“We’ll sort this out, Cash,” Dad said. “You take care of Teagan.”
I frowned. “Don’t want to be left out of the loop, yeah?”
Dad stood straight and focused on me. “Son, we’ll handle this.”
I fisted my hands at my side.
“We’ll also keep you in the loop when we can,” Hatch added.
I knew it was all I was going to get, so I forced myself to stay calm and walk out of his office.
Teagan
IWAS SITTING on the sofa in the great room, chatting with Dani when her face suddenly dropped. “Uh oh.”
“What’s wrong?” I asked, turning my head in the direction she was looking.
Cash looked pissed and he was storming toward us. “Need you to come with me.”
“That tone better not be for me,” I warned.
“Teagan—”
“Cash, seriously, I’m in no mood to deal with your shit,” I bit out. “Take it down a notch. Actually, take it down twelve.”
Dani tried to hide a smile behind her hand as she dropped her head and took a sip of wine.
“I’m sorry.” Cash sighed. “Just need to talk to you for a second.”
“That’s better.” I set my glass on the table and stood. “I go where you go.”
He took my hand and led me down the hall and into the bunkroom, closing the door behind us.
“What’s going on, honey? You look like you’re about to remove a spleen.” I crossed my arms. “Which is my job. You know, ye olde spleen removal department.”
He smirked, dragging his hands through his hair.
“Cash, seriously, what’s going on?”
“Apparently, the Spiders are comin’ for us.”
I gasped. “What?”
“Hatch and Dad didn’t say that outright, but a Spider was doin’ some shady shit to your car, so it can only mean that they’re comin’.”
“Okay, what do Hatch and Booker want us to do?”
“Hatch wants us here, or Dad said we can stay with them.”
“Wait. You can’t go home?”
“No. It’s not safe,” he said. “Archer and I need to bunk down here for a while.”
“Okay, so my options are to stay here with you, or at your parents, or be at home, right?”
“Yeah.”
“You can be at all those places, too.”
