Page 161 of Her Daddies' Everything

“What have you heard?” Sampson snapped at Tobias.

Jenner, Abe and Isaiah all rushed into the kitchen. Jenner ran straight to her. A few weeks had passed since Tobias had caught her up the ladder in the living room. And the others had all told her that she was the heart of their group.

That still had the power to make her feel weak in the knees. But she couldn’t give into that right now.

Because Cat had been kidnapped.

First Maeve, then Cat? Well, actually, this wasn’t the first time that Cat had been kidnapped.

“I’m having trouble getting through to anyone,” Tobias said with frustration. “But apparently, her bracelet sent an alert to Alejandro and Nighthawk and they’ve been tracking her.”

“Fuck, fuck, fuck.” Sampson paced up and down while Abe sat on a stool next to Isaiah who already had his laptop on the counter and was doing something on it.

“Baby, you all right?” Jenner asked.

“I’m making chocolate chip cookies. And then I’m going to make some brownies. Is there something you want? Do you want me to make lemon squares?”

“I want you to put the bowl down so I can check on you,” he told her.

“I can’t . . . I can’t . . . I have to keep moving.” She slid away from him and set the bowl down. Then she added in the chocolate chips. She tipped the bag too much and way too many of them landed on the soft dough.

“Oh no!” she cried. “There’s too many!”

“They’re never too many chocolate chips in chocolate chip cookies,” Jenner told her.

“Are you sure?” She glanced over at him.

He gave her a soft look. “I’m sure.”

“Everything is going to be fine, Immy,” Tobias told her firmly.

She let their certainty fill her.

Cat would be fine. She was indestructible. Hell, right about now, her kidnappers were probably really regretting taking her.

“She’ll be giving them heck,” she said as she mixed in the chocolate chips.

“Of course she will.” Jenner moved in behind her and she leaned against him, feeling exhausted. “Want some help?”

“Yes, please.”

Tobias started swearing.

“What?” Sampson snapped. “What is it?”

“Fucking Mikey kidnapped her. I cannot fucking believe it! And Gage found Rafael, he’s alive.”

Rafael was Cat’s bodyguard. Although she liked to call him her nanny. Something Immy didn’t think that Rafael liked much.

“Mikey? He’s one of Alejandro’s men?” Sampson snapped.

“Yes,” Tobias clipped. “Fucking bastard is a fucking dead man.”

Immy let out a small squeak.

Tobias shot his gaze to her. “Sorry, Cherry. I worked with the guy and this just feels like a fucking betrayal.”

“It’s all right. I understand.”

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