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They both laugh and nod their heads. “Yeah, we’ve definitely heard of them,” Agent Mitchell replies. “They are the best money can buy.”
“Trey has a habit of that,” Detective Kelly says with a smirk. “He put Perry Walters on retainer just in case we pursued a case against him.”
“Well, it’s a good thing we have another angle to pursue then.” Agent Mitchell laughs and pulls a business card out of his jacket pocket. “I think we have everything we need for now. You give me a call right away if you don’t hear from your Alpha 9 contact. You and anyone else who is intimately involved could definitely use some protection.” He stares at me intently while Detective Kelly nods his head in full agreement.
“Hey, I totally agree,” I tell him throwing up my hands and reaching over to take the card from him. “I don’t want anyone else to get hurt. If I don’t hear from him within the hour, I’ll give you a call.”
The two men turn and head back into the hospital corridor, so I go over to Mandy who is still on the phone with her dad. She has taken a seat in the corner on the couch and seems to be much more at ease. I bend down to give her a kiss on the forehead. “Tell him everything is under control and I’m sorry about the front page story,” I whisper. “I need to go make a list of people who need protection.”
Just as I turn toward the door, Mom enters the room. “She’s talking to Ray,” I tell her, thinking that she would probably want to know.
“I need to talk to him too,” she replies. “He’s called me a couple of times, but I wanted to wait until we could have a little privacy,” she adds with a sigh.
“I’m sorry again for the newspaper article,” I tell her, shaking my head and throwing an arm around her.
“You know, at this point I don’t really care,” she says with watery eyes. “I just want everyone to be okay. I want our lives to get back to normal.” She lowers her head and leans into my shoulder.
“You and me both,” I reply, giving her a kiss on the top of the head.
Chapter 2
Mandy
I knew that I was in for an ass chewing when Dad popped up on the screen of my phone. He has gone through a lot with Mom lately, so it’s understandable that he doesn’t want anything bad to happen to me. At this point, I am acutely aware that danger is all around me, but I’ve never felt more alive.
“Either you come home until things cool off or I’m coming out there,” he says after making little progress trying to talk some sense into me.
“Let me know when your flight lands and I’ll be there to meet you,” I reply defiantly. “By the way, your girlfriend just walked in. Do you want to talk to her?”
“Why do you have to be so difficult, Amanda?” he asks seeming exasperated. “Let me talk to Silvia, I’m obviously not going to get anywhere with you.”
“Dad wants to talk to you,” I tell Silvia, holding my phone out for her to take. “I’ll go with Trey and give you two some space.”
“How’s life Ray?” she asks with a giggle after taking the phone. “Oh Ray, we might as well have a sense of humor about it.” I hear her say as Trey and I exit and head back toward Tyler’s room.
“Mom is taking everything way better than I ever imagined,” Trey says with an astonished look on his face. “I thought she would completely lose it.”
“I think she’s probably just glad that both you and Tyler are safe for the moment,” I reply, knowing that nothing else truly matters in the end.
“For the moment is right, I’m getting anxious about hearing from that Anthony guy,” Trey replies, checking to make sure his ringer volume is turned up. “I’m giving it a few more minutes and then I’ll have to call Brandon back.”
“What the hell?” I ask as we approach Tyler’s doorway. The voice coming from inside is eerily familiar.
Trey
“You’ve got to be shitting me!” I blurt out upon reaching the doorway. “What the hell are you doing here?”
“I was in the neighborhood, so I thought I would stop up and see for myself how he was doing,” Tommy replies, backing away from Tyler’s bed.
“Tommy says we’ve been friends since high school,” Tyler declares with a big smile crossing his face. The innocent look on his face is almost scary, like he’s had a chemical lobotomy or something.
“Yes, we have both known Tommy since high school,” I affirm, purposely dropping the word friend. I make a snap decision to refrain from making any derogatory comments in front of Tyler. Hopefully now that Tommy sees his mental state, he will simply leave him alone. “Where is Vanessa?” I ask, a little concerned that Tyler was left alone with him.
