Page 95 of Never Again

“Tell me that I’m wrong,” Nathan said as they reached the second floor.

“I had nothing to do with this,” Quinn said as he headed towards their room.

“And the fact that we were able to trace the attack on Haven Technologies to this location as well as to the cabin you own in Georgia and your grandmother’s old house in Massachusetts was what? A coincidence?” Nathan drawled, making Quinn frown as they reached their room and-

“His cabin doesn’t have internet,” Bailey mumbled weakly against his back seconds before she began humming the theme song to “Jaws.”

“I use my data plan when I’m at the cabin,” Quinn said as he carried Bailey to the bed and carefully laid her down.

“And your grandmother’s house?” Nathan asked as he made his way to the other side of the bed.

“She sold her house just before she died so that she could send Jaxon to college,” Quinn said, wishing like hell that she’d come to him for the money instead. “She was determined to make sure that my cousin didn’t follow in my footsteps and sign his life away.”

“Is that what you did?” Nathan asked as he reached for the covers.

“No, it’s what I needed at the time,” Quinn said as he grabbed hold of the covers on his side and pulled them over Bailey.

“And now?” Nathan asked, sending him a curious look.

“I have everything that I need,” Quinn murmured softly as his gaze shifted to Bailey and-

“He loves me,” Bailey mumbled with a heartfelt sigh against her pillow.

“Yes, I do,” Quinn said, unable to help but smile as he leaned down and kissed the back of her head only to sigh when she began humming the theme song to“SpongeBob SquarePants.”

“In that case,” Nathan drawled as he pulled the covers tightly over Bailey to make sure that she wasn’t going anywhere for a while before heading for the door, “we should probably have that talk.”

“What happened?” Quinn asked as soon as they reached the kitchen.

“They got desperate,” Nathan said as Quinn met Tristan’s gaze while his best friend pushed away from the wall with a barely noticeable nod and left the room.

“Meaning?” Quinn asked as he took up Tristan’s abandoned position by the wall and ran his gaze from the patio doors on his right to the door on his left, only pausing long enough to take in the backstairs in front of him before shifting his gaze back to Nathan.

“She released a full-blown attack on our system,” Nathan bit out with a glare aimed at Kelly.

“I-I had nothing to do with this,” Kelly mumbled weakly, noticeably paling as she sent Nathan a pleading look. “Please, you know that I didn’t do this.”

“It all points to you,” Nathan said, only to sigh heavily when Pam said, “And to him,” with a pointed look in Quinn’s direction.

Sighing heavily, Nathan rubbed his hands roughly down his face as he muttered, “What a fucking mess.”

“I’m going to need Bailey’s password to fix this,” Jess mumbled absently as she frowned down at her computer.

“It’s going to have to wait,” Nathan said, looking fucking exhausted as Quinn ran his gaze around the room, taking in all the exits again before he took in the two women handcuffed, noting the way that Kelly trembled while Pam glared.

“I can’t do anything else without that password,” Jess said with a heavy sigh as she closed her laptop and stood up. “I’m gonna go sit with Bailey and wait for her to wake up so that she can take over this mess.”

“It might be a while,” Nathan pointed out as he kept his glare locked on Kelly.

“Hopefully, the block will hold until then,” Jess said with a helpless shrug as she grabbed her laptop and headed for the backstairs, only to pause by the refrigerator to help herself to a Coke and-

“In the meantime, why don’t we talk about what happened between you and my sister,” Nathan drawled as he leveled a glare on Quinn.

That was followed by Jess clearing her throat as she turned around with a hopeful look and a murmured, “Perhaps, I should wait down here and Casey can go upstairs and wait with Bailey?”

“Keep an eye on Bailey and make sure that she stays out of trouble,” Nathan said while Quinn stood there, trying to figure out what the fuck was going on.

“Damn it,” Jess mumbled sadly as she turned around and reluctantly made her way upstairs with a disappointed sigh.

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