I’m going to fix this, Daisy. I’m going to find him and end the threat so you and those kids can live the life you deserve. Together.
Then she wouldn’t have to entertain this nonsense she was suggesting.
Wallflower
Is it wrong if I want you in it?
I was unprepared for her question. For her to give voice to the thing that had simmered between us for the last two weeks. An intensity that sucked the air from the room every time she stepped into it. An old feeling that should have been long dead but had reared its ugly head.
Me
You already had one bad man in your life, Daisy. You don’t need another.
Wallflower
I don’t believe there’s a single thing bad about you, Cash Cunningham.
Me
That’s because there’s only goodness in you, and you can only see the best of those around you.
And I had no good left.
SEVENTEEN
CASH
I slowedmy motorcycle as I made a right onto the dirt lane, unable to outrun the thoughts about that little family that was locked up tight within the walls of my home.
The forest hugged me on all sides, overgrown and overhanging what was little more than a trail that led to my cabin secluded in the deepest recesses of my land.
My nerves ticked and buzzed as I pulled up next to Daisy’s SUV parked out front.
One of Silas’s men pushed from the wall of the garage, only giving me a jut of his chin that all was clear before he swung onto his bike and disappeared back down the lane.
An understanding between us that didn’t require words.
I had Silas’s back and he had mine.
He hadn’t heard a peep out of Kent Ellison, but there was something in the air.
A quiet threat that built in the distance.
Knew it wasn’t going to be ignored or forgotten, and I still didn’t know if Kent knew that my crew and I had been involved.
I planted my boots on the ground and killed my bike’s engine.
My gaze took in the area, guts tightening as I searched to make sure no one was loitering.
The sound of the woods echoed back. The rush of the wind through the trees and the faraway whoosh of the river.
Only it was suddenly broken by a high-pitched squeal that echoed from within the cabin.
Duke barked, clearly in a playful way rather than a predatory manner.
Also keeping watch while I was away.
No question, loving every damned second of it.
