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“Kase,” I say, waiting for him to lift his head. “Promise me you won’t do anything.”
“Why are you scared then? Are you hiding out here?”
My shoulders drop. “He was a high profile pimp, which I later found out he was trying to groom me. He had guys that worked for him and they all knew me because I was his stepdaughter. So, after he went to jail, his guys tried to find me.”
“Why didn’t you tell me all of this? I would do anything for you, especially keep you safe.”
A sarcastic laugh slips from my lips. “Yeah, I guess I could’ve prevented all this mistaken identity business if I would have.”
“It wouldn’t have made a difference.”
“You keep saying that, but you said it yourself, you weren’t open to love.”
“I can’t go back to what ifs because I don’t know. I know that I love you right now and I’ll kill anyone that tries to touch you again.”
The anger brewing in his eyes scares me.
I won’t let him go to jail for killing someone for me. “Please, Kase,” I plead with him. His eyes jump back and forth, not focusing on my face, but rather my eyes. With a slight shake to his head, he can’t make that promise. Our gazes are locked in a war of will. I don’t know why I’m even trying. When he furrows his brow, I ask, “What?”
“You’ve talked about your dad, but you said he took off when you were four.”
“The guy that found me was a retired Texas Ranger. Dalton Keyes. The police wanted me to go into witness protection. Dalton was there for me the entire time. Surgeries, rehabilitation, didn’t matter, he stayed by my side. He was all I had, and I clung to him so hard, he couldn’t have left even if he wanted to. When he offered to keep me at his place until the trial, I didn’t hesitate at all. He became the father I never had.”
“He sounds amazing. I can see the love you have for him in your eyes.”
I smile softly. “He was my angel.”
“I’d love to meet him.”
Tears flow down my cheek and I nod. “I’d love that.” He runs his knuckles over my cheek, catching the falling tears.
“I’m getting us a couple of beers,” he says, standing.
“We’re going to need more than a couple.”
He nods in agreement and grabs the entire six pack out of the fridge. Once we both have a beer in our hands, I take a long pull, the cool bubbles feel refreshing in my parched mouth.
“Feeling a little better?”
A flurry of emotions swirl in the pit of my stomach as I settle back against the couch. The excitement from this morning, celebrating our six month anniversary, seems like it was days ago. I shrug. “We’ve talked about so much. Stuff we should’ve been open about when we first were getting serious.”
“I’m sorry. It’s my fault,” he says, grabbing my hand out of my lap and pulling it over to him.
“I wasn’t open with you either. There’s one thing that's confusing though.” He raises a brow, waiting for me to continue. “You said we aren’t anything alike yet you thought this whole time, I was her. Why?”
“Do you remember the date of when…” He chokes on his words, not able to get them all out.
“August twenty-fifth. It’s not like I could ever forget it.”
“So bizarre,” he mumbles under his breath.
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Kase
“What’s bizarre?”
This whole situation.
