Page 24 of Unmasked Legacy

I tip my head to the side, and our eyes don’t waver when I answer. “Because the man I grew up with was so different to the man who butchered those women. I need to know why, but mostly, I need to know if he killed my mother.”

“Think it’s pretty apparent he did.”

“Yeah, it is, but I still have a lot of questions, and I’m going to find the answers. I’m only just scratching the surface on his twisted life.”

“Why not go see him? Not like he’s far.”

I flinch.

I haven’t laid eyes on my father since the day he got arrested.

“I don’t know if I can look him in the eye.”

Wolfe studies me, then nods. “Be here tomorrow, seven am. We will start lookin’ for this girl.”

“Okay,” I say, before turning and leaving.

I either just made the biggest mistake of my life, or the best decision.

I haven’t figured out which it is yet.

7

“Ijust wanted to say how sorry I am.”

Standing at Jace’s door, I figured it was about time I came and apologized to him for what happened the other night. I haven’t made contact yet, mostly because I have been so caught up in other things. It isn’t right, though, and I know he deserves an apology.

“Didn’t think I was going to hear from you again, if I’m honest,” he murmurs, crossing his arms over his bare, beautiful chest.

“It has been a rough few days, but I promise you, you were on my mind. I know what happened was intense, and I’m incredibly sorry for that.”

“The biker pulled a gun on me, Mera. Want to tell me why you’re involved with that club?”

I exhale. No point in lying to him. “He’s helping me.”

His face flashes with something I can’t quite read, and his lips form a tight line. “You’re trusting criminals to help you?”

“I need to find that girl. I need to clear my name. I need answers. He’s the only person I know who can help me with all of that.”

“Why would you risk your life trying to find that girl? You had nothing to do with that.”

I shake my head, tired of explaining the same story over and over. “That’s not what everyone in the town thinks, and I need to prove to them all that I’m not my father.”

“It won’t matter what you do, they won’t change their mind. You’re wasting your time and getting caught up in dangerous things to do it.”

I am trying to keep calm, but it’s frustrating that he doesn’t understand where I’m coming from.

“Look, I know it’s probably a bad decision, but it is a decision I made and I’m sticking to it. I understand if you want nothing to do with me because of that choice, and I will respect it. But I couldn’t not come here and apologize to you.”

His face softens. “I don’t know you well enough to tell you what to do, Mera, but please be careful. That club is known for being involved in some pretty illegal shit, and I don’t want you getting caught up in that.”

I nod. “I promise I’ll be careful. If it isn’t too much to ask, I would love if we can still remain friends. You’re about the only person in this town that doesn’t hate me.”

He smiles now, and I exhale with relief.

“You know I can’t say no to that kind of offer.”

I laugh. “Thanks, I think.”

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