“What’s wrong?” he asks, holding me against him.
“I’m just tired. It was a long day.” I smile up at him.
“Well, let’s go to bed then. I can help you relax and fall asleep easily.”
He scoops me into his arms and carries me upstairs.
Chapter 25 - Oleg
“Are you sure?” I ask him again, feeling my blood begin to boil.
“Yes, sir. Rodion was definitely up to something. The way he was looking at Anya was just—it was intense. It was obvious he had some kind of plan. Something was going on.”
I sigh heavily. “Thanks. You can go. I will deal with this.” I dismiss the security guard that went with the girls to the mall yesterday. He came to me this morning to let me know his concerns—and everything that happened when the girls went shopping.
Raisa didn’t even mention this to me. She didn’t even tell me that she had bumped into her brothers there. Why would she keep it from me?
I guess it’s because she knew I would be pissed off. I was so clear with herandmy sister that they needed to stay near the security guards. Both of them know how pissed off I’d be to hear that they managed to ditch the guards and put themselves at risk like that. I guess that’s why Anya didn’t mention it either.
I clench and unclench my fists.
“Raisa!” I shout loudly, waiting to hear her response from somewhere in the house. Anger is building by the second.
“I’m here,” her voice drifts downstairs from the sun room. She’s studying. I shouldn’t interrupt her, but I’m too upset about this to let it go. I need to confront her right now. I need to know what the hell she was thinking.
I storm upstairs.
She is sitting at her desk, turning the chair towards me as I walk into the sunroom.
“You saw your brothers?” I snarl, standing over her.
Her entire body goes rigid.
Yes, she knew I would be angry.
“Why didn’t you tell me?” I demand.
“I’m sorry. I didn’t want to upset you over nothing. We just bumped into them. That’s all.” She says, sounding casual but looking nervous.
“Raisa. The security guards told me that you slipped away from them. They told me that Rodion was very intense towards Anya.”
She laughs nervously. “He definitely had his eye on Anya.” She waves her hand in the air, trying to make it seem trivial.
“Raisa, this is not a joke. Was he planning to take Anya? The guards told me that you were acting as though you thought that was a possibility. That you looked nervous.”
She sighs. “No, Oleg, I think I just got nervous because I haven’t seen them for so long. I didn’t know how to act. I am sure he wasn’t going to do anything.”
Her hands are in her lap and she is fidgeting a lot.
“Raisa—“ I say with a deep warning in my voice. “You have to be honest with me.”
“I am being honest with you. Iwasnervous—but I really think that I was just overreacting. I just assumed things. My brother isn’t like that.” She sighs.
“If it was so innocent then why didn’t you tell me?”
“Because I didn’t want you to react likethisover nothing.” She gestures her hand towards me.
I sigh. I guess I have been keeping certain things from her that would help her understand why I am so worried about this.