Page 104 of Bishop's Queen

He sneered. “Excuse me?”

“Whoever’s doing this? Screw that person. They’re trying to control my life.”

Damn. Fucking. Straight. Control her and bring her back.“You don’t get it, Ella—”

“No. You don’t, Jay. Last night, I dropped something out of my purse, and my neighbor stopped by to bring it over. You haveno ideahow scared I was just because my doorbell rang. You haveno cluewhat I went through from a simple doorbell.”

Finally—but she didn’t call, and he had woken up on the street. How could his plan have failed so miserably? A migraine clouded at his temples.

“And no matter what I do or what I believe…” She trailed off, and he couldn’t manage to speak any words to fill the gap. Ella continued. “Or what I want to fight for? As long as it’s for the greater good, Bishop and Locke, Titan? They’re behind me. That’s my team. The Eco-Ella team, which you’re supposed to be A-number-one cheerleader on. So get over it, Jay, and get back ontheteam. Or get a new job. I am done with the fighting.”

A new job? His ear must be lying. No other reason, except… “Did you sleep with him?”

“Are you out of your—forget it.”

“Did you sleep with him?”

“Jay!”

“Did that ’roided-up buffoon touch you?” Jay spat into the phone.

“You know what? I’m so done with this. You’re fired.”

The phone clicked, and the silent line screamed louder than his demons.

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