The Freeman Brothers: A Secret Baby Romance Collection by Natasha L. Black

Author:Natasha L. Black [Black, Natasha L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-12-29T18:30:00+00:00

21

Vince

“It’s fine,” Nick muttered into the phone.

With his muffled tone, the rain pounding on the windshield, and all the bar noise behind him, I could barely understand what my brother was saying. But it was enough to reassure me that I didn’t need to slam my foot on the gas. Flooring it would still take a while to get me to the bar, but I would do it if I had to. Knowing Grant was there with Lindsey made my stomach turn and anger burn on the back of my neck. I knew this would happen. I felt it in my gut. He wasn’t going to leave her alone.

Grant was going to do anything he could to make sure he got the final word in this. His mother was like a bulldog in a pearl necklace lashing out at Lindsey because she dared challenge the woman’s sense of entitlement.

From what I knew about Grant, he wasn’t used to people telling him no. It was just his experience in life that there was any path he couldn’t walk down, any obstacle he couldn’t climb over. There were rarely any stumbling blocks in his path, but when there were, it was easy for him to get them out of his way. Money and influence could do that. Coming from a family with both and engaging with social circles that sometimes showed the worst of what those resources could do, I could see it coming.

“What’s he doing now?” I shouted into the phone.

Propped in a holder on my dash so I could use the speakerphone as I drove, the phone was too far away for me to talk normally in the growing storm. The weather had calmed enough for me to leave and start my drive back to Charlotte but had worsened progressively as I went. Now it was beating against the truck and lashing at the mirrors, making it difficult to see.

“They’re talking,” Nick said, lifting his voice to meet mine. “I’m watching them. Quentin is here, so is Colby. If anything starts, it won’t go far.”

A crash of thunder and massive bolt of lightning slicing across the sky startled me. My hands twisted on the wheel, and the tires hit water collected on the road. In that instant, I lost control. The truck hydroplaned, and I couldn’t wrench it back into place. As another flash of light burst in front of me, I skidded off the road and almost into a ditch.

“Shit!” I shouted.

“Vince? Vince, are you okay?”

Nick’s voice was louder now, like he’d given up any pretense of trying to be subtle. I took a breath and snatched my phone out of the stand. “I’m fine. It’s storming like hell out here, and I went off the road. But I’m fine. The truck seems fine. I just need to get it out. Is everything okay with Lindsey? Does Grant seem worked up?”

“Vince, you just drove off the damn road. You should be thinking about that right now,” Nick said. “We’ve got her.

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