Knox by Marteeka Karland

Author:Marteeka Karland
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: BIN 011146-03627
Publisher: Changeling Press LLC
Published: 2024-04-13T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Knox

Danny didn’t show up that afternoon. In fact, he didn’t show up the following day or even the following week. It had been a month since I’d seen or heard from him. Even Crush had been unable to find much. From the looks of things, Danny and his wife had split, but he was still trying to get back into her good graces. He’d already tried to empty their checking account, but she’d moved everything to a new bank in only her name. I told my dad about what had happened the second he stepped on the place, though.

“If he shows up here, your mother may turn over in her grave, but I swear, I’ll kill him myself.” I wasn’t sure I’d ever seen my dad this angry. “He’s not been a father to those children since they were born. How dare he try to start now?”

“I can’t imagine his wife wants the children of his mistress. There has to be more going on.”

My father looked at me. “Find out what he’s up to, Knox.”

“Already on it, Pop. Should hear back from my guys soon.”

“Good, because I don’t plan on losing more of the most important people in my life. Not again.” Dad went inside, slamming the door for once.

I cursed low under my breath. I didn’t have to ask what he meant. He was talking about me and Mom. He’d said he essentially lost us at the same time. And we both knew if Danny got the kids, he’d use them as leverage. For money. He’d bleed us dry and make the kids’ lives miserable. Those two loved Evelyn. Watching them all together, it was easy to see. And Evelyn loved them just as much.

The next few weeks passed uneventfully. I’d pulled Luke aside and told him to watch out for his sister and not to leave school with anyone he didn’t know.

“It’s Danny, isn’t it.” Luke didn’t phrase it as a question. The kid knew. “He coming for us?”

“Not sure.” I gave him an encouraging smile. “I’d just rather be safe than sorry.”

Luke studied me for a few seconds, then seemed to come to a decision. “I saw him.” He lifted his chin toward a hole in the fence. That hole had been there since I was a kid. Danny and I had put it there so we could sneak into the neighbor’s yard and play in their pool when they were gone. “He tried to get me to come to him, but I got Aneshya and went inside.”

Everything inside me stilled. “He what?”

“I’m pretty sure he thought he’d get my attention and that Aneshya would follow me.” Luke shook his head. “I don’t want nothing to do with him no more.”

I had to tread carefully here. Even with what happened, that both Luke and Aneshya knew Danny was married to another woman and that Luke at least knew what that meant, Evelyn had been very careful not to speak badly of Danny around them. She never

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