night.” He asked her why. “Because you’re going to hang yourself with your underwear. Your mom will visit you that day, and when she does she’s going to tell you everything I just told you about Maybeth. And how she’s consorting with Randy Sells, your best friend. And that she’s telling everybody that she lost your baby from all the stress, when we both know there wasn’t a child.”
The gun wavered, but he didn’t drop it completely. Jarrett had never been so afraid in his life as when Addie put her hands on the gun too.
“Are you going to shoot me, Jamie? I have news for you, no one will care much if you do. But they will when you’re gone. You support your mother. Do you want to know what happens to her when you’re gone? How about your sister? Do you think that Lisa will have an easy time of it? Who will she talk to about her homework? How will she feel if you’re dead?”
“I don’t want to die.” The gun lowered, and Jarrett wanted to grab it from him and hit him in the head for scaring him so badly. “I love my mom. She’d be…I have to have money to…will you really give me a job?”
“Put the gun on the counter and step back.” Jamie nodded and did what she told him. “Down on your knees, Jamie. I don’t want Jarrett here to hit you on the head with the butt of the gun. He’s pretty pissed at us both.”
Jamie moved to the floor and put his hands over his head. He didn’t move when Jarrett stepped forward and took the gun from the counter. He hoped it was unloaded, but when he took the clip out, his knees nearly buckled when the clip was full. Pulling back the slide, he wasn’t even surprised to find one in the chamber. Jarrett put the clip, round, and gun on the counter behind him and pulled Addie to him. Christ, the need to touch her was making him sick to his stomach.
“Hunter is coming. And he’s not happy.” The door flew back on the hinges hard enough to crack the glass front almost as soon as Slone spoke. He came across the room, picked Jamie up by his arms, and shook him hard before growling low at him.
“Hunter, everyone is all right. Put the boy down.” Jarrett tried to peel his brother’s hands from the kid’s arms, but he wasn’t letting go. “Hunter. You’re hurting him.”
“I fucking should kill his ass. You threatened my wife and child, you motherfucker.” Hunter shook him again. “And my brother and his wife. I should be able to tear you apart for what you’ve put us all through.”
“But he didn’t hurt us.” Everyone looked at Slone when she spoke. “He didn’t hurt any of us. And thanks to Addie, he’s going to have a job, a good start on life, and be around when his mom needs him.”
“You gave him a job?” Hunter roared this time, and Jarrett felt his wolf snarl at him. Hunter might be his alpha, but he was yelling at his mate. And Jarrett didn’t like it.
“I can fucking do what I want when I want, asshole.” Hunter dropped Jamie and stalked toward Addie. “Touch me and your wife will be a widow before your child takes her first breath.”
As far as threats went, it was a good one. But it was Addie’s delivery that had Jarrett pause in his move to go and protect her. It was low and hard. She didn’t give any indication at all that she was just bluffing. He watched Hunter as he stared at her.
“You could have been hurt, all of you.”
“But we weren’t,” Addie said.
“But you could have been.”
“Yes. We could be hurt standing in an alley and have a brick fall on our heads too; but today, we were not hurt.” Jarrett laughed. Hunter glared at him, but right then he didn’t care. The release of tension made him laugh again.
“She has a point.” Hunter growled, and Slone smacked him on the back of the head much like their dad did. “She does have a point. Not to say that I wasn’t terrified, but she saved us and the kid.”
Hunter looked at the kid in question. “My wife tells me that you think you knocked
The gun wavered, but he didn’t drop it completely. Jarrett had never been so afraid in his life as when Addie put her hands on the gun too.
“Are you going to shoot me, Jamie? I have news for you, no one will care much if you do. But they will when you’re gone. You support your mother. Do you want to know what happens to her when you’re gone? How about your sister? Do you think that Lisa will have an easy time of it? Who will she talk to about her homework? How will she feel if you’re dead?”
“I don’t want to die.” The gun lowered, and Jarrett wanted to grab it from him and hit him in the head for scaring him so badly. “I love my mom. She’d be…I have to have money to…will you really give me a job?”
“Put the gun on the counter and step back.” Jamie nodded and did what she told him. “Down on your knees, Jamie. I don’t want Jarrett here to hit you on the head with the butt of the gun. He’s pretty pissed at us both.”
Jamie moved to the floor and put his hands over his head. He didn’t move when Jarrett stepped forward and took the gun from the counter. He hoped it was unloaded, but when he took the clip out, his knees nearly buckled when the clip was full. Pulling back the slide, he wasn’t even surprised to find one in the chamber. Jarrett put the clip, round, and gun on the counter behind him and pulled Addie to him. Christ, the need to touch her was making him sick to his stomach.
“Hunter is coming. And he’s not happy.” The door flew back on the hinges hard enough to crack the glass front almost as soon as Slone spoke. He came across the room, picked Jamie up by his arms, and shook him hard before growling low at him.
“Hunter, everyone is all right. Put the boy down.” Jarrett tried to peel his brother’s hands from the kid’s arms, but he wasn’t letting go. “Hunter. You’re hurting him.”
“I fucking should kill his ass. You threatened my wife and child, you motherfucker.” Hunter shook him again. “And my brother and his wife. I should be able to tear you apart for what you’ve put us all through.”
“But he didn’t hurt us.” Everyone looked at Slone when she spoke. “He didn’t hurt any of us. And thanks to Addie, he’s going to have a job, a good start on life, and be around when his mom needs him.”
“You gave him a job?” Hunter roared this time, and Jarrett felt his wolf snarl at him. Hunter might be his alpha, but he was yelling at his mate. And Jarrett didn’t like it.
“I can fucking do what I want when I want, asshole.” Hunter dropped Jamie and stalked toward Addie. “Touch me and your wife will be a widow before your child takes her first breath.”
As far as threats went, it was a good one. But it was Addie’s delivery that had Jarrett pause in his move to go and protect her. It was low and hard. She didn’t give any indication at all that she was just bluffing. He watched Hunter as he stared at her.
“You could have been hurt, all of you.”
“But we weren’t,” Addie said.
“But you could have been.”
“Yes. We could be hurt standing in an alley and have a brick fall on our heads too; but today, we were not hurt.” Jarrett laughed. Hunter glared at him, but right then he didn’t care. The release of tension made him laugh again.
“She has a point.” Hunter growled, and Slone smacked him on the back of the head much like their dad did. “She does have a point. Not to say that I wasn’t terrified, but she saved us and the kid.”
Hunter looked at the kid in question. “My wife tells me that you think you knocked
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