“He told your grandmother that he could get to you any time he wanted. You’d never be safe. He’s planning on making this kill like no other.”
Evie shuddered thinking back to what they found in New York and at his childhood home. “That can’t be good.”
“No, it’s not. So some things are going to change.”
“If you are thinking what I think you’re thinking you can just stop now. We’ll argue about this later.”
“Yes, we will.”
As soon as the car was stopped she ran towards the door. Anthony caught her quickly even with her head start. After finding out which floor her grandmother was on, she waited impatiently for the elevator. “Maybe we should take the stairs?”
“You don’t want to be all out of breath when you get to her room do you?”
Crossing her arms across her chest, she started to tap her foot. She would’ve run over the people waiting to get out if Anthony hadn’t grabbed her and held her back.
All she wanted to do was see her grandmother, to make sure she was really okay. Walking quickly down the hall, the first person she saw was her brother leaning against the wall looking down at his feet. Needing to lash out at someone she went up to him and punched him in the gut. “You bastard,” she hissed trying to keep her voice down. “How could you leave her alone? You know Jeremy is still out there. What? Did you have the urge to stick your dick in some willing * for the night? It couldn’t wait?”
“Ease up, Evie. It’s not like that.” Jackson ran his fingers through his hair.
“Start talking. Now, asshat.”
Sighing, he dropped his hands to his side. “I got a call from a guy I knew in Boston. He had a line on some information about Jeremy being in Boston.”
“So what, you just dropped everything and went down there? What were you thinking?”
“Gee, I don’t know, what would you have done? I love Lexi, too, you know. And now with you running all over the place trying to find Jeremy, I don’t want to lose you, too. I can’t just sit around and do nothing. Besides, the guard was with her.”
Evie closed her eyes. She knew what she would have done. The same thing. “Fine. Did you learn anything?”
“No, I spent all night going from one place to the other with nothing. It seems like it might have been a set up to get me out of the house.”
Wanting to purr like a cat, when Anthony started rubbing her back she held back. “Well, we know why he wanted you out of the house. Just next time make sure there is more than just one other person there with her.”
Anthony cleared his throat. “That is part of what we are going to be arguing about later.”
She could have laughed at the confused expression on her brother’s face. “Great. Now I’ve got to see Grams.”
Rushing to the side of her bed, Evie looked her grandmother over from head to toe. Seeing that she was really okay she grabbed her and gave her a hug. “You scared me so bad.”
“I’m fine, honey. It was scary when he was there. I didn’t know what he was going to do. But after he left I just got pissed off. Now if I ever see him again, I’m going to rip his dick off and put it in a meat grinder. Then I’m going to pour lemon juice all over it, then…”
Anthony held up his hand to make her stop. “I think we get the idea.”
“He’s just lucky he caught me while I was sleeping. Otherwise, his dick would be mine.”
“I think we’ve got it. Now how much longer do you have to be here?”
“Depends on when Dr. McHottness springs me. If he’d give me sponge baths, I’d stay here forever.”
Evie leaned down and kissed her forehead. “You’d ruin him for all other women.”
“Damn-skippy I would. Once you have a taste of me, no other woman will leave you as satisfied.”
“Where’s Leigh and Marie?” Evie looked around starting to get worried. While no direct relation to her and Lexi, they still meant a lot to them.
“Don’t worry; they just went down to see if there were any cute guys in the cafeteria. They’re trying to get some to come and cheer me up.”
“I’m sure they’re doing all that they can. Why don’t we go down there and hurry them up?” Evie was scared of what kind of trouble they could be getting into. She could see them getting banned from the hospital.
*
Anthony took the time to call Noah while Evie was dealing with the other ladies. He was amazed how much trouble they could get into. Seems there was an incident with whipped cream and a young man.
With everything set up, he knew he had to let the others in on his plan. Hoping it wouldn’t be too much of a fight, he decided to talk to Evie and her grandmother while they were on their way back to the house.
“Ladies, when we get back I want you both to pack a bag. You’ll be staying with Noah and Lexi until Jeremy is caught.” He gripped the steering wheel waiting for what would happen next.
“Hell no. We aren’t hiding away like some weak women who need protecting by men,” Evie said turning angry eyes to him.