Chapter Thirty-One
“He wanted me to spy on you,” she whispered.
Daddy”s eyes went wide as he stared at her. Bonnie knew it wasn”t a good idea and she tried to tell Ethan, but he wouldn”t listen. Ethan was hell-bent on her spying for him.
“What did you say?” Raynar asked.
“Ethan wanted me to spy on Daddy,” she whispered once again. “I told him no. You”ve got to believe me. I really did tell him twice that I wasn”t going to spy on you. I don”t want to.”
She stared at both Daddy and Daddy Ray. Both of them wore stunned expressions. Were they going to say anything? Or were they just going to continue to stare at her?
“The past couple of weeks have been amazing for me and I don”t want to spy on you. I told Ethan so many times. I texted him and tried to call him,” she blurted out, tears streaming down her face. “You have to believe me. I promise I told him no. I don”t want to do it and I”m not going to do it.”
Daddy continued to stare at her. Was he trying to figure out if he could believe her or not? Or had he already made up his mind and he wasn”t going to have anything to do with her?
“Daddy. I promise I didn”t tell him anything. You”re an amazing person, an amazing Daddy to me,” Bonnie declared. “Ethan was so wrong about you. You aren”t a bad person like he said. I told Ethan to talk to you about things because some things aren”t adding up.”
Neither one of them said anything.
“Ethan said you killed some of his men and he”s angry about it. I told him to talk to you, because maybe there is something you both don”t know. Maybe it was for a good reason,” Bonnie tried to explain. She hoped either one of them would say anything.
“His men took some of my men’s women and sisters,” Daddy slowly said. “That is unacceptable. We don”t bring innocent women into these things.”
Her eyes went wide and her mouth hung open.
“C-can you say th-that again?” she whispered, sure she wasn’t hearing him right.
Daddy growled and glared at her.
Bonnie flinched but she hoped he would say it again.
“Ethan”s men tried to kidnap the Little of one of my men, and another’s sister. It is unacceptable and shouldn”t have happened.” Daddy”s voice was void of any emotion. “He kidnapped one of them and hurt them. The other one had abused the sister very badly for years.”
“My brother doesn”t talk to me about much, but I heard about you killing some of his men,” she said more to herself. “Ethan thought it was for no reason and not because the men were trying to kidnap and abuse innocent women.”
There was a miscommunication here between Daddy and her brother. Everything could be resolved by explaining this.
“Don”t fucking lie to me,” Daddy growled.
“I”m not. My brother doesn”t like to bring innocent women or kids into things. He doesn”t want to hurt them at all,” Bonnie said.
Ethan had told her that much. He wanted her to know, while he did bad things and she couldn”t know about them, he didn”t hurt innocent people. It was against his moral code. She was shocked because some of the things she”d heard about Ethan said otherwise, but she trusted him and she knew he wouldn”t lie to her about something this important.
“What you”re saying is a lie!” Daddy yelled. “I”ve heard things about Ethan hurting women who were innocent.”
“Ethan has heard things about you. I was innocent and your men hurt me,” Bonnie said. “What do you say about that?”
Daddy glared at her. Raynar was looking between both of them, staying silent.
“I promise that what you”ve heard about Ethan hurting innocent women and children is wrong. I don”t know much about what my brother does, but he promised me he doesn”t hurt innocent women and children,” she explained.
Daddy chuckled and shook his head. “How are you so sure when you just said you don”t know much about what he does? He could hurt innocent women and children and just lie to you.”
Bonnie shook her head. “I know he”s not lying to me. We were raised to be good.”
Daddy laughed and she took in a shaky breath. This was an important moment and it could go either way. She could explain and Daddy could believe her, or he could tell her she wasn”t welcome here anymore. Daddy could kick her out or he could even throw her in the basement again and leave her there to die.
She needed to get the point across that Ethan wouldn”t and hadn”t hurt innocent people.
“We didn”t grow up like that. My mom was a single mother and taught us not to hurt innocent people. She raised us right,” Bonnie explained, tears forming in her eyes. She didn”t like to talk about her mother much. It was a tough subject. “When my mom died, he found a place to let out his anger and it was the underground fighting. He rose to the top and gained a reputation and rumors. But you know not all rumors are true.”
Daddy shook his head and glared at her. “I don”t want to hear any more lies from you! I”m going.”
“No! You can”t!” she yelled. “I promise you I”m not lying. You have to believe me.”
“I don”t.”
Bonnie stumbled back at his harsh voice. He’d gotten up from his seat on the ground.
“I promise I won”t lie to you! I did keep what he was wanting me to do secret, but I wanted to talk to him and tell him I wouldn”t do it!” She tried to explain. “I haven”t lied to you about how we grew up or what he does.”
“Zip it,” Daddy said. “I”m done.”
Her heart broke at his words. Done with her? Or done talking about this? Before she could ask, Daddy walked out of the room and toward the front door.
“Please, Daddy!” she yelled as she tried to catch up.
But before she could get to him, Daddy Ray wrapped his arms around her.
“Shhh,” Daddy Ray said. “Let him cool off for a while.”
“Let me go!” she yelled. “I need to go talk to Daddy.”
“Not right now. He”s not in his right mind and I don”t want you to get hurt.”
“He wouldn”t hurt me!”
“Not physically, but he can hurt you with his words.”
Bonnie sagged into Daddy Ray”s embrace and let out a sob. What was she going to do? She knew she wouldn”t be able to leave the house and go after him. He locked every door and window when he left. And even if the door wasn”t locked, she wouldn”t know where he lived. She didn”t even know where she was.
“You stay here. I”m going to go talk to Daddy,” Daddy Ray gently said.
“Please, don”t leave me,” she begged.
“I need to go talk to him.”
Daddy Ray put her down on the couch and kissed her forehead. Bonnie tried to search his face to see how he was taking everything, but she couldn”t read him. Was he mad at her, too? Was he wanting to leave her?
Tears streamed down her face as she watched Daddy Ray leave the building. What was she going to do?
Bonnie pulled over her phone and brought Daddy”s contact up.
Bonnie
Please talk to my brother.
She waited for his reply, but part of her knew he wasn”t going to.
Bonnie
Get in contact with him and figure everything out. You guys don”t have to be enemies.
Tears streamed down her face as he didn”t reply. Why couldn”t he just reply? Bonnie called him, but it went to voicemail. She called him again, holding her breath as it rang.
“Please pick up,” she whispered. “Please.”
But it went to voicemail. The phone went off and she pulled up the text message.
Daddy
Stop texting me.
A sob broke through as she read the text. Why would he say that? Did he not want to talk to her? Did he not want her anymore?
Bonnie curled up on the couch, clutching the blanket in her grip. Why had she insisted on calling her brother? Why couldn”t she have thought and not done it?