Blake, Abby - Suddenly Bear, Too (Siren Publishing Ménage Everlasting) by Abby Blake

Author:Abby Blake [Blake, Abby]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Siren-BookStrand, Inc.
Published: 2012-01-09T16:33:41+00:00

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“Hi, Daddy.”

“Ruby,” her father practically shouted down the phone. “Tell me where you are. Tell me what they want. Put those cowards on the line. Have they hurt you? God help them if they have. I will track them to the ends of the earth. There won’t be a hole deep enough for them to crawl back into.”

“Dad, I’m safe. I’m with friends.”

“Tell me where you are,” her father demanded, but she heard the wobble in his voice and knew the tone came from worry. Nickolas, Levi, and Zeek had told her what was happening in the real world—the ransom demand, the strange drugged-out plea she’d made on camera, their theories on how and why she’d ended up lying next to a nest of snakes—but the most concerning thing had been their interpretation of her father’s actions. Zeek had described in detail some of the things her father had been doing and saying via the news networks, and all three of the brothers had been adamant that his behavior had likely spooked the kidnappers into dumping her and leaving her for dead.

But she knew her father well enough to know that he’d at least believed he’d been doing the right thing.

“Daddy,” she said, trying to stem the flow of tears down her face as she imagined how hard this situation must be on her parents. “I don’t want to tell you where I am. I’m worried that the people who did kidnap me will come looking for me again.”

“I don’t understand,” her father said really slowly. “Tell me about these friends you’re with. Who are they? Where did you meet them? How…how long have you known them?”

Her father’s questions seemed stilted and not really what she expected the man to ask. It was almost as if he were trying to keep her talking. She slammed the phone down as every movie she’d ever seen where the feds were listening in on the line ran through her head. All three of her men looked at her as if she’d grown a second head.

Levi raised an eyebrow, his amusement barely hidden as he waited for an explanation.

She shrugged. It wasn’t until she saw their reactions that it occurred to her that things had changed in the past few years. Caller ID, for one. “I should probably call him back.”

“I suspect he’ll call you back,” Nickolas said. He gave her a lopsided smile when the phone rang in Ruby’s hand. She glanced at the caller ID, nearly dropping the handset when she recognized her mother’s cell phone number.

“Um…hi,” she said into the phone.

“Ruby?” her mother asked frantically.

“Yes, Mom. I’m okay. Really. I’m okay. I just…Where’s Dad?”

“He’s talking to the officer in charge. They’re coming to get you and bring you home.” Her mother sounded like she was whispering, confirming to Ruby that something definitely wasn’t right.

“Mom, what is it?”

Her mother hesitated, and Ruby could practically hear over the phone the woman wringing her hands in distress. Ruby loved her dearly, but her mom had always been the textbook definition of “highly strung.

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