Page 54 of Shine: Sins of the Father
“Janey and I were going to throw a party up there.”
My brow lifts. “Your father give you permission for that?”
“No. Look, I know I wasn’t supposed to be up there.”
“Ya think?”
“Anyway, Janey had dropped me off to clean up the place, but then had to leave. She was coming back the next day, but that night Shine showed up. I didn’t want my father to find out, so I played along with the story he thought was true.”
“He thought the boys in Vegas had set it all up, like you were some gift, Fiona.”
“Right.”
“And you went along with that? Why?”
She shrugs. “He was a good-looking guy, and we had all these sparks flying between us. I thought it’d just be a harmless fling with a guy I’d never see again.”
“And now you’re having his baby. You’re absolutely positive it’s his?”
She rolls her eyes. “Yes, it’s his. There’s been no one else. Hell, he’s the only guy I’ve been with in like the last year. I’m not some whore.”
“Sorry. I didn’t mean to imply you were. I just need to be sure.”
“Why?” She searches my eyes and sees my determination, and her face goes white. “You can’t tell him, Reckless.”
“The hell I can’t.”
“Please. You don’t understand. It’s not safe.”
“What do you mean?”
“That guy is trying to kill Shine. You can’t unload this on him.”
“Kill him? Who is?”
“The guy who got away at the lake. The one who followed us.”
“What guy?”
“The one who raped Shine’s sister and went to prison for it. He and his brother followed us from Lake Tahoe to the cabin. He shot at us. Shine didn’t tell you?”
“Shine told me he hunted Donnie Ray to Lake Tahoe but that he got away. He didn’t say anything about he and his brother following you to the cabin. Tell me everything.”
Her story goes on for a long time before she finally gets to the end.
“So, we buried Carl’s body and got the hell out of there.”
“Jesus, you killed a man and buried him at the club’s cabin, and the club doesn’t know about any of this?” I run a hand through my hair. “Fuck, this is a mess.”
“Yeah, well, welcome to my life. I assumed Shine would hunt the guy down. Hasn’t he found him?”
“Not that I know of. The Nevada chapter’s involved. They’ve been hunting him.”
“So, Donnie Ray is still out there. And if Shine’s distracted with all of this”—she points at her stomach—“he won’t see the guy coming.”
I surge to my feet and pace to the windows overlooking the street. “Fucking hell. I think I need to make a run to Vegas. Or at least make a call to Shine.”
“You can’t tell him.” Fiona jumps to her feet, wrapping the blanket around herself. “Please. Promise me. I couldn’t stand it if something happened to him because he was distracted by this baby news.”
