Page 204 of Nobody's Girl

The only downfall is how her parents act about her having a relationship. They seem fine with what’s going on with their friends’ son, though.

Why is he so well accepted by them?

He’s obviously from a wealthy home. Mr. and Mrs. Devlin never seemed to be the type of people who could be bought. Who knows, though?

I can’t say I really know them well enough to make that judgement. They’ve kept me at arm’s length. Scotty might be able to help me get to Ally.

He’s always been in my back pocket. The kid looks up to me. But he might be looking up to the rich guy now.

And what the hell with how strong that jackass is?

I mean, he stopped my punch like it was easy to do. Then he held me against my truck and I was powerless to move. I have no idea how he did that.

A light comes to life outside. Something moved near the motion detector, making it light up. She may be back.

I look out the window in time to see a giant black shadow fly by the window. I step back. I couldn’t have seen what I thought.

A loud clap of thunder makes me jump, as it sounds like it was just outside. The sheer curtains on her windows allow me to see one huge black thing move in front of the second-story window, followed by another.

A horrendous shriek fills the air, making the window panes rattle. I cover my ears as another shriek rings out. Then the bedroom light comes on and I’m thrown down on the bed, hands held behind my back.

“What the hell are you doing in my daughter’s bedroom?” Mr. Devlin shouts at me.

“Sir, it’s not what it looks like. I just need to talk to her, sir, please.”

A knee is in my back, holding me down. “I’ll call the police,” Mrs. Devlin says.

What? No!

“Please, don’t do that. I’ll leave. I can see now this was a bad idea. I’m sorry.”

Mr. Devlin ties my hands behind my back with something I assume is a shoe string. “No such luck, boy. The police will deal with you. I’ll prosecute you to the fullest. For all I know you’re here to rape and possibly kidnap my daughter.”

This man cannot be serious!

“Mr. Devlin, you know better than that. I would never hurt your daughter. Please, sir, let me up and I’ll leave.”

He doesn’t answer me. My heart is about to explode. How can he think this is okay?

“Ally will be furious, Mr. Devlin. Please let me up,” I say, trying to get him to think about his daughter’s anger.

At least, I hope she gets mad at him. Crap, for all I know she might not be mad at him at all. She might be furious with me. She’d be right too. I should never have done this.

The sound of sirens makes me flinch. They really called them. I can’t believe this is happening.

“We’ll take him from here, Mr. Devlin.” I hear a male officer say.

I’m jerked up as cold steel cuffs are slapped around my wrists. The shoestring is cut off and my body is pushed up against the wall. Another officer enters the room and begins reading me my rights as the officer who holds me to the wall searches me all over.

My face burns with embarrassment. I have fucked up. My scholarships will be revoked and my future is no more, all because I snuck into my girlfriend’s house.

I overhear the officer who read my rights talking to the Devlins. “What was he doing in here?”

Mr. Devlin answers, “I think he may have had plans to kidnap her.”

What?

“No!” I yell.