Page 92 of Hide Me Darling

“Can’t say I understand all of what I heard just now, but I heard enough to know I needed to do that. I hope you do have evidence or my ass is going to be on the line,” Eli grits out.

I glance at Jonah and Link before looking back to Eli. “Yeah we do, but you shouldn’t stress too much, I know some people who can help take care of it.”

He scowls suddenly as he looks at me. “Please don’t tell me your FBI or CIA or some shit?”

I can’t help but laugh, not that he isn’t close considering who my mother is. Shaking my head I move a little closer, holding my hand out to him. “I’m Detective Hydessa Darling,” I respond and for once I’m proud to tell him exactly who I am because I think I’ve just figured it out myself

He grunts again as he reaches out and weekly shakes my hand, his body sliding a little more down the door frame. My eyes widen and I turn back toward Jonah and Link. “Umm, you may want to get Lachlan here to help him.”

Jonah nods, walking back into the hidden hallway. I follow, leaving Link to stay with Eli. Jonah is already on the phone to Lachlan when I get to the room with the cameras, shaking my head at the whole setup. Have they really been watching me all the time since I arrived here?

My eyes catch on the GPS screen again as Jonah hangs up on the call and I frown, looking at him as the gears turn in my mind. “How exactly did you know where to find me last night?” I ask and my stomach drops when his eyes flick to my arm.

No the fuck they didn’t.

My fingers graze the place where there is a healing scar left from days before, nothing felt out of place when I first checked.

Like last time there is only one thing that I can feel under the skin of my arm. But if the item under my skin is actually a GPS, then it means it replaced what was originally there.

Jesus fucking christ, I’m going to kill them. Since when did obsession mean cutting out my FUCKING BIRTH CONTROL to replace with a TRACKER?! Is Eli here because he may need to arrest me for murder.

I glare at the man in front of me, and I hope he realizes that if looks could kill he would be ash and dust about now.

He simply grins and gives a shrug of his shoulders. “Not sorry,” he says before his hand snaps out and drags me against him, his mouth landing on mine with a need that melts my insides.

After a moment I shove him backward, turning and walking back down the hallway toward the main part of the house. “You both owe me a lifetime of fucking orgasms for this shit," I mutter over my shoulder, trying to hide the smirk tugging at my lips. Jonah's laughter follows me, echoing down the narrow hallway.

Link looks at me with a grin as I walk straight into his open arms.

I guess I did ask for the same sort of obsessive love my parents have. Who needs flowers and chocolate when you can have hearts carved into flesh and stalker tendencies.

Epilogue

WARNING!

I know you like me, you made it this far without throwing your book/kindle at the wall. I really want you to keep liking me so I feel it is only right to give you a teeny tiny warning at this point of the story.

We all love happy endings, I do too… and technically this is Hydessa’s happy ending right here…

HOWEVER…

Past this point right here there is what you call a cliffhanger…

It’s not about our girl, but it will have you potentially screaming at me for the next book… which won’t be out until (hopefully early) 2025.

SO…

Turn back… turn back before it’s too late…

No?

Still reading?

You only have yourself to blame now…

Hydessa

Sitting down at my desk, I look at the investigation wall. A sense of satisfaction fills me that all those women got the justice they deserved, that their stories weren’t simply forgotten because they had no one who cared about them.

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