Fire & Brimstone (Neighbor from Hell #8) - R.L. Mathewson Page 0,80

several people running past his door and someone screaming, “She’s going to kill him!” told him that he might want to see what was going on.

“Eat it, bitch!” he heard Rebecca, and why was he not surprised, yell.

That of course was followed by, “Get her off me! Please, someone get her off me!”

Sighing heavily, because this really was the last thing that he needed today, he walked into the dinning room and found his girlfriend trying to shove a saltshaker down his supervisor’s throat while two old women, an old man, three waitresses and Jon were either trying to join in and beat the shit out of Adam.

Okay, so he was pretty sure that Jon was the only one trying to put an end to this since everyone else seemed determined to get their hands on Adam. When the old woman shifted her walker so that she could kick Adam in his side while yelling, “You horrid man!” he decided that it was time to put an end to this.

Sighing, he walked over, grabbed Rebecca and threw her over his shoulder, but of course, she wasn’t done.

“Don’t you ever talk to me like that again, you prick!” she yelled, making everything in him go still, because Rebecca didn’t waste her time or energy in getting mad like this, not when she could get even.

“What did he say to you?” he asked softly.

“Nothing. It doesn’t matter. Just let me down,” she said, trying to push off him, which also wasn’t something that she normally did.

Nodding, because that’s really all he needed to know. He carefully placed Rebecca down on her feet, turned around and helped Adam to his feet. When Adam opened his mouth, either to bitch him out about Rebecca or thank him for helping him up, he shoved him towards the door.

“What the hell?” Adam asked, stumbling back and before he could right himself, Lucifer was there, giving him another shove and then another until Adam was stumbling back into the parking lot where several of his cousins and brothers were standing around, having a cup of coffee and looking genuinely surprised to see him shoving one of his employees around.

“You get one chance to tell me what you said to her,” Lucifer said, giving Adam another shove.

“She’s fucking insane!” Adam yelled, gesturing angrily towards the building where Rebecca was probably being restrained.

Nodding, Lucifer punched him, knocking him to the ground. “What did you say to her?” he asked, his tone never changing as he grabbed Adam by the shirt and yanked him back to his feet. As soon as he was back on his feet, Lucifer shoved him back again.

“What’s going on?” Jason asked as his family walked over to see what was going on, but Lucifer ignored him and focused on the asshole shifting nervously in front of him.

“What did you say to her?”

“She wasn’t doing her job so I had a word with her. That’s it!” Adam said, holding his hands up in front of him as he stumbled to get out of the way of Lucifer’s next punch, but he didn’t move fast enough.

Grabbing Adam by the shirt, he calmly picked him back up and shoved him before giving him another chance to tell him why Rebecca was upset.

“What did you say to her?”

“What the fuck is wrong with you?” Adam yelled, wiping the blood off his chin with the back of his hand as he stumbled back.

“What did you say to her?” he asked, moving to go after him when Rebecca jumped between them and pushed him back.

“It’s fine! I quit! He was an asshole. It’s over now,” she said, placing her hand on his chest as though that was going to stop him.

“What did you say to her?” he asked, gently pushing her hand away so that he could step around her and go after the little prick.

“I-” Adam choked out, shooting a desperate look at the crowd that was now gathering around them.

“He called me a whore. Happy now?” Rebecca said, shaking her head in disgust as she pushed past him and stormed off past the onlookers glaring at Adam.

“I’m sorry!” Adam shouted, holding his hands up in surrender. “I’m sorry!”

Grinding his teeth together, Lucifer nodded as he glanced back in time to see Rebecca push past Jon and head back inside. As much as he wanted to tear Adam apart with his bare hands, he couldn’t, not with Rebecca this upset. So, it was with real regret that he followed after