I looked back at the officers, and for some reason, fear was painted in their eyes. They nodded their head at me with respect, and I didn’t understand why till I tied them together with the detective on my payroll.
“We didn’t pick you, Haylee,” the officers said, and the other one hit him with his hand. “I mean . . . Miss James or Mrs James . . ..”
“Chargers, I want them wiped by the end of the day.” I got straight into business mode and looked at Lucian. “I’ll leave you with Angeline, seeing as she was your one phone call. Meet you back at home.”
I didn’t give him another look as I walked from the building. The officers actually waved the automatic door open for me.
He had called Angeline.
He had called Angeline! It repeated in my head. I knew then that I would never be the one to give him his first child or his first marriage. I was second best. Hell, I wasn’t even second, I was merely property which he was forced to marry. Wouldn’t surprise me if he locked me into marriage just for the fact that I had connections in the underworld.
He loved her still and that stung like a wasp on my heart as I left the station.