Page 36 of Rockstar Untamed
Milly shrugged. “Okay.”
Bay slid her hand into Tom’s. “Sailor called me. They’re coming back. She was upset, kept blaming herself.” She saw Tom’s expression and gave him a stern look. “Tom, this is not her fault so I don’t want to hear otherwise. Can you imagine how that poor girl had been living?”
“What I don’t get,” Tom said, lowering his voice, “Is whyyou? Why, of all her friends, did he target you?”
“That’s an easy one. Sailor doesn’t have a lot of people, and most of them are under Bodhi’s protection. I’m on the periphery and no-one would suspect Bart Foy coming after me. Plus, using Stu, he had a way to deny any involvement. I have to hand it to Bart Foy, he did his research.”
Tom thought about this for a long minute, then nodded. “I guess you’re right.”
“Anyway, Sailor is coming to see me tomorrow so we can have a chat then. I’m sure the hospital will be delighted with the amount of security around them.” Bay nodded out of the door where Tom’s security team guarded her. Bay smiled. “Like a fortress.”
“You bet your sweet…butt,” Tom amended at the last minute, cutting his eyes at his children and Bay laughed.
“Nice save, Mr. Meir, nice save.”
The tension between Sailor and Bodhi hadn’t lightened as they flew home and now, two days later, breakfast was a silent thing. Soleil and Tim would glance at each other and try to start a conversation, but both Bodhi and Sailor were subdued.
Soleil took Tim to school, and the couple were left alone in the house. Sailor watched the new security team patrolling the property and felt tears come to the surface. She wiped one away with an impatient hand then felt Bodhi slide his arms around her waist and kiss the tears away.
“I’m sorry, Sails. I was insensitive. I’m just damned scared you’ll get hurt.”
Sailor leaned back into his embrace, needing to feel his strength, his big body against her own. “I’m sorry I yelled. It’s just, god, Bodhi, I feel so responsible.”
“You’re not the monster here,” he said gently, and she turned in his arms, tilting her face up for a kiss.
“I know. I just hate the thought of anyone else being hurt, because of me.” She put her hands on his face, studying him. “You look tired.”
“I missed you the last couple of days.”
She smiled gently. “I was right next to you in bed, baby.”
“I felt the distance.”
She nodded, her eyes growing serious. “Me too.”
“Let’s never do that again.” Bodhi kissed her gently. Sailor took his hand and led him back to their bedroom.
“Let’s get those times back,” she said softly, and closed the door behind her.
Soleil looked over at Tim as they sat in the heavy Los Angeles traffic on the way to his school. The boy had been quiet, picking up on the tension between his father and Sailor.
“Timbo? You okay?”
Tim looked at her with concern in his eyes. “Solly…are my dad and Sailor going to split up?”
Soleil shook her head. “No, sweetie, they’re just upset about what happened to Bay. But everything’s going to be alright again. Bay is getting better and your dad and Sailor will be okay.”
“We have new bodyguards.”
“You do.”
“Good. That’s good.”
Solly frowned. “Tim, do they ever bother you? Not the new ones, but the old ones. Did you ever notice any weird behavior?”
Tim considered. “Only Udo. He was creepy. He liked to look at Sailor all the time. I think he thought she was pretty.”
Soleil nodded, deep in thought. “Udo, huh? Yeah, he was a little creepy. Good thing he’s gone now, right?”
