“Yeah, give me a sec.”
I heard several voices in the background and I figured Mack had headed over to the honky tonk. I wondered how Kim felt about that, considering Mack was gonna take her with him.
“I’m good,” Mack said.
“Need you to find out if Kim has a key to Dani’s place and then get over there and pack her a bag. Enough for a couple of weeks,” I ordered. “Bring it to the club. If not, I’ll have Train meet you at her place with a key.”
“No problem. It’s bad?”
“Worse than I thought. Fuckin’ parents have K&R insurance on their kids. Ten mil each.”
“Fuck me, seriously?” Mack said.
“Seriously.” I rubbed my forehead. “What I need to find out is if anyone else knows that. Keep an eye on the sister, yeah? Her name’s Emily. The brother can take care of himself.”
“I’ll take care of things on my end and text you.”
“Thanks, brother.”
“’Bye.”
I hung up. I was missing something. I just wasn’t sure what. My entire plan to get Dani’s money and reputation back had taken me down a rabbit hole that was leading me to a place I wasn’t prepared to go. A place that could collide with club business.
Danielle
IVAGUELY REMEMBER being lifted and carried, the familiar scent of Austin filling my senses as I buried my face in his neck, but then I woke up in a strange bed and had no idea how I’d gotten there.
The light from the moon shone through the window and it gave me enough of a visual to see that there was bottled water on the nightstand, which I opened and drank greedily. My head was pounding, but not quite as badly as I probably deserved. The small blessings of very expensive tequila.
I threw the covers off and realized I was virtually naked. I had on a T-shirt unfamiliar to me, but it smelled like Austin, so I deduced it was his. My panties were in place, but nothing else.
“Babe,” Austin grumbled.
I started a little and looked behind me. I hadn’t even noticed him in bed beside me.
“Bathroom,” I whispered.
