“Why would they?” Dotty asked. “We’re leaving like they want.”
“But why would they come after you now?” Ralen said to her. “You were leaving, so why did they come after you at the airport?And why were their several men? If it was just Vextar who left that message for you guys, then who are all these other men?”
Dotty gave Ralen an uncertain look. “I don’t know.”
“What it means is that you’re probably not safe going home on your own,” Ink said. “I think the three of you need to come with us and let us keep you safe, like we originally wanted to do. I have a safe house set up for you all.”
Dotty shook her head. “I have to get home. I have work to do. I can’t just hole up in some safe house for God knows how long.”
“You can if it’s going to keep you safe,” Butch said, looking tense and angry.
“I can’t imagine how much a safe house costs,” Dotty said.
“You don’t need to worry about that,” Ink said. “We’re invested in this now.”
But she knew her sister, and she wouldn’t want to be indebted to anybody.
Dotty sighed. “Well, I don’t think we need it.”
“Someone just chased you through the airport and into the women’s toilets,” Ralen pointed out. “Why would you think you don’t need it?”
Dotty glanced at Monroe then at Addie.
“Let us keep you all safe,” Ink said.
“Fine,” Dotty said. “We’ll go to the safe house for a few days, just until we can figure out what is going on, but I’m not staying there any longer than that.”
“And your sisters?” Cash asked. “What about them? Are you just going to play Russian Roulette with their safety as well?”
Addie immediately moved up to Dotty’s side, while Monroe took her other side, backing her like always.
“Everything we do, we do together,” Dotty said to him. “And don’t question my loyalty to my sisters. I will do whatever it takes to keep them safe.”
Ink’s phone rang, and he stepped out to take the call with a frown.
“We still don’t know who these people are and why they’re threatening you, or why they would come after you when you’re obviously leaving town,” Ralen said. “It might take more than a few days to sort this all out.”
Butch grunted as though in agreement. Which was odd, since he and Ralen never agreed about anything.
“That’s all I can give this,” Dotty replied. “I need to get back to Las Vegas.”
Ink walked back into the room, his gaze immediately going to Monroe. “Brody thinks he’s worked out why they came after you. It’s because of your social media post.”
Monroe frowned. “What do you mean?”
“Photos that you loaded up onto social media,” Ink said. “The ones of you and Vextar that night.”
Her eyes widened. “I didn’t post any photos.”
Addie grabbed out her phone and started to look into Monroe’s social media accounts.
Oh hell.
God, what had she been thinking?
“I didn’t post anything,” Monroe protested. “It must be someone else that you’re looking at. It’s not my account.”
Addie turned her phone around and showed Monroe, who immediately grew pale. She took Addie’s phone and started flipping through the photos.
