Ropes and Revenge by Evans Jessie

Author:Evans, Jessie [Evans, Jessie]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Self Taught Ninja
Published: 2015-04-13T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

John

Fifteen minutes after checking in with the receiving desk and making their way through the metal detector leading into the visitation lounge, John and Percy were seated at a table in the corner of the brightly lit room, waiting in tense silence for their prisoner to arrive.

John had expected to talk to Wayne on a phone through a pane of bulletproof glass, not across a table like this was a parent-teacher conference at the boys’ school. He was on edge from the moment he sat down, hating how vulnerable he felt. He didn’t care about his own safety—he could handle Wayne in the unlikely event the man decided to start something under the eyes of the guard who would be supervising the visitation—but he didn’t like exposing Percy this way. He should have insisted she wait in the truck.

If he hadn’t been so thrown by her announcement that she might have to leave, he would have.

He didn’t want her to go, but he didn’t know if he had it in him to make her stay. He had no idea what Percy would think when he told her the truth about what he was feeling. She might be repulsed or hurt. Or she might show him to the door right then and not give a damn if it hit him in the ass on his way out.

Percy had an emotional intelligence he’d only witnessed in a few people, but surely even she had a breaking point.

The thought made him glance her way.

He was still studying her profile, wondering if the tension in her features was his fault or the result of waiting for a convicted criminal to join them, when the door to the otherwise empty room opened and Wayne Wheeler was escorted inside by an armed guard.

Wayne was wearing a khaki jumpsuit and his hair was cropped closer to his head than the times John had seen him around town, but otherwise it didn’t look like prison was disagreeing with him. If anything, he looked healthier. The dark circles under his eyes had vanished and his skin was lightly browned from time in the sun. After his handcuffs had been removed, he seemed to grow an inch or two taller, his broad shoulders relaxing as he crossed the room to claim the chair on the other side of the table.

“John,” he said by way of greeting before shifting his gaze to Percy. “And I assume you’re the friend, Persephone?”

“I am,” she said. “Thank you for agreeing to speak with us.”

“Well, it’s not like I get a lot of visitors,” Wayne said. “Or variation in the routine. Though I admit, I’ve got no clue what you want to talk about. I’ve been racking my brain all week, but I’ve come up empty.”

“Is that right?” John asked, surprised to find he wasn’t as angry as he’d expected to be. This was the man who had tried to kill his brother and future sister-in-law, but looking at Wayne now, all he felt was tired.

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