Page 53 of Spike (Iron Thunder MC 5)
Thankfully, Sabrina got the hint. She passed them a smile and then followed me into the clubhouse. Without another word, she followed me all the way up to the second floor where our personal rooms were.
She didn’t speak until we were finally inside and the door was shut.
“It sounded like you were accusing my father of something. What is it?” she snarled.“I don’t know what is going on with your father because I don’t have evidence,” I replied while she glared at me with her dark accusatory eyes.
“So what is this all about?”
“I had to get you out of there because it seemed as if your life was in danger.”
“Yes! I know! There were gunmen in our home. Shooting the place down. But you were supposed to rescue my dad too. Isn’t that your job? You’ve been going on and on about your duty…”
“Sabrina, I went back there to rescue him.”
“So why didn’t you? Where is he now?”
“I heard him talking to the men. The shooters. Jim was there with him.”
She clamped her mouth shut in surprise. She stared at me more deeply.
“What are you trying to say?”
“I’m telling you what I fuckin’ saw,” I growled and took a few steps toward her but she stepped back. She was shaking her head again as if she was in complete disbelief.
“What were they saying?”
“They were discussing you. About how I took you and hid you somewhere. Somebody made a comment about how I shouldn’t have been hired for your protection. That maybe I was keeping you too safe.”
Sabrina’s eyes pierced my face. I could see her hands fisted tightly. From her body language, I could sense she didn’t believe me. For some reason, Sabrina was shutting herself off to me.
“I heard them laugh, Sabrina. It did not sound like a conversation between attackers and hostages. Your father did not sound as if he thought his life was in danger.”
“Shut up!” she screamed and that surprised me. Sabrina was not the kind of person who screamed or yelled. She was soft-spoken, classy, knew how to remain poised.
“My daddy may be a busy man and yes, he has a warped set of expectations from me, but he is not the kind of man who would knowingly put his daughter’s life in danger.” She was hissing. The words made a whistling sound through her teeth. Her eyes looked bloodshot now.
“I don’t think you really know your father,” I said and her mouth fell open.
“How dare you? How dare you even suggest something like that.”
“I’m telling you what I saw.”
“And I’m telling you what I know. I am the one who has spent my whole life with him. Is this about tonight? Because of his reaction at dinner? He was in shock. He needed time to process the information. He will come around to the idea eventually.”
I breathed in deeply and took a moment to calm myself. This was not going as planned. I was trying to keep her safe, but I couldn’t force her into doing something she didn’t want to do.
“This is not about you and me. This has nothing to do with that. It’s about what your father has done and the man he is.”
“I know who my father is. You don’t,” she snapped.I watched as she walked over to the window in my room. She was looking out at the cars and bikes parked outside at the back.
I was beginning to realize I was losing this battle. There was no way I would be able to convince Sabrina that her father was untrustworthy.
I didn’t have proof. He was her father. Despite the holes in their relationship and all that other shit, she still trusted him. She barely knew me. The last two weeks, we had hardly even spoken. Why would she trust me?
I wanted to protect her and keep her safe, and not just because I was hired to do it. I just wanted her to be safe, to have a life she could be happy in.
“You’re right, I don’t know your father, but I know what I heard.”
“So you didn’t actually see anything!” she snapped. She had her back turned to me as if she couldn’t face me. Didn’t want to face me.
“I would have exposed myself and risked everything if I’d stepped into that room. They were making plans of going in search of us. I had to get out of there instead of confronting him.”
Sabrina shook her head.
“All this time that we have spent together, you made it very clear to me what your priorities are. I have been an idiot. I thought I had feelings for you. I thought we could actually be together. I even came up with a plan for tonight. I thought if my daddy fired you from the job, maybe then things would change for us.” She turned to look at me now. I didn’t know what to say. I should have admitted my feelings for her too but I didn’t have the words for it. I had never done it before.
