Dangerous Love (TAKEBACK Book 1) by Riley Edwards

Author:Riley Edwards [Edwards, Riley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rebels Romance
Published: 2021-06-28T18:30:00+00:00

17

Remington was shaking and I was doing my best not to look at my house.

Did that just happen?

I had Remy unharmed in the back of a black SUV with tinted windows, speeding away from the scene of the crime with Rhode behind the wheel driving like he was the king of the road and everyone should yield to him. I must’ve been in shock because now I wasn’t scared or freaking out.

I was in total disbelief.

Not denial—disbelief.

Someone executed a drive-by.

A freaking drive-by shooting. On my house.

When does that actually happen other than in the movies?

I lived in a quiet neighborhood. A family neighborhood. Peaceful. Nice houses. Drive-by shootings didn’t happen on my block.

Until today.

And since I was in shock I didn’t know what to say. Not to my son, not to Rhode. Weirdly I didn’t give a rat’s ass where Rhode was taking us. Wilson had said “up north” —that could mean Canada and I was a-okay with that. Rhode could continue to drive us up to Alaska and I wouldn’t complain. As long as Remington was far, far away from the insanity that just occurred and Rhode was with us he could take us anywhere and I wouldn’t utter a complaint.

Rhode’s phone rang and Remington startled.

“Remy, baby, we’re safe.” I pulled him closer and asked, “Are you hurt anywhere?”

Remy answered with a shake of his head.

“That was pretty scary.” I noted the understatement of the year.

All I got was a nod.

“We should talk about it, bud.”

That got me another shake of his head, this one more forceful than the first.

“Your mom’s right, that was scary,” Rhode interjected after he silenced the call.

Remy lifted his head off of my chest and asked, “You were scared?”

“Oh, yeah,” Rhode returned. “You were in the house and I didn’t know where you were. That scared me. I needed to find you which meant I had to leave your mom unprotected in the backyard and that scared me, too.”

What was interesting was what Rhode wasn’t scared of. He was scared of not knowing where Remington was but not of getting filled with bullets when he’d rushed into the house. He was scared to leave me unprotected but not scared for his safety. That made me wonder, unhappily, how many times Rhode had been shot at and if that would happen again in the future.

“But you’re big,” Remy argued.

“I can be as big as a giant, buddy, but that’s not gonna help me not be scared when I don’t know where you are or if you’re safe.”

Rhode changed lanes and turned onto 95 north, then wove between two cars, not slowing down. I might’ve been in shock but I wasn’t so far gone that Rhode’s erratic driving made me wonder if someone was following us. But I also couldn’t ask without scaring Remington. I also was too afraid to look behind us and find out.

“Are you still scared?”

“No. Now that I know you and your mom are safe I’m not scared.”

Firm. Unyielding.

Remington snuggled back in and said, “Then I’m not scared either.

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