming,” she whispered. “My dad doesn’t get worriedunless there’s a viable threat.”
“This is why Itold your dad I wanted you left out of it,” I said.
“This person isstill out there, Huck.”
“I know.”
“How many peopleknow you’re here?” she asked. “In Portland.”
“A few.”
“How many’s afew?”
“My team, myparents, a couple of buddies at home,” I said. “Home, home, in Montana, notRaleigh, just to be clear.”
Daisy let out ahuff. “That’s too fucking many.”
“Baby, none ofthem know where my sister lives. Only my parents have that address. Not even mycoaches. You can stand down.”
“Keith?”
“Yeah, okay,Keith might have it, but I doubt I’m on his Christmas card list.”
“Don’t jokeabout this, Huck,” she snapped, trying to shimmy off my lap again.
I gripped herhips and held firm. “I’m not joking, Daisy. I’m telling you I’ve got itcovered.”
Her nostrilsflared when she took a slow, deep breath. “What did my dad say?”
“That he’s gotmy back.”
She relaxed,sort of, and met my eyes again. “I mean, what’s the game plan?”
“Baby, there’sno game plan because there’s no threat.”
She narrowed hereyes and bit out, “Did he say, ‘stay close to the club’?”
“Yeah.”
“Then there’s afucking game plan, Huck.”
I sighed. “I getthe feeling you’re fixin’ for a fight here, Daisy.”
“I am if youdon’t start taking your safety seriously.”
I cocked my headand frowned. “What makes you think I’m not taking my safety seriously?”
“Because you’resitting here acting like it’s no big deal.”
