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“Living room. We’ll hear her if she wakes.”
He took over binding her hands. She splayed her fingers, and they both saw how badly she was shaking. He closed his hand around hers.
“Lyla.”
She pulled away. “No.” She turned her back on him and tipped her head up as if that would hold back the stupid tears. “She needed to know what a monster he is.”
He made no comment.
“Even if she told someone I murdered him, she has no proof, right?” When he didn’t answer, she turned to face him. “Right?”
“She won’t talk,” he said.
“How do you know?”
He shrugged.
“Find me someone who’s going to ride her ass,” she muttered. “She doesn’t get to die until I order it.”
Blade’s grin stopped her in her tracks.
“Why the fuck are you smiling?”
He shook his head. “You’ve come a long way.”
She glared at him. “And you think that’s funny?”
“Yes.”
“Screw you, Blade.”
“You told her the truth she needed to hear.”
The screaming tension in her shoulders eased.
“You’ve given her time. She still has a long way to go, but she wouldn’t go any further without what you said today.”
“She could just dig in her heels to be a bitch and die to make me feel worse.”
“I’ll make sure she has the right staff to keep her on her toes.”
“Thank you.” She paced, the maxi dress floating around her legs as she walked over the gym mats.
“You still want to box?”
She considered and then shook her head. The fact that he supported her decision to tell the truth lifted the weight off her shoulders. Most people would say she needed to be more sympathetic and understanding of her mother, but things weren’t getting better. It was time to get real.
She walked toward Blade. He stiffened, but didn’t back away. She collided against him and buried her face against his broad chest.
“Thank you.”
His opinion meant a lot to her. The fact that he witnessed what happened between her mother and stood between them so she didn’t do something she’d regret later said a lot about him. To some degree, he protected her and Gavin from themselves.
“What the fuck?”
She looked around Blade and saw Gavin standing in the doorway.
She glared at Blade. “You didn’t.”
