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Tara let out a laugh devoid of any humor. “I didn’t need to do any poisoning. You did that yourself.”
Dave sat straighter. “You drove me away. You were an incompetent wife, never putting my needs first.”
“Okay,” Angus said, rising from his chair to reveal his full, stocky height. “This conversation isn’t going anywhere constructive. David, it’s time for you to leave.”
Dave lounged in his chair a few seconds longer, clearly not wanting to give Angus the satisfaction of doing what he’d asked. Then he got to his feet. “I need to head off now anyway.” He gave Sam a pointed look. “I’ll be in touch.”
“Please don’t be,” Sam muttered.
Dave turned and left the kitchen as if he hadn’t heard what Sam had said, and Angus followed him to the door.
A prickly feeling filled her gut, and Liv instinctively moved away from Arran and followed the feeling, and the two men, down the hallway. She sensed Arran right behind her and heard Sam’s and Tara’s footsteps behind him.
Opening the door, Dave turned to stare past Angus, toward them. “I’ll be at that wedding, by the way.”
He stepped out of the front door and Liv’s pulse spiked.
“I’ll escort him to his car,” Angus muttered, following.
Her spider senses escalated as she watched Dave let Angus overtake him on the driveway. Quickly, she stepped out, hurrying to catch up and ignoring her mum and Sam calling after her.
Just as she closed the gap between her and the two men, Dave aggressively yanked back his arm, making to strike Angus from behind.
Her pulse rocketed, immediately galvanizing her reflexes, and she threw herself into a rugby tackle, bringing Dave crashing down before his fist connected with Angus.
As they landed, she scrambled to get on top of his back, heradrenaline peaking with rage as she pinned him down and ground his face into the driveway.
All of her father’s crimes pulsed through her mind in a river of rage. The pain her mum had gone through at the hands of this scumbag. How Sam had suffered because of his ex, a relationship he’d fallen into because of the trauma Dave had left in his wake. And now, tainting the happy occasion of Sam and Maya’s wedding.How he ignored me my entire life, making me feel insignificant and unwanted.
All of it pushed her heart rate higher, infusing her muscles with boiling-hot blood and the strength of the enraged.
She pinned his arm behind his back, using her weight to keep him down and prevent him from hurting Angus or any of the rest of her family.
Liv was aware of her family’s and Arran’s urgent voices in the background, beyond the sound of the blood whooshing in her ears. Their sounds merged into an incomprehensible babble and she was vaguely aware of touches to her back as her family attempted to encourage her to back off.
No chance.
“Get off me, Sam,” Dave shouted.
Liv leaned in, speaking through gritted teeth. “It’sme.”
She twisted his arm, causing him to yelp.
Crouching lower, she whispered in his ear. “Don’t youdaretry to attack Angus from behind, you fucking coward.”
He sucked in a breath. “I’myour father, not him.”
“Like hell you are,” she shot back. “He’s more of a father than you ever were.”
She leaned even closer, spitting out her words. “Don’t underestimate me again,Dave. If you do as I say, then I won’t snap your arm in two.”
He tried to wriggle, but she pressed him farther into the ground, halting his movements.
“Listen to me. When I let you up, you fuck off. Keep fucking off until you’re outside the town limits. Then fuck off some more until you’re so far away, none of us ever have to see your fucking face ever again. And if you eventhinkof mentioning my brother’s wedding one more time, I will pound you into the actual ground.” She paused to let that sink in. “Deal?”
He didn’t answer. So she twisted his arm a little more, eliciting another yelp. “Make the deal,” she said through gritted teeth. “Or I’ll tell everyone that you got beaten up by your own daughter.”
Dave’s voice was hoarse. “Deal.”
