26. Sadie #3
“He seems like he's getting better, he called me because he slipped off the program, but he said he's getting better.” There’s silence for a moment, and then he leans in to give me a kiss.
“If you want, we can go visit him?” Miles asks.
“Not yet, this is the first time in a long time I’ve put myself first, and…”
“You like the feeling.” Miles finishes the sentence for me. “Right, you ready for what I’ve got to say?’ I nod, and he gives me a small smile. “Remember, if you want to leave, I won’t stop you.” Again, I nod, but I’m also worried about what he has to tell me.
I mean it can’t be worse than a family full of drug addicts.
“I’m just going to say this outright, I think the quicker the better.
” That sexy boyish smile appears on his lips, and I smile with him.
“We have the clinic which everyone in the world knows but behind all that we have a…family who take down people who the government left free.” I draw my brows together.
“It’s the best way to explain it. If the law didn’t do it justice, we step in, if someone needs to be taught a lesson we come in.
Yes, people die, and none of us have any regrets about it, they deserve it.
We all have our job, I’m the hacker.” He stops when I start laughing.
“I should have guessed.”
“Hayden, Mason and Declan all have their jobs, and together we work on a mission given to us by Cain. So that’s the family business. Any questions about them?” Miles asks, and all I can do is shake my head.
I really need to have to think about my mental state, I wasn’t scared of having a stalker, I wasn’t scared that Miles was the stalker and was happy to go on a date with him.
Hell, I had sex with my stalker and now I find out his family is a group of hitmen and again I’m not running away.
That has to say something about me more than it does about his family.
“The men?” It’s the only thing I want to know about.
“Cain gave me a file, a group of missing girls. I’ve been working on it, and I’ve found things out, they hacked into my system and found me and gave me a warning.”
“Was that the beating you got, the next day you had an argument with Lileah?”
“It was, and I didn’t stop and I don’t plan on stopping either. They’re taking girls and selling them. If I can bring them down and save the girls I can, I will. I’ve already seen what they do to the girls, I’ve seen them cry, heard them scream and I’m not stopping-”
Miles stops when I kiss him. Can he get any more perfect than he already is? I feel his hand on my back pulling me in closer, deepening the kiss. I pull away from him.
“You didn’t let me finish,” he jokes.
“I know, but I don’t care.”
“You need to care, they attacked me again today, and they will come again. They know about you…” Miles pushes me back slightly, and I sit back down, and for the first time tonight I see something different in his eyes.
“What I’m about to say to you please know I will fight until my last breath to protect you, okay?
” I nod, because for some reason my mouth has gone very dry.
“I’ve been looking into them, the girls and I’ve picked up on them looking at the campus, at your practices.
I’m not sure if they are looking at you or the others, because you all fit the type they take.
But because you’re with me, they will go for you because I didn’t listen.
” My whole body tenses up, and Miles sees it.
“You can walk away from me I won’t stop you, but if you do, I will send you to your brother because I know they can’t touch you there… ”
“Are you sure? They hacked into your system? What would stop them getting in there?” I ask.
“That place has a security system which I don’t think anyone can break into.
” Miles laughs. “For them to take you from me they will have to kill me, and…” he clears his throat.
“And if they do, we will find you. I will find you. I’m close to breaking into their system.
” Miles stops and he must see the fear in my face, because that's all I’m feeling at the moment.
I stare at him for a moment, and the only thing I can think about is how for the first time in my life I have someone who is caring for me, looking after me, risking his life to protect mine, for the first time in my life I feel loved.
“I can fight, I mean I’m nowhere close to how good you are, but…”
“And I’m praying I find them before they attack me again, but the closer I get, the worse they are. The only thing I ever want from you is faith. Faith in me to be there for you no matter what.”
So, there’s a chance they’ll take me, do I trust Miles to find me in time?
“I’m in, I have faith in you, Miles Ghost Crawford.” I smile, and Miles is off his seat and kissing me, one hard kiss which I’m enjoying.
“Now we go back to mine, and I get to spend most of the night doing what I know we both enjoy.” I laugh against his mouth, and I’m not going to complain about it, because I’ve been thinking about it for a while too.