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“Of course. Is everything okay?”
I hug her and kiss her.
“Everything is good. I wanted to talk to you about something that’s been going on.”
I pull out the letter and wait for her to read it.
To: Jagger Peligue
You don’t know us, but we know you. We know who you are dating. We have information regarding her that would be detrimental if it got out, information that she does not want leaked. if you want to protect her, you will follow the directions we give you, and pay the price to keep that information from being leaked. Be watching for another letter from us soon. Pay or Quinn will suffer, and you will be to blame.
“Have you gotten any letters like this? Or do you know who could be behind it?”
Quinn slowly shakes her head no.
“I don’t understand why anyone would try to blackmail you to get to me.” She frowns. “And what wouldn’t I want to come out about me?”
“I want to call Salvatore and have him look into this. But I wanted to check with you first.”
“I think calling Sal is a good idea, if anyone can figure this out, he can. Is this why your dad wanted you to have more security?”
“It was part of it. We get crazy fans that ask for some really fucked up shit. But this one doesn’t feel like a fan thing. And I don’t like that they’re targeting you too.”
“Do you want me to call Sal? I can ask him to come and meet us.”
“That would be great. I really want to figure this out, I don’t want anyone messing with you at our gigs.”
I watch Quinn as she calls Sal. There’s times I feel like she’s holding something back from me. I don’t know what it is, but I hope she trust me enough to tell me.
“Sal said he’ll come by and grab the letters and the envelopes,” Quinn says to me, breaking through my thoughts.
“Thank you, Quinn. I have to admit that I’m a little worried about that letter. Do you know what they’re talking about? What do I need to protect you from?”
“I wish I knew the answer to that. But I think there’s something I should tell you. And I hope that what I tell you doesn’t change the way you look at me.”
“Baby, there’s nothing you could tell me that would do that. Nothing.”
Quinlan
I take a deep breath. I need to tell Jagger about me, show him the one thing about me that I don’t like to show anyone. My insecurities.
“I was abandoned as a baby. My biological parents left me on the doorstep of our church in Portwalden. Just left me in a cardboard box with nothing to keep me warm. If our pastor hadn’t found me, I probably would’ve died. I don’t even know why they had me if they were going to just leave me.”
I hold back my tears for as long as I can. But eventually they start to fall. That feeling I get whenever I talk about it, is the worst feeling ever. Being abandoned by the first people to know me. I wish I knew why they had me. Two days isn’t a long enough time to see what I was even like. So the woman who gave birth to me knew from before I was born that she was going to get rid of me. I’ve never been able to get past it.
“Why would you being adopted change the way I feel about you? I love you, Quinn. And those people that chose to leave you? That’s their issue. Not yours. You’re strong and perfect to me. And knowing this definitely doesn’t change that.”
I wrap my arms around him and get on my tiptoes to kiss him.
“Thank you. For loving me for who I am and not looking down on me for my past.”
“Baby, anyone who does that can fuck off.”
“I dealt with that growing up. Kids can be cruel. My parents never made me feel less than my siblings. And I don’t know how the kids in school found out. But they did. And while most were fine about it, there was a group that was shitty to a lot of kids and I ended up being the butt of their jokes.”
“I’m so sorry, angel. No one deserves to have something like that thrown in their face. I don’t care what the reason is. And kids are the worst, but they heard it from someone and that someone was probably jealous of your parents. So they made a stupid comment to their kids who are assholes too. You have nothing to be ashamed of. Your parents love you and raised you to be this beautiful woman. Don’t ever be ashamed of things in your past.”
Jagger always has a way of making me feel calm and loved. In a different way than my family and I hope I never lose his love. He is the dream I needed in my life.
