Page 133 of Mayhem
“Erin?”
She jumped at her name and turned to find Nik staring at her. “Are you okay?”
“Yeah. Yeah, I’m fine.” She took a deep breath. “What are you doing out here?”
“I had to get something from my car. You don’t seem fine. What was that about?”
“I am, and it was nothing.”
“It didn’t seem like nothing,” he countered. “What’s going on?”
“Drop it, Nik. I don’t answer to you,” she responded, irritated because she didn’t want to think about it.
“But you’re about to answer to me.”
Well, shit,Erin thought at the sound of Paetyn’s voice. Nik looked between them when her boyfriend had joined them before leaving them.
“Tell me what’s going on.”
Erin sighed. There was no point in beating around the bush. “I thought the phone call I just received might have been a hospital or someone calling about my dad since it was a Washington area code, but it wasn’t. It was whoever’s been calling.”
“You blocked that number like we asked you to?”
“Yes, but they made another one, and when I blocked it, it started a cycle of them making new ones and me blocking it.”
“When did they start calling again?”
“A couple of days after I blocked them the first time, and just now, a car pulled up and fired a rose cannon at me, but I couldn’t see who it was.”
“Are you serious?”
“Yeah. See the petals.” She pointed at the ground.
“You know that isn’t what I’m talking about. They’re still calling you.”
Erin had only ever seen him annoyed once, but what she saw now was beyond that.
“You can’t be mad at me for them calling; I can’t control that.”
“I’m not only pissed that they’re still bothering you. I’m mad you didn’t tell us, Erin.”
She involuntarily flinched. “You can’t do anything more than I can about it, so what was the point in telling you? And don’t call me Erin.” She placed her hands on his chest. “I’m sorry, I didn’t tell you. It was only stupid calls, and I wasn’t worried about it until this happened, but I got part of the car’s plate. Maybe we can find out who it is, and I can get a restraining order.”
“There are cameras outside of the building. I’ll ask Nik to see if they caught the full plate.” He paused. “I’m sorry. Are you okay?”
“As okay as I can be with some weirdo calling me and now showing up where I am at random.”
He pulled her into his chest. “I should have asked you that first instead of being upset. So, I apologize. We’ll figure it out, but I need you to keep us in the loop.”
“I will. I promise.”
“Good, and you have to tell Cruz.”
Erin pouted up at him. “Can’t you tell him for me?” Her boyfriend had such a way with words that he could make it seem like nothing and keep her other one from being too upset.
“Nice try, Angel, but no.”
“Fine.”
