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She hadn't showered, but she'd washed off her makeup and pulled her hair back into her controlled bun at the nape. Very demure. Very pretty. I wasn't buying it anymore. Now she was a combatant.
The mission had changed.
Now I was out to save Gavin's ass, not protect this girl from him.
She placed her bag on the bed, and I rushed her from the side. She cried out as I pushed her up against the wall and pinned her, my front to her back.
"Ow! Let me go."
"I'll tell you the one thing I hate more than anything else is lying, and you've been lying since we got here. You saw the tail, and you knew about the crypto. You haven't asked about Gavin once. Aren't you worried about him?"
"Of course I'm worried about him." She grunted and squirmed but didn't strike out trying to dislodge me.
"Now tell me the fucking truth, or I'll tie you to the bed and make you watch duck hunting videos until you can't stand it anymore."
"I told you the truth. What more do you want?"
"There is so much you're not telling me, it's obnoxious. Tell me why you had to get married, what Gavin's doing with the crypto, and who is following us."
She pushed back a little against my chest, but there was no way she was getting away. I had her cheek flat to the wall. I didn't grab her wrists because of the marks, but she was tiny enough to control with just my weight on her back.
"Ugh. Fine." She stopped struggling and slumped against the wall.
I waited.
"Are you a cop?" she asked.
"Why do you think I'm a cop?"
"Gavin said you were a commando for hire."
"Private security. I'm not a cop." It was a common misconception and wrong of Gavin to tell her anything about my work. "Is that why you haven't trusted me? Because you think I'm a cop?"
"I also don't want you to get hurt."
That was nice of her, but she could've been lying to distract me. "Don't worry about me. Tell me everything." I nudged her with my body, and she grunted as the air left her lungs.
"I'll tell you if you get off me."
I pressed against her tighter. She was a tiny little thing. More curvy and soft than I expected based on what I'd seen so far. "I'll let you up if you tell me."
"I'm in trouble. Alright? I owe this guy Kenny money, and I haven't paid. He's been threatening me."
"Why do you owe him?"
"It's insurance for the bakery. My grandfather was paying him, but when he died six months ago, I didn't know about it and I didn't pay. Then I got a message that I owed Kenny money. I ignored it. More messages started coming, and I told Gavin about it. He came up with a plan to get Kenny off our case, but it took too long."
Now it sounded like she was finally being honest with me. "Why did you have to get married?"
"Kenny must've lost his patience. Last week, he sent someone with a gun to bring me to his place. A big mansion in the hills. Kenny said he'd take me as a wife to repay my debt." She started to cry, and I took my weight off her.
She bent forward and held her head in her hands. "I panicked and lied. I told him I was marrying someone namedGavin. It worked. He let me go and wished me a happy marriage. Said he wanted an invitation. I didn't invite him, but I think he found out about it and sent someone to the courthouse today."
I knew it the second I saw that Mercedes. I knew this was all for someone else to see. "So I was right. We were putting on a show."
"Yes. Gavin was trying to help me. We were dating, but it wasn't serious. When I told him about the threat, he said he'd marry me to keep Kenny away, but he didn't show up today, and I was scared. I was terrified if I didn't marry Gavin that Kenny would come after me again."
"Jesus. Who is this Kenny person?"
