Chapter 27
“I still don’t like it,” Ronnie glared at Gavin.
“I honestly don’t give a shit if you like it or not. I’m more concerned with keeping you alive than keeping you happy, at least at the moment.” Her brother didn’t seem affected by her anger.
“But what about Demon?” She flung one hand in his direction.
Demon had to resist the urge to raise both hands and tell them to leave him out of it.
“What about him?” Gavin asked, creases forming between his brows.
“He’s been up all night. The way this was supposed to work was you cover me during the day, he’s got nights. If you take off and leave me here, then he can’t sleep. That’s not fair to him.”
“He and I have already discussed this. I’m not going to be gone that long, then I’ll have you and he can sleep.” Gavin rolled his eyes, as if she was being totally unreasonable.
This was part of why Demon had let Gavin break this too her. He had hopes for how things would go after Gavin left, but that would never happen if Demon pissed her off before then.
After breakfast, Ronnie had gone to get dressed for the day.
While she’d been gone, Demon had gotten a text letting him know that the prospects watching the house where Jim Bob’s mother lived had spotted him.
He wasn’t there but they’d tailed him to where he was staying.
They’d wanted instructions on what to do next.
He'd consulted with Gavin, and they’d put together a plan.
Gavin had contacted a few local agents he knew, they were going to go pick up Jim Bob, going in as bounty hunters so anyone watching wouldn’t know he was being picked up by the feds.
Once they had him in custody, they could try to make a deal.
Demon didn’t care what the deal was, as long as they got enough info to shut down the Devils and get Ronnie off the sale block.
“Fine.” She crossed her arms over her chest and continued to glare at Gavin. “You can have two hours. If you’re not back by then, there will be hell to pay.”
“You got it.” Gavin stood and went in the bedroom.
They’d told her that Gavin needed to go see their father, and with what they knew so far, it didn’t seem like a good idea for her to go along.
He wasn’t going to see their dad, at least not yet.
But that was part of what they weren’t telling Ronnie, at least not yet.
“I can’t believe you agreed to this,” she said turning to him.
Demon shrugged. “It’s just for a couple hours. It’s not like I planned to sleep for the next fourteen hours. Besides, with your brother out of the house for a bit, maybe I can kiss you without being interrupted for once?”
He watched as one after another, emotions played across her face. Then and there, he decided that as long as she let him, he’d know what every single one of those expressions meant.
As it was, he identified a couple, curiosity and desire. He could work with those.
Gavin came back into the room, a backpack slung over one shoulder. Demon suspected it contained some kind of gear that would give away what he was really up to, so he didn’t want Ronnie to see it.
“I’ll be back as soon as I can.” He bent over and dropped a peck of a kiss on top of Ronnie’s head where she sat on the end of the sofa, her arms still crossed.
“I have to go. After the message this morning, we both know that if I don’t make my appearance, he’ll show up here, and neither of us want that. ”
Her expression softened. “You’re right. We don’t want him here.” She seemed to wilt. “I just hate feeling useless, or worse, like a burden.”
“We both know you’re neither of those.” Gavin met Demon’s gaze, and his look seemed to say take care of her.
Demon planned to do that anyway, but he nodded once then went to the door and let himself out.
“What do you want to do first?” Demon asked, rubbing his hands together and grinning.
She looked at him, her brows creased with confusion.
“You’re acting like a kid whose parents have just left them home alone for the first time and you can’t wait to get into everything you’ve been told to stay out of.”
“I can’t say your analogy is wrong, but I don’t think that any kid is thinking about what I’ve got in mind.” He crooked one finger at her. “Come here a minute.”