Page 102 of Dark Obsession

Blane smelled the air.“What are we having?”

Everyone laughed, except Daniel, who just rolled his eyes.

“Spaghetti,” Layla said.When he opened his mouth, she interrupted him.“If you say you just had Italian, I’m going to throw a shoe at you, and I’ll tell you the same thing I told Conner.If you don’t like what I make, go to McDonald’s.”

Disgust crossed Blane’s face.“Not McDonald’s.I’m good with whatever you make.”

“Can we get to the case?”Daniel asked, clearly disgruntled.

Folders were opened, and questions were asked for several minutes.

“Did he say why he was stalking her?”Daniel asked Conner and Blane impatiently.

Conner and Blane looked at each other.Conner cleared his throat.“He dated Tammy before you did.In fact, he claimed she dumped him for you.He decided to get some payback by messing with Tammy’s mind and was thrilled when it put a wedge between you.After Tammy left town, things went back to normal until Keira moved to town and she started dating you.”

Daniel lowered his head.“Dammit.”

Keira tightened her grip on his hand.“It’s not your fault.”

“I feel like it is.”He looked at Conner.“I’d like her phone number.I’d like to talk to her and apologize.”

Only Layla caught the uneasy expression that raced across Keira’s face.

Conner continued, “Adam stated he asked Keira out, and she told him she was dating you.That brought his hatred back.He didn’t get why all the women went to you.He claims he was going to do to Keira what he did to Tammy.But he didn’t plan on Keira standing her ground as she did, so he kept doing things with a little more malice to shake her up.”

“What did he have to gain from attacking her?”Layla asked, confused.

“He wanted to scare her enough to get a little unhinged.He’d heard what Daniel said about drama and how he hated it, so he was going to cause as much drama as he could.He didn’t expect the knife.He was going to scare her and then leave, but it got out of hand.”

“What a fucking idiot,” Logan said.

“Yeah, and he knows it.He’s going away for a while on assault and stalking charges.”

Keira leaned her head against Daniel’s chest.“So, he destroyed his life because of jealousy.”

Conner nodded.“Pretty much.”

Layla stood and headed toward the kitchen.“Whoever wants to stay for dinner, it’ll be on the table in five minutes.”

“I’ll come help,” Keira said as she pushed herself off the sofa.

A little before ten, everyone filed out of Daniel’s house, which pleased her because she wanted some alone time with Daniel.

After Daniel closed and locked the door, he turned to her.

“Why don’t you head up.I’m going to check the windows and doors, and then I’ll be up.”Daniel watched her walk up the steps, concerned.She started getting quiet at dinner.She tried to hide it with fake smiles and laughs, but he caught on pretty quickly, and he could tell Layla had too, from the worried look on her face.

She was coming out of the shower with a towel wrapped around her.“Shower’s yours,” she said as she passed him.

Daniel watched her leave.What the hell was going on with her?Did she want to leave?Had she had enough, or was she blaming him for this whole fiasco?He couldn’t blame her for feeling resentful.He blamed himself, but it wasn’t going to make him give her up.

He quickly undressed and jumped in the shower, rushing to get to her.He’d find out what was bothering her before the night was over.

Daniel walked out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around his lean hips, to see Keira sitting on the side of the bed, rubbing lotion into her arms and legs.At his dresser, he dropped the towel and pulled on a pair of boxers.

Daniel lay down on the other side of the bed and pulled the covers up to his waist.“Come here,” he said with his hand out.

Keira crawled over the mattress to snuggle up against his side.She laid her head on his shoulder and put her arm over his chest as Daniel pulled the blanket up over her.

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