Three dots appeared, then disappeared, then appeared again. Then his phone rang. He glanced at Sam. Seeing that her chest was rising and falling, he slipped out of the room.
“Why are you calling?”
Of course, his sister didn’t acknowledge his question. “What do you mean hurt and what did you do to her?”
“I did nothing to her. Why would you think that?”
“Come on, Mix. You two have been at it for months. Why do you get so pissed off at her anyway?”
Because every time he had talked to her had left him slightly aroused. It was going to be worse now that he knew exactly what she looked like.
“No reason.”
The hum she made told him his sister knew he was lying, but for once, she concentrated on the problem at hand. “Tell me what happened.”
“She called me after she was attacked. Em helped me find her.”
“She’s there? On Kauai? And she called you?”
“Yeah.”
“Oh, shit, Dad’s on his way over.”
“Yeah. I was going to tell him to get off the plane, but he hung up on me.”
She chuckled, then sighed. “Do you need help?”
“Not at the moment. Jenner is on island and I found out El was too. They’ll help.”
“How bad is it?”
“She was stabbed in the stomach. She lost some blood, but Jenner was more worried about the concussion.”
“Keep me updated. We’ll head over if you need us.”
“Thanks. Although, it might be better if we got back to Oahu. Kauai is nice, but it will be easier to hide her on Oahu at one of the Dillon safe houses.”
“True. I wonder how she traveled over there. Hell, I wonder how she travels anywhere. She probably has some really good fake documents.” His sister sounded envious. “Also, you’re going to have to convince her to go to Oahu.”
“She’ll do what I tell her.”
She was now his charge, whether she liked it or not.
“I like that you think that.” The sarcasm wasn’t hard to hear.
He heard a murmur in the background and knew it was his brother-in-law. “Sam got hurt and Ian is playing nursemaid.”
Another murmur.
“No, he didn’t do it. At least that’s what he claims.”
Sisterly love. Nothing beats it. “You don’t believe me?”
“Sure.”
Her tone told Ian that she did not believe him at all. “She said someone was sent there. That this person has a boss. She was making very little sense. Which, now that I think about it isn’t that different from any other time we talk.”
“Hmm, you need to call Eden. She knows more about her background than any of us.”
