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I glare up at him and put my hands on my waist. “I am the daughter of Wayne Raines, Charles Raines, August Raines, and Sol Raines. Lia, Ryn, and Locke are my cousins, and Kelly and Raider are my brothers.”
“Sure. If that’s so, why don’t you just call him?”
I blink up at him, losing steam. He’s not wrong. My family kept me out of the spotlight. I am the spare Raines. The one no one knows about.
“I don’t have a phone.”
“You don’t have a phone?” The guard mocks me, putting his sausage fingers to his cheeks and feigning dismay.
“You are a terrible beta,” I snarl up at him.
He shrugs. “Don’t muchly care. You fans are all the same. All you care about is getting a piece of some rich brat.”
“Call his manager.”
“No!”
“Call the manager, right now!” I shout.
We’re drawing a lot of attention, but it can’t be helped.
“No fucking way.”
I decide to do something that I think I will always be ashamed of, but he is the only thing standing between me and being saved. And I choose myself.
I lean in close. “If you don’t call the manager and get him on the phone, I will fall to the ground and claim you hit me.”
His face goes slack before it transforms with rage. “How dare you?”
“You have five seconds, and I’m going to start screaming assault.”
He glares at me, and I mentally count to five, begging for this to work. I open my mouth and clutch my stomach. I can see the panic as he realises that I really am this crazy, and his entire job is on the line. His career. Everything. Does he want to gamble? No, he doesn’t.
“Wait! I’ll do it. Just give me a moment.”
I close my mouth, feeling sick with myself. I observe him, listening to the conversation. The security guard whips his head towards me, his mouth open wide. He’s got a full head of dark hair peppered with gray, and he looks like if he wasn’t scowling, his smile would be just as infectious as Raider’s. Bill turns away, whispers something, then shakes his head. I can feel the frustration pouring off his huge frame. His face turns bright red, and he stammers some words, but then he glances at me again, resigned. I almost regret dragging him into this.
“I mean, are you sure? Okay, all right. I won’t let her leave.”
He hangs up the phone and comes to stand beside where I’m sitting in the gutter, wishing like hell I had a drink and something to eat and maybe even a shower. What is Saint doing right now? Does Crow miss me? Is Hunter getting the bar ready? Ugh, why am I thinking about them now?
“I’m not allowed to let you leave.”
I smile grimly. “Told you.”
“I’m sorry.”
“I wouldn’t have screamed.”
He shakes his head, clearly unsure what the hell to do with me. “My name’s Bill.”
“Hi, Bill, I’m Bethany Raines. Any chance you have something I could eat?”
My new friend offers me his hand.
I take it.
Chapter twelve
