Page 65 of Tease Me (Dark Odyssey 1)

Chapter Fifteen

Nick

She left me again…

I’m not sure what I expected.

The women I’m with know to leave before morning. The same as her.

Except it’s different with her and it shouldn’t be.

She left and I woke up with that emptiness I felt all of yesterday, but fuck, I’ve had a good sleep.

This must be what it feels like to be normal.

Sleep and wake up every day, instead of staying up all night watching my back and getting lost in my thoughts.

The sleep was good but it didn’t detract from the woman I was with.

I’m at the accountancy office now with my brothers and the computer hacker we hired.

A fucking hacker. That’s what it’s come to.

Yesterday was a crock of shit. It started out with our tech guy not being able to decrypt the files on Tommy’s computer.

It started out like that and I lost my shit when I realized we actually had to take things up a notch and get a hacker.

It fanned the flames of suspicion like hell, but jarred me at the same time.

The guy we got was referred to us from the underground. His name’s Jo. He does small time stuff but used to work in military intelligence.

Salvatore is with him in Tommy’s office now. I just stepped out with Gabe to get coffee at the little coffee shop outside the office. They make good coffee there, comparable to Starbucks which is down the road. If I was feeling up to it I might venture down there but I can’t be bothered. I don’t want to go too far in case I’m needed or the hacker hacks and he finds something. We’ve only been here for an hour so it’s not like I’ve been here that long. I’m just anxious.

I knew when Gabe followed me outside that he was going to ask about Mia.

It was his reason for following. It’s because of last night. I could tell both he and Salvatore think I was acting weird.

I nearly killed someone last night, when Salvatore told me he thought he was being followed. So far we haven’t been able to locate the shooter or anyone we could even be suspicious over for shooting Billy a few days ago.

It’s all suspicious as fuck. Salvatore was trying to tell me to be ready to go to Vincent.

That option is a big no for me because I know straight up that Vincent would lose his shit.

That was the cherry on top of yesterday. So much happened through the whole day. From start to finish.

The part that got me the most though was the call I got from Sherine.

I could hear the baby in the background and I didn’t know who was crying more. Her or the baby. She called me to thank me for taking care of her bills.

She went to pay them and found everything was paid for. I simply asked if there was anything else she needed and she burst into tears. I wanted to tell her everything would be okay, that Tommy would be okay, I couldn’t though. No one could.

The best I could do was go see them. It’s all I could do, and that was worse. She looked distressed and beside herself with worry.

Gabe and I get our coffee and he looks at me when I move to sit down on one of the little benches.

I just need five minutes of fresh air. That’s all I need then I’ll switch back to business mode.

“Talk, you look like you’re sitting on ready. Ready to pop a bullet in anybody who looks at you,” Gabe chuckles.

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