Chapter 27
Jake
Jake and Georgia have been spending lots of time together, but so have Janet and Benji. Tell me why so many readers have caught Benji staring a hole through Georgia, though? Awe, poor thing. Unrequited love sucks doesn't it, buddy?
We take showers separately—no more condoms. My girl is probably way too sore anyway. I can't wait to shower with her soon. I sit in the living room and wait for Georgia to get done. I've noticed she likes to take long hot showers so I’m sure she’ll be in there awhile.
I take my phone out and post on Instagram the last selfie we took together. It was from the party the other night. I smile at my caption. I can't wait for her to read it. She'll blush, but no one else we'll be able to decipher my double meaning.
I have two missed texts from Jaxon.
1. He went into their building.
2. He broke into their apartment.
Each text is accompanied by a picture, that motherfucker.
Shit! He suspects Georgia saw something, there is no other explanation.
I’ll murder him. Why did he have to break into their apartment?
I see red. Calm down, Jake! You can't kick his ass tonight.
We put some nanny cams throughout the girl's apartment.
Sasha knows about it, but Dani doesn't yet.
I was going to tell her tonight, then we got naked, and I stopped thinking with my brain.
I call Jaxon. "I just got your text. Jaxon, I'm going to kick his ass."
"Jake, you can't do that. You gotta keep a level head, man. I'm not going to give you any details until you promise you won't go apeshit crazy."
I'm silent. It must be terrible if Jaxon thinks I'm about to lose my shit. If he put a camera or bugged my girl's room, I'll lose it. "What did he do?"
"Promise me."
"I don't know if I can do that, Jaxon."
"Think about Georgia. You need to stay calm for her. She doesn't need any extra drama."
I roll my eyes. "You pulled the Georgia card? Really?!"
"I did. Playing fair is for losers. Say those two precious little words, man."
He knows I won't ever renege on a promise I made to one of my brothers. "Damnit. Okay, I promise."
"Thank you. Jake. We have a serious problem here.
I watched the footage from the nanny cams while he was in their apartment.
He placed bugs under the kitchen counter and in each of their rooms. He also placed a video camera in Georgia's room and bathroom.
He took a pair of her panties, man! I watched him put them in his pocket.
Whatever the hell he plans to do with that, I have no idea. "
I lose it! "What the fuck, Jaxon! I ought to make him bleed for that shit! What kind of demented person steals a girl's underwear!?! Tell me where he is, promise or not, I will put him in the hospital!"
Dani walks in, the color drained from her face.
I have him on speakerphone. I wonder if she heard it all.
I hang up on Jaxon while he's in mid-sentence.
I'll apologize later when I ask him to see the footage.
I reach for her, and she tumbles on top of my lap.
She starts crying her eyes out. All I can do is hold her and whisper reassurances in her ear.
"Baby, I'm sorry. It'll work out. You'll stay with me, I love you. "
Once she calms down, she looks up at me with puffy, red-rimmed eyes. My heart drops, I love her so much, and I don't know how I’ll fix any of this yet. How can I make this better for her?
"Jake, why would he break into our dorm room?"
I hold nothing back from her. I promised her complete honesty. "Benji has to suspect something, and by placing the bugs and cameras in your dorm, he's making sure before he makes his next move."
"I'm putting cameras in our place tomorrow. We placed nanny cams in your dorm just in case he did this. I'm sorry I didn't tell you, I got lost in the moment tonight, and I didn't follow through on everything I should have said."
She kisses my cheek. "Baby, it's okay. It was a beautiful moment to get lost in, the most beautiful one of my life. I agree he suspects something. If I stay here full time, he'll know Jake. I have to go home at some point and act normal."
"Not only no, but hell no, Dani! You're not going anywhere near that place. He took your damn panties! He's a fucking sadistic pervert."
A laugh escapes my girl's lips, and I can't help but feel like beating my chest as Tarzan does in the movies.
I made her frown turn upside down. Lame, yes, but I said what I said!
"Listen, Jake, you can't stop me. I’ll stay nights here with you, but in between classes and while you're at practice, I will go to my dorm.
We have to be normal, and if we pull that off for a little while, he'll lose interest and "know" I didn't see anything. "
I want to argue so badly, but in my heart, I know she's right. "I know that’s best, but I don't have to like it."
"No, you don't, but we have to handle this situation carefully."
"Yes, we do. Rod from the O-line has an uncle that's a cop.
I had a meeting with them after practice yesterday.
We came up with a plan to catch him selling drugs at that new club on Riverside.
They told me to stay out of it and that they already had an open investigation against Benji and his father. "
"Wait...who's his father?"
I sigh. No way around this, no way I can even make this sound better. "A notorious crime lord from the east coast."
She opens her mouth and then closes it quickly. Then opens it again. "You've got to be kidding me? Right?"
I kiss her forehead. "I wish I was baby. I'd never joke about that."
"What the hell? Out of all the places in the world, why did he have to come here for school?"
"I don't know, baby. He did the unthinkable tonight. I can't sit here and not do anything now."
She shakes her head. "No, WE can't just sit here and not do anything."
I smile at my brave Georgia. "That's right, we...what's the new plan?"
"Who says we need a new one? Let's catch him selling drugs and go from there."
We agree. "We need more than just a single drug deal. We need to find out routes and suppliers. The whole shebang."