Dagger (Vegas MMA Book 1) by S.L. Sterling

Author:S.L. Sterling [Sterling, S.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-03-26T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Katy

We had talked in depth for a while about how I should cover my tracks, and I still sat there staring at the computer screen not knowing where to even start. All that kept running through my mind was that I had asked Derrick to protect me. Now I could barely even look at him. Those words had flown out of my mouth before I even thought about what him helping me actually meant. They had slipped out so fast that I really hadn't had a chance to stop them. This was how I had always gotten myself into trouble over the years. Up to and including now, this seemed to be a problem I had had my entire life, and I still hadn't learned my lesson: to actually think before I spoke. I had a pretty sweet thing going on right now. I forgot how great it was to be single. I could do whatever I wanted, with no one to answer to, and here I was going to complicate that.

I let out a deep sigh as I stared at that flashing cursor. I needed to stop. I wasn't getting into a relationship with Derrick. This was an agreement, a work arrangement. Nothing more. I knew that I needed Derrick, and I felt that I could trust him. I just had no idea how I would pay him. Between my car payment, rent, and food, there wasn't much leftover at the end of each month. Then it dawned on me: the money I received every month from the renters who were staying in my home. That money had been going into a savings account. Sarah normally deposited it into that account at the end of every month. I could use that money. I could transfer it to Derrick then, if he was willing to wait for it.

"Katy, what is it?" he asked, looking up from his phone and pulling me back to the moment.

I swallowed hard. I was so afraid of mucking things up with Derrick, just like I had done with Jonas. However, I also didn't want to die, so I needed to be upfront with him. People would think I was being a little overdramatic, but I wasn't. I knew what Jonas was capable of, I had seen it, and instantly my mind flashed back to a night last summer.

We were out at a bar. I had come out of the bathroom, and this guy had asked me if I had seen his girlfriend in the washroom. He had spoken to me, asked me a question, nothing more, but that was all it had taken. Jonas came up behind him, grabbed him by the neck, and threw him face first into the wall, breaking his nose—all because he had asked me a question. Pretty threatening. The man didn't deserve to be assaulted for that. I could only imagine what he would do if he found me here in a locked room with Derrick.

Now, as I sat here with him in front of me, I felt absolutely awful for even asking him to help me.

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