Page 129 of Sins or Secrets
“This isn’t working,” Ethan huffs.
“If it’s not working, I’m kicking his ass,” I cut in.
I didn’t want to get my hands dirty tonight, but it looks like I’m going to have to.
“Go ahead, Rambo, make my fucking day,” Ethan says with a smirk I don’t miss, and on his word, I land a one-two punch in my new friend’s face.
We had him seated on a chair.It flies back when he does, and he lands on the ground with a heavy thud.
This is no mere mortal, Riley Langford clearly has the best so I already expect him to come for me after that punch.
So I’m ready for him when he does and I thank fuck I’m no mere mortal too because the punch he threw back my way would have knocked me out if I was.
I didn’t however, get my stripes by lying down like a bitch when life threw punches at me, and I certainly didn’t when assholes like this guy thought they could take me down.
I head butt him and he falls back to the ground holding his head.One hard kick to the stomach and he’s begging me to stop.
It’s only at that point that I pull my gun he didn’t see before, and then he starts begging for mercy.
I get up in his face and hold the gun to his head with one hand while I pin him down with the other.
“Ready to talk yet?” I ask.
“He’ll kill me if he knows you caught me.”
I believe him. I glance over at Ethan and he joins us.
“Colton,” Ethan begins. “Right now you’re looking at prison.Stalking a woman with the intention to do God knows what to her is never cool.”
“I wasn’t going to hurt her,” he blurts, looking from me to Ethan.
“We don’t know that. But I’ll tell you what, how about a deal?You tell us what we need to know and we’ll give you a chance to get gone.As in out of town, don’t let me see your ass in my neck of the woods again.”
Colton, thankfully, looks like he’s considering this.
“He wanted me to keep an eye on her.He wants her back. But she also has something on him and he wants to keep tabs on her because of that.”
Ethan looks over at me and I feel guilty because I knew this and didn’t share it.
“What does she have on him?” Ethan asks.
“Something that could destroy him.He doesn’t know what it is though.”
My grip loosens on him and I move back, putting my gun away.
“What’s the something about?” I ask.
He shakes his head. “I don’t know.He never told me, only to watch her and try to figure out what it might be.”
Jesus Christ.
Quinn, what the hell do you have on him?
“Anything else we need to know?” Ethan asks.
“No. I was just to watch Quinn and Logan.” He focuses on me.“He’s not happy that you two are seeing each other.”
“Yeah, well he can go fuck himself.Get out of here. I suggest you keep this meeting quiet, or I’ll find you and you won’t like what happens next.If you’ve been watching me, you’ll know I’m not a man to mess with.”
