Chapter 20
CHAPTER TWENTY
Penn
It was a week later; we were all in the backyard having a barbecue since the kids were getting ready to return to school the following week when Lucy Mikens was on the news doing some town hall thing where she explained she’d shifted in her political opinions.
“Check it out!” Toni called us all inside. Mila was here too, and she made sure to cover the food while we rushed into the house.
“Earlier in the year you stated you were endorsing Benito Calvern for governor, and now you’ve changed your mind?” the interviewer asked her.
“In truth, I hadn’t really gotten to know Solange Herbert very well while she worked with Victor Horn. I’m sorry to say I made a judgment of her based on his governing. I was not a supporter of Mr. Horn. I never made that a secret.”
“And now you’ve gotten to know Ms. Herbert and favor her views over Mr. Calvern’s?”
“I have, and she’s ready to take this state into a new direction, one we are in desperate need of. She’s a strong woman who I feel can bring progressive changes to this great state, and she has the knowledge and experience to do so.”
The interviewer chuckled. “Is this some sort of girl power movement?”
Lucy laughed. “No, not in the slightest. As a matter of fact, Senator Robins was with me during one meeting last week with Ms. Herbert, and I think even he was impressed.”
“Oh, she’s setting him up,” Alex muttered.
“Are we to expect him to switch his endorsement as well?” The interviewer looked like she was getting the best news story of her career.
“You’ll have to ask him.” Lucy smiled, and I truly believed her. Politicians were great liars.
“How quickly do you expect Steven to make a statement?” Dean questioned.
Gideon shrugged. “I’m sure after this interview, he’ll be hounded and forced to say something.”
“He has a lot to lose if he doesn’t.” I followed everyone back outside.
“What’s to say Benito doesn’t expose the senator of all his hidden secrets the same as you threatened to once he endorses Solange?” Rita lifted the netting bowls from the food, and we all began filling our plates.
“The prostitute is gone. What Benito did with her I don’t know, but I’m sure she’s dead.” Gideon frowned. “The casino owner, however, owes me a very big favor, and has no love for Benito Calvern and his family. Benito has no physical evidence; that all lies with me now.”
“And the casino owner,” Dean pointed out.
“Nope. He has nothing, so if Benito wants to expose Steven, he will have to ask me for the evidence.”
Danny snorted. “I won’t hold my breath.”
“It amazes me how politicians are always preaching change and peace and getting criminals off the streets when they’re the worst part of humanity.” Mila sighed, and Alex pulled her to him, kissing her temple.
“You’re right, babe.”
“Of course I am.” She smirked, and everyone laughed.
We all finished dinner and enjoyed the summer weather, staying outside until the sun kissed the sea. Olivia and Owen passed out in front of the TV, melting bowls of ice cream on their laps.
“I’ll get Livy; you get Owen?” Gideon asked as he shut off the television.
“Deal.”
Neither one woke up as we carried them or wiped their sticky hands and faces. They’d need to brush their teeth extra good in the morning, but I wasn’t fucking waking them up to do that. One night wouldn’t kill them.
I met Gideon in the bedroom. He was already stripping and walking into the ensuite. I made quick work of my clothes and followed behind him. He looked over his shoulder with a sexy grin.
“Can I help you?”
I nodded. “You can, or I could help you.” I pointed out his erection.
“Hmm…maybe we could help each other out.”
“Solid plan.”
We washed ourselves, my gaze never leaving his toned, delicious body and his staying glued on me.
He shut the water off, and I threw him a towel that he haphazardly dried himself with before he barreled into me. I stumbled a few steps, finally tumbling onto the bed.
“Put your head at the bottom of the bed,” he ordered, and I happily complied.
I figured out what he was doing when his knees went onto either side of my head and his cock dangled in front of my face.
“Oh, a classic.” I chuckled, gripped his dick, and sucked on the head.
Gideon moaned as he swallowed my cock. Gravity was on my side and as he began thrusting into my mouth, I opened wide and let him fuck my face.
He squeezed my balls and there was no way I was gonna last, so I sped up.
“Fuck!” he whimpered…and then he was filling my mouth.
A minute later I was exploding down his throat, arching up, loving how he gagged on my cock and devoured every drop I had in me.
“Damn.” He rolled off me, his feet beside my head. “I can’t move.”
“We can sleep like this,” I joked.
We laughed, but the next thing I knew, I was being woken up by a buzzing noise. I lifted my head and saw mine and Gideon’s cell phones vibrating across the nightstand.
“Gid.” I slapped his leg and got up to get my phone.
“Wha…”
“Phone.” I hit the button and held it to my ear. “Hello?” I didn’t recognize the number.
I peeked over at Gideon as he answered, and judging by his expression, he didn’t know who was calling him either.
“Best not lose sight of your flock, for the moment that you do, the wolf will have his fill,” a robotic voice said, and the call disconnected.
Gideon’s face morphed into rage in a beat. He looked up at me. “Who was that? What did they say?”
“Don’t know. The person used a voice modulator to make them sound like a robot. They said, ‘Best not lose sight of your flock—’ ”
“For the moment that you do, the wolf will have his fill,” Gideon finished the line.
“Yeah.”
“I think the voice was a computer that called us both, but who else did they contact?”
“I’ll call Dean.” Gideon hopped off the bed and started dressing as the phone rang; he had it on speaker.
It took a few rings for Dean’s sleepy voice to answer. “Hmmllo?”
“Dean.”
“Gid?”
“Has anyone called you?”
“Yeah, you, idiot.”
Gideon’s shoulders fell in relief. “No one else?”
There was silence for a beat. “What’s wrong, Gideon?”
“I’ll tell you when I know. You, Rita, and Matteo don’t leave the house until I say it’s safe.”
“Gid, you gotta give me something more. Rita’s gonna hound me.”
Gideon sighed. “I got a call tonight, a threat to watch my flock. The person—and I could guess it was Benito’s doing—said that the moment I look away, the wolf will play. I need everyone to stay put. Your house is secure; you have security there. I will call as soon as I know more.”
“Okay. Gid. Stay safe.”
“You too.”
He disconnected the call and looked at me with stormy eyes. “I’m gonna kill that motherfucker.”