Two rough, tattooed guys.
She had no idea that neither of them would ever harm her.
“I know you might be scared to show us where you live,” Cash said.
She shook her head. “Hotel.”
Her voice was husky but quiet.
Sexy.
Get that thought out of your mind. She’s alone and vulnerable and you need to take care of her.
Not lust after her.
He was surprised that he was interested in her like that. She wasn’t really his type.
“You’re staying in a hotel?” Ralen asked.
She nodded.
“So you’re not from here?” Cash asked.
She shook her head.
“All right, well, we could take you to your hotel,” he suggested.
She nibbled at her thumbnail, looking unsure.
“Why don’t you send your sisters a message telling them that you will meet them at the hotel?” Ralen suggested. “If we don’t hear from them in an hour, we’ll take you there and see if they’ve come back.”
“And if they haven’t, we’ll go from there,” Cash reassured her. “I know someone who might have an idea of how to find them.”
Ink would be thrilled to be woken in the middle of the night with this. Maybe Cash could just talk to Brody on his own. See if he had any ideas on how to find them.
“Why did you get into the back of Cash’s pickup?” Ralen asked. “Was it just because you were running away from the brawl?”
She looked worried again.
Hmm. It seemed it might not have been the brawl or she would have just nodded, right?
“Addie,” Cash said as he leaned forward to stare into her eyes. “Why did you hop into the back of my pickup and hide?”
He’d assumed, like Ralen, that it was due to the brawl. She did seem rather nervous and the type who would hide. Look at her right now. She was hiding under a blanket. But what if it wasn’t just the brawl? What if there was something else?
Had someone hurt her?
His temper stirred. Cash could be hot-headed sometimes. He was trying to control it, but it wasn’t always easy. And a woman being hurt was his biggest trigger.
Addie was pale and nibbling on her thumbnail. There was definitely something else.
“Addie,” he said in a low voice. “Tell us what it was.”
She shook her head and he shared a look with Ralen. They couldn’t force her to talk to them.
Unfortunately.
She sent messages to both of her sisters. They had to be worried about her. Why they’d all gone to that fucking shitty bar in the first place, he had no idea.
