Eye for an Eye (Take a Chance #2)- Lisa Helen Gray Page 0,100
to tell you, made her believe that no good would come from it.”
“She didn’t tell me though.”
“Not for lack of trying. She tried plenty of times, but you have a habit of distracting her,” she reveals. I glance away, clenching my jaw. “After I spoke with her, she realised she would never be able to help you if she wasn’t in a position to. She has been working against him this entire time, to help you, and this was before you fucked her and she fell in love. You’re an idiot if you believe anything else.”
“Why did she tell us her dad was dead?” Paisley asks softly, looking away when Rebecca turns to her.
“Because he is dead to her. He’s never been a father to her, and she’s never claimed him as one. Would you, with Black as your father? He’s done nothing but humiliate and neglect her, all the while having two other kids he doted on and was proud of.”
“She should have told me who her father was,” I get out, my voice hoarse. My shoulders slump as I take a step back, letting her open the car door.
“Whether you believe it or not, she’s done nothing but help you. He’s spied on her, he’s physically hit her to the point he marked her, and he has blackmailed her for months. There’s only so much she will take before she breaks, and this will break her. She’s a good person who was put in a bad situation she couldn’t control, no matter how hard she tried.”
I can’t speak. The truth rings in my ears, no matter how much I don’t want to admit it. It doesn’t excuse the fact she lied to me this whole time. She slept with me knowing I wouldn’t like who her father was, let me fall in love knowing the outcome.
“Maybe you should hear her out,” Jaxon orders.
Scoffing, Rebecca pauses from getting in the car, standing straight. “I don’t fucking think so. You can stay the fuck away from her.”
“Give us a break,” Eli demands. “This was a shock to us. Her dad came strutting into the office and revealed the news. We were angry; you can’t blame us for that.”
“And I bet he had a reason for that,” she murmurs, her gaze drifting off into space.
“Eli’s right. Give us a break. We’ve dealt with crap from him for months now.”
“No, you don’t deserve one. You’ve gotten to know her and that should have been enough to make you think twice. She’s been working for you for a while. You’ve fucked her,” she remarks, glancing at me. “You should have known deep down there was a reasonable explanation as to why she was there and why she kept it from you.”
“Honestly, I still want to fucking kill her for putting my wife at risk,” Jaxon grits out.
Her stony expression goes to him. “She didn’t put you or your family at fucking risk. He did. Andrew. He’s the one you fuckers are forgetting about in this scenario. But yet again, he’s getting away with it.”
“Why don’t I go talk to her?” Paisley offers, ducking her head when Rebecca glares at her.
“I think you’ve done enough. Where is she?”
Everyone looks away, not wanting to admit I’m the one who ran her away. “I don’t know. She left and wouldn’t take her stuff.”
Her lips twist at the sight of Evie’s belongings splattered all over the drive. “I hope you’re fucking happy with yourself. If something happens to her, I’ll come back and gut you myself.”
She gets into the car, peeling away, her tyres kicking up gravel. I cover my eyes from the dust, watching her turn back down the road, bypassing another car coming up.
Jaxon steps up next to me, his hand shielding his eyes. “Is that Liam?”
Liam pulls to a stop, getting out of the car with a brown folder in his hand. He takes in the mess, his brows scrunching together.
“You having a yard sale?”
“Not the time,” Reid warns, jumping to sit along the wooden fence.
“When you didn’t turn up, I decided to take a trip out,” he explains, watching each of us warily, like we’re about to pounce. One wrong word and I might. “I can come back if you want.”
“No, thanks for coming,” Jaxon replies. “What have you got?”
Liam holds the folder out, letting Jaxon take it before dropping his hands to his sides. “I also have a disc inside for you to watch. I uploaded some of the content on there.”