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“Oh, he’s nobody. At least not anymore. He used to be my mom’s husband for like a few months until she caught us together and kicked him out. When I told Eli about what happened, he found him in South Carolina and had him brought to Vegas so he could like get revenge or whatever for me. I think it’s his version of a dozen red roses or a candle lit dinner.”
“Riiiight,” the guy drawls before asking his wife, “What do you think, Cassie? Do you believe any of the many things he’s said?”
“Yes,” she thankfully agrees right away. “That was too much crazy shit for anyone to make up. And look at him.” Gesturing with her arm to me, she says, “He’s hot. Eli hasn’t cut him up, which means he’s got a thing for him. Hopefully he won’t end up like Gavin, especially if Madison is like in love with him or whatever. Daddy won’t be happy, though…”
“Maddie does love me,” I tell them confidently. “At least I think she does. I wasn’t sure after I found out all the lies she had told me, but now I know it was real, even if we kept secrets from each other. I would really like to see her.”
“Why won’t Eli let you see her? Why is he keeping you down here?” Cole asks.
“Because he’s Eli,” Cass answers for me. “Is Eli fucking Madison?” she asks me.
I start to say no comment, that she should ask her sister, but screw it. Honesty is the best policy here until I’ve got both feet on the ground, and my wrists are not hanging from the ceiling.
“Eli has fucked Maddie several times. He took her virginity before she left Vegas.”
“I knew it!” Cass exclaims.
“He says they haven’t hooked since they got back to Vegas, but he wants to.”
Cass claps her hands as if excited. “As soon as he slipped and called her Maddie, I knew.”
“Wait, Eli is the one who started calling her Maddie?” I ask.
“Yes.”
“That’s what she told me to call her when we met, except she told me it was short for Madalyn even though the night we met I thought she said Madison, but I was so damn drunk.”
“Let’s get him down,” Cass says to her husband, grasping his arm. “This will be fun.”
“You just like making drama,” he mutters.
“The penthouse issoboring. We could all use a little excitement before we leave.”
“Fine. I’ll go along with this too. Only because you’re pregnant and we can’t fuck as loud as we want until he’s out of here,” Cole replies.
“Why can’t you fuck as loud as you want in like your house or whatever?” I ask them.
“Because we’re just visiting for the week and while we’re here, we live with her father and my mother in the penthouse,” Cole replies. “We come down here for a little more privacy and so we don’t have to keep quiet.”
“That makes sense,” I agree. “And I’m really fucking glad you decided to come down here tonight. I’m not sure how long Eli was intending to keep me to himself. Or keep Maddie to himself.”
“Dante is going to go ballistic,” Cole says. “Where are the fucking keys to the handcuffs?” he asks as he rummages around the workbench.
“I can’t wait to meet Maddie’s dad,” I tell them. “Hopefully when I have all my clothes on.”
Flashing me a toothy grin when he comes over waving the keys, Cole says, “Cass is right. This is going to be so much fun.”
30
Maddie
I’m floating in a puddle of ecstasy when I hear Eli say, “How the hell did you get up here?”
“Wouldn't you love to know?” a familiar voice responds.
I pop up, thinking I must have imagined him. But standing at the closed door in the darkness is the tall, lean frame I would recognize anywhere.
“Jordan?”
