Page 182 of Double Daddies
But something changed when I came here to Whiskey Lodge Mountain Lodge. I rely on them and don’t want to be away from them. Call me crazy, but I feel so lost without them, like I don’t know how to function normally when they aren’t around.
“Are you going to be okay?” Scarlett asks.
I shrug. “I guess. It still feels weird to be away from them. I know they are just in the main building. And if I really need something, I can go to them, but it’s still hard,” I whisper toward the end. “They’ve turned something on in me that I need them all the time.”
“Trust me, I know the feeling. When Daddy is away, it’s so hard. He took Juniper with him so I could have time with you, but honestly, it makes it easier being away from him when I have her with me,” Scarlett confesses. “But he already had herstrapped in by the time I woke up from my nap, and I couldn't say no. Not when they look so cute together.”
I giggle and sit on the top step. “So completely normal that we know of,” I mutter. “The joys. Sometimes I wish they could carry me in a carrier on their chest or back so I never have to be away from them.”
“Don’t let them hear you say that,” Scarlett sternly says, sitting beside me. “They will take it seriously and get a carrier for you.”
“Oh,” I whisper.
I should have known that, but it still shocks me. They want me close just as much as I want to be close to them.
“Roman is apparently keeping an eye on us. I don’t know where he is, but you don’t think he will be able to see us if we’re inside?” I ask. “I don’t know what he looks like. I figure if I find someone staring at us, it’s him.”
“I don’t know. Have your Daddies told you they’ve put cameras in the house?”
My eyes go wide. “Cameras in the house?”
“I don’t know if they have. I know Daddy did because I was naughty and got in a dangerous situation, so when he does leave me alone, he’ll let the person watching me have access. The cabins don’t come with them, and your Daddies would have told you if they had put them in,” Scarlett explains. “I wouldn’t bring it up though. Don’t want to give them any ideas.”
“Hopefully, they didn’t,” I mutter. “Or they’ll have to talk to me about it, and I won’t be happy.”
Scarlett giggles, stands, and walks down the stairs. That's when I hear it: a car getting closer.
“Are we expecting anyone?” I ask, standing beside to her.
She shakes her head. “Daddy didn’t mention anyone, but he doesn’t tell me every time someone arrives. We can greet them!”
Unease fills me as I see the old, beat-up car. It looks so familiar, and yet it looks like an everyday car that I would see back in my hometown. My eyes go wide as whoever is driving the car parks and gets out.
“Shit,” I mumble. “Get behind me.”
I push Scarlett behind me, slowly backing us into the house. Will we be able to get up the stairs and into the house in time? Will they catch us before we take a couple of steps?
“Who are they?” Scarlett asks.
“Did you really think sending your men after us would get us to back off?” Lainey asks, scoffing at the end. “You always have been pretty dumb when it comes to this stuff.”
“Telling us they are part of the Ricci Crime Family is a joke. They don’t do business in Montana. Fucking idiots,” Mateo growls. “Now come here like the dirty girl you are and we’ll make everything better.”
I shake my head, taking a step back with Scarlett still behind me.
“Don’t you fucking think about it!” Mateo yells, pulling out a knife.
He takes several steps closer to us, and I scream as he lifts the blade.
“Come with us quietly, and then we won’t hurt your friend,” Lainey says. “We just need to show you what you’re doing is wrong.”
Tears pool in my eyes as I push Scarlett away from me. I need to get her away from me so she won’t get caught up in everything if I make a dash for it.
“St-stop,” she stutters, fear laced in her voice.
“Nora fucking Robins. Get your fat ass over here before I make you regret it,” Mateo growls.
What am I going to do? What do I do? How are we going to get out of this?
