Page 21 of Bound By Redemption
My little girl’s face lit up bright as it always did when I mentioned Katie.
Micah stood, and I had to look up at him. Damn, he was tall. I didn’t remember him being this tall before, but that was a long time ago.
“We need to get you two settled in a room,” Micah stated, turning to his mom, who I must say was absolutely gorgeous. There was something in the cosmos because that woman had to be in her fifties but looked like her thirties. One could only hope to be that awesome.
“I’ll get it,” Blaze answered and moved to the large block building where Micah’s truck mysteriously disappeared into. It felt very Batman like.
“And I need your phone, Ens. Do you have a prepaid or a plan?”
What in the world? “I have a prepaid. Remy dropped my good one down the toilet so I had to make do.”
“Good. Need you to give it to me. Gotta get you a new one.”
“Why?” I was confused.
“You called 9-1-1, and the police are lookin’ into that shit. We just need to be as clean as possible.”
“Why can’t they know?”
“This is Ravage business. We handle it in house.”
While I really had no idea what that meant, I trusted Micah, so I handed him my phone. “I’ll need another one.”
“I’ll get ya one.”
“What happened to your car?” I asked, leaning down to pick up Remy who laid her head on my shoulder. She was ready for her nap. Hell, I was ready for one after all this shit.
“There’s a basement down there. They wanted me to park it there.”
“Why?”
Micah’s intense eyes didn’t leave mine as he said, “Don’t know how much I can tell ya, but just know that I’m gonna help find the assholes who did this.” Micah’s gaze went to Remy, doubt clouding them.
“Don’t worry. She hears a lot more than that when I burn dinner.”
Micah smirked. “Not the best cook, huh? I’ll have to remember that.”
I playfully smacked him on the shoulder. So subtly I almost missed the small flinch. “Shit, I’m so sorry. That’s your burned arm.” Sometimes I was seriously stupid.
“It’s fine. I’m fine,” he said, but I saw that little twinge. It was the only thing he showed during the entire cleaning and bandaging of his burn. The man was pretty damn stoic, and I wasn’t sure how I felt about that because he would be hard to read.
Micah put his arm around my shoulders, pulling Remy and me into his embrace. He leaned down into my ear. “Just know that even if I have to sleep on the damn floor, I’ll be in whatever room you and Remy are in.”
My heart picked up speed and started thumping so hard I could hear it in my ears.
He was going to sleep with us?
“What?” I breathed as I felt Remy’s hand on my cheek. I loved it when my girl did that, but I was too puzzled by Micah’s words.
“Not lettin’ you or Remy out of my sight until we figure out what’s goin’ on. I’m not takin’ any chances.”
The flutter flopped as disappointment clouded my thoughts. He was going to protect his daughter, and with that came me. Great. Why in the hell did I feel like a consolation prize. That wasn’t what I was going for here. I was crazy to think the man had feelings for me.
Micah pulled away, and I nodded. He hadn’t been with his kid for over two years. If he wanted to do this, I wasn’t going to stop him.
I heard a car engine pull into the clubhouse and turned to see Katie parking in one of the very few parking spots available.
“I need to go to her,” I told Micah, making my escape. It wasn’t nice, but I needed a moment from the hit he just gave me, that he had no idea he’d inflicted. I needed time to put my shields up to get through these next few days. Protecting myself would be key to not getting hurt when it was all said and done.
