Dancing with Deception: Avery Family Trilogy by Dillon Kadi

Author:Dillon, Kadi [Dillon, Kadi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

I just might, Rebecca thought while rage rushed through her veins like liquid fire. It was a relief to feel anger instead of hurt. But she knew better. The hurt would come later when she was alone. She wanted to laugh at Molly’s bouncy exit but was afraid it would come out as a sob.

Keeping her eyes away from Gideon’s probing gaze, Rebecca went to retrieve her bag then started out the door. She tensed when Gideon took her arm and turned her. She couldn’t stop shaking and hoped he wouldn’t notice.

“What was that about?”

“Nothing, really. She just has a way of pissing me off. Happens all the time.” She shrugged out of his hold and continued to the door. Colin pushed off the wall and pulled the door open for her. “Thanks.”

She waited for them to catch up.

“We’ll talk on the boat.” Gideon took her arm again and led her down the street.

Rebecca didn’t comment. It took all her energy to keep from letting the tears fall freely. She’d have felt better, but she had cried too much already. For her pride’s sake, it had to stop.

Colin jumped onto the boat first and reached back for her hand. Gideon took her elbow to help her up before leaping up behind them. The speedboat didn’t have a cabin so Rebecca knew Gideon meant for her to tell them both what happened. It wasn’t their business, she thought. Then immediately she knew she was wrong. It was very much their business, or most of it.

Gideon waited until they were about a mile away from Cleveland before sitting down beside her on the bench. Colin sat at the helm facing the front but she wasn’t fooled. If he was as obnoxious as his brother, she knew he was listening intently.

“Tell me,” Gideon demanded quietly.

Rebecca sank her teeth into her bottom lip and shrugged. “My father gave Molly a message for me.”

“What was the message?”

“Look inside.”

“What the hell does that mean?” Colin asked.

“I have no idea.” She didn’t like the way Gideon was looking at her. It took all she had not to squirm under his scrutinizing gaze. “That’s all he told her to tell me.”

“That’s not why you were upset.”

“No,” she agreed slowly, hating the fact that he always saw more than she wanted him to see. “But that’s all that pertains to this situation. Like I said before, Molly Hallowitz just loves to piss all of us off. That’s why we call her Hallow Wits.”

Gideon cursed so violently she jumped. He pushed off the seat and strode to the other side of the cruising boat. “You don’t want to talk about it, fine. But don’t lie to me.”

Rebecca threw her chin up. “I didn’t lie. I said that was all that pertained to this situation. And she does piss us off.”

He growled and shot a look at Colin. “Give me a damn cigarette.”

“No.”

“Damn it, Colin.”

“Damn it, Colin,” he mocked. “What crawled up your ass?”

“Give. Me. A. Cigarette.”

Colin leaned forward until he was eye to eye with his brother.

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