“I usually am,” Drew says.I can hear the smugness in his voice.“What was I right about this time?”
“She deserves a choice.”I open my eyes and meet his.On my walk, I thought about a life without Sara and what that would mean.
Nothing.It would mean nothing.
He nods and settles back into the seat.
Besides, it will be easier to leave her alone if she hates me, and Tom won’t have our secret to hold over me anymore.If she’ll still have me, Tom can go fuck himself.I love him as a brother, but if he can’t get over me being with his sister, then I’ll make my choice.Just like he’ll make his.
It won’t be easy, but it will be what it will be.
If she doesn’t want me, I may lose my whole family, Sara, Finn, Dante, and Tom.But if she does… That’s all I can cling to right now.That no matter what, she’ll still want me as much as I’ve always wanted her.
“They haven’t reached customs yet.”Drew’s voice pulls me out of my thoughts.
“Good.”I straighten and check the time.
“We’re beginning our descent.”The flight attendant walks past us on the way to his seat at the front.“We’ll be landing in about twenty minutes.Do you need anything else, gentlemen?”
“No, thank you.”Drew leans back and closes his eyes for a moment.
My hands are clammy, and I’m wondering how the others are doing with their mission.They should already be on their way to Peter’s estate.For all we know, she might not be there.We have no way of telling.
The others won’t even notify us they have her.We can’t tell them if we succeed or fail.Until we’re all back together, no one will know what happened to the others.
Communication is more of a risk than not knowing.
“Do you think Tom will be difficult?”
I turn to Drew.“He loves Sara.He’d do anything for her.”
“Are we sure about that?”Drew arches an eyebrow.“He set you up with Verity and knew Sara needed protection from Peter but didn’t give you any specific information that might have helped us keep her protected.”
I rub my hand down my face.“Yeah.If he wants to be difficult, I’ll deck him and we’ll drag him back kicking and screaming.”
“That won’t hurt your friendship?”
I smirk.“It won’t be the first time we’ve hit each other and it won’t be the last.I still have to tell him I’m fucking his sister.If I don’t come away bloody from that encounter, he just didn’t catch me.”
Drew chuckles.“You don’t mind if I help with the decking or drop him a few times en route?”
“Feel free.”On this, we can agree.Tom’s been an ass.Leaving us blind and unable to actually protect his sister.That week she stayed alone in the townhouse has me in a chokehold.She did that because she didn’t want to be near me.
Not that I can blame her.I was a fucking asshole, but I’ll make it up to her forever if she’ll let me.I swallow and rub my hands on my jeans.
If she’ll let me.
After we land and go through customs, we walk out of the airport where a car waits for us.The driver drops us off down by the docks.We have the location of where the ship will dock once it gets through customs.
My chest is tight as we walk to the slip.This is the first time Tom left us in charge of Sara, and she got kidnapped.But he also didn’t give us all the information we needed to keep her safe.
He didn’t give us anything.We were fucking blind to the danger she was in.
We stand at the empty slip and wait for them to guide the yacht in.The hull proclaims it theSerendipity.
They moor the yacht and a few of the crew step off.They glance at us before walking past.A woman’s voice drifts on the wind.All I can think about is how scared Sara must be.How I wasn’t there for her when she needed me most.
Dante and Finn will rescue her.They’ll do everything in their power to get her back.
