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“If you really think about it, it doesn’t. He’ll never find you. You’re safer in the clubhouse. Once he and whoever else decide to come after you, they’re dead. Period.”
I wasn’t sure I liked that. I felt the need for some kind of vindication since they’d kidnapped and threatened me, but I supposed the fact that three of them were already dead… I should be content with that. “I don’t know…”
“Look,” Parker said, pointing to some geese and swans floating on the lake.
I stared at where he was pointing. “Beautiful creatures for sure.”
“Don’t feed them,” he warned. “They turn into psychos. The geese, I mean.”
Laughing, I said, “How do you know?”
“Lots of goose ponds in California. Do you know they’ll actually hiss at you like a cat if you get too close to them?”
I bit back a smile. “No, I didn’t, you little nature lover, you.”
Parker leaned down and kissed me. “You’re so cute.”
“If you say so,” I replied cheekily.
We kept walking around the lake, and he pulled his phone from his pocket. I watched him type out a text.
“Am I boring you?” I asked with a grin.
He chuckled and re-pocketed the phone. “Not at all. Told Viper I’d do half-hour watch-calls.”
“What’s that?” I asked.
“Oh, just a check-in to make sure we’re okay. He wasn’t happy when I told him we were going to the park. He doesn’t think we should be in public.”
“The way I see it, these psychos aren’t going to try to kill me until they realize they’re not getting their website. Am I right?”
He nodded. “Yes, but obviously, they’re not above kidnapping. In fact, one more lap around the lake and we should go.”
Sighing, I said, “Fine.”
An hour later, we were back at the clubhouse.
“Where’s Viper?” Parker asked Venom, who was sitting in the breakroom eating a bowl of cereal.
“Cobalt, in his office,” he replied, looking up from his phone. He looked tired and had dark circles under his eyes.
“You all right, man?” Parker asked.
He nodded. “Yeah, fine. It’s easier if I stay here at night and then go back to the house to sleep in the morning. Kalissa’s up with the baby on and off, and since she’s the only one who can feed him, it’s best if I just let her do her thing.”
“Ah, okay,” Parker said, dragging me by the hand toward the walkway.
We found Viper in his office, and he looked stressed. Parker knocked on the doorframe. “Boss?”
He looked up at us and told us to come in.
“Just checking in. Everything set for tomorrow night?” Parker asked.
“Yes.” Viper looked at me. “Any more texts or calls?”
“He texts me a couple times a day to check in, seeing how the website’s going.” I swallowed hard.
“What do you tell him?” Viper asked.
