Page 20 of Entwined Hearts
She froze, looking at me like I was having a stroke or something. “What?”
“Call Savannah. Maybe she has some ideas on how to get around not having proof.”
“I don’t know why I didn’t think of that,” she said as she took out her phone and put it to her ear. Probably because, unlike her, my mind’s default state was thinking about Savannah Hayes.
I couldn’t make out Savannah’s words when she answered, just the soft pitch of her voice, but it was enough to have me leaning in a little closer. “Hey. Where are you?” Claire said to her sister, her eyes locked with mine as Savannah spoke. “Okay, well, Beau and I are coming over there. We need to talk to you.” Another pause. “It’s a long story. I’ll just tell you when we get there. Okay, bye.”
Claire looked at Beau. “Let’s go. She’s at Wild Creek Law.”
Something hot and furious burned in the pit of my stomach. “What the hell is she doing there?”
Claire shrugged. “She said Levi offered her office space to use last week when she met him at the courthouse.”
“Are you kidding me?” She just blinked at me, oblivious to how catastrophic that could be. “He’s Preston’s brother, Claire. You don’t think it’s a little strange he offered to keep her close?”
“It’s not like she’s workingwithhim.”
“She might as well be!” She could’ve been doing all kinds ofthingswith him in that tiny shoebox office. My stomachcramped as flashes of Levi and Savannah ran through my mind. I had no right to jump to that conclusion or be enraged by it, but I couldn’t help it.
“He’s also our cousin, Weston,” Beau said as if that even mattered. “He’s not like Sterling and Preston.”
I whirled. “We don’t know that. We don’t know the guy. When was the last time you saw him? Spoke to him?” Colt opened his mouth. “That had nothing to do with work,” I said with a pointed finger. His mouth snapped shut. “That’s what I thought.”
“I guess he has a point,” Colt said, looking at Claire and Beau. “He could be feeding them information he gets from her.” Just the thought had my fist curling at my side.
Claire went back to her horse, her foot in one of the stirrups. “Good thing we’re going over there then,” she said and mounted the horse. “I’m already going after two Hollises, what’s a third if he decides to act up?”
“I’m coming with you,” I announced, refusing to take no for an answer. I needed to see for myself that Savannah wasn’t at risk. I knew she could take care of herself, but that didn’t mean I didn’t worry.
“Someone needs to stay to keep an eye on the cattle in case they take a turn,” Beau said.
“Well, pick someone else, ‘cause it’s not gonna be me,” I replied.
“I’ll stay, since I’m off duty,” Colt offered.
“Fine.” Claire gave Beau a quick kiss before going over to her horse. “Come pick me up,” she told him and bolted off back to Golden Bridle’s barn.
He watched her go with a lovesick gleam in his eyes that was hard to look at. Savannah used to look at me the same exact way. Now she could barely tolerate being in the same room as me, but was more than happy to buddy up with Levi fucking Hollis.
“Let’s go,” I ground out, walking past Beau to the truck, ready to see just how close they were.
Wild Creek Law was a small,white brick building with a neatly kept flower bed out front. It looked perfectly innocent, one of those mom-and-pop type places, but I still didn’t trust it when the name Hollis was on the front door.
Once we were inside, Levi came strolling down the hall, stopping short when he saw us. “Beau,” he said, surprised. “Hey, man, how are you?”
Beau and Levi clapped each other on the back, and I wanted to wipe that pretentious smile off his face. He looked like some preppy Clark Kent with his glasses and pristine helmet of hair.
He glanced at Claire and me. “Claire, Wes, nice to see you.”
I narrowed my eyes at him and his expensive suit. “It’s Weston,” I said, voice low. Nobody called me Wes. Not ever. Only Savannah.
“We’re not great, actually,” Beau said, ignoring me. “Is Savannah here? We kinda have a situation we need her help with.”
Levi’s brows furrowed as if he had no idea what was going on. I wasn’t falling for it. “Yeah, she’s back here. Come with me.”
Levi was thirty, like Colt and me, so we were all in the same class. Except when Colt and I graduated and went straight to work at Circle M, he went to Harvard for law school. After he graduated, he came back to Wild Creek and took over the law firm, and based on the BMW I’d seen him driving around town, he seemed to be doing pretty damn well for himself.
And here I was with a busted arm, a screwy head, and potentially no job. Savannah had more in common with a guy like him than she ever would with me. It didn’t matter the kind of history we had, or the connection I knew in my bones wasstill there. I couldn’t offer her the kind of mental stimulation he could, and while I had money now, I didn’t have the same kind of lifestyle she’d taken up, or want it for that matter.
