and he turned away from me, stalking towards the patio doors as he carved a hand through his blonde hair.
I swiped a stray tear from my cheek as my heart raced at his words but as I pushed myself to my feet I refused to back down from my point.
“And now you’re willing to throw him away just the same,” I said, my voice cracking. “So when will it ever just stop?”
Fox stilled, his entire body going rigid with tension and for a moment I thought he was going to turn back to me, break for me, agree with what I’d said and change his mind about this whole fucking mess and try to fix the family that had been broken so long ago.
But instead he just snatched a bottle of rum which was sitting on the table by the patio doors then stormed out into the dark by the pool without another word.
I drew in a shaky breath, wiping the tears from my cheeks as I decided to go after Chase instead of hounding after Fox.
He needed his meds anyway and I was sick of trying to convince Fox to stop being such an asshole towards Chase all the damn time. I was the one he'd left on that fucking ferry and it wasn't like I was pouting all over the house about it. He needed to drop it so that we could all move the fuck on or he was going to ruin us much more thoroughly than Chase had ever managed.
"I'll talk to him," JJ said as the three of us made it into Chase's room and I pushed the door closed behind us.
"It's fine, man. Fox has made his feelings perfectly clear and I don't even disagree with him. I fucked up. And I keep fucking up. I couldn't even get myself out of that goddamn basement where Shawn was keeping me. I'd have died if it wasn't for Maverick showing up when he did. And Miss Mabel..."
We'd spoken more than once about the fact that the old woman who had once been the only adult I'd ever been able to rely upon was locked up in the Rosewood Manor basement, held by her asshole nephew so he could steal his inheritance before she'd even died.
"You know what?" I said suddenly. "We should go get her out of there today."
"Seriously?" JJ asked, his brow furrowing.
"Yeah. Why the fuck not?" I raised my chin as I made this decision, knowing I wasn't gonna back out of it. "She was always there for us when we needed her. All we'd have to do is sneak in through that tunnel you and Rick used to escape and we can rescue her. Kaiser Rosewood is just some fluffed up wannabe gangster. I'm not afraid of him."
"One problem," Chase said, pointing at his fucked up leg. "I can't exactly show you where that tunnel is. In fact, I was so out of it when I escaped that I don't even think I know where it is."
"Sorry, champ. You'll be sitting this one out," I told him, taking my phone from my pocket and shooting Rick a text, telling him what I needed him to do. “But I have someone else who knows all about the secret entrance on speed dial.”
"You really think we can trust Maverick to help with this, pretty girl?" JJ asked, the look in his eyes telling me he was in without me even needing to ask.
"Yeah. He's already agreed to meet us there." I held my phone out to show them the message he’d sent just as it pinged again.
"He also wants to remind you who owns your wet cunt when he sees you," Chase said in a pissy tone and I laughed as I glanced at the message Rick had sent detailing exactly that.
"Well, we'll have to see if he does a good job tonight before I start considering a reward system," I said with an innocent shrug while JJ gave me a hungry look that said he was more than happy to take part in that game.
The door swung open behind us and we all froze like a bunch of naughty school kids as Fox glared in at us with his arms folded.
"Were you gonna tell me about this half assed plan or just leave me in the dark?" he demanded.
"Probably the dark thing," I admitted as I turned to look at him, still feeling all kinds of raw and angry about our fight. "On