Scorned Queen by Lisa Renee Jones

Author:Lisa Renee Jones [Lisa Renee Jones]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2024-01-21T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter twenty-nine

I start pacing, my mind a jumbled mess as I struggle to process the implications of the flowers and the note, my heart beating uncomfortably fast through my mental freakout. What is this? What is going on? I halt and read the typed message again: What I give, I can take away.

What the heck does that even mean?

My hand swipes at a wayward lock of brown hair and I shove it behind my ear. I press my fingers to my forehead and then drop them. Is he talking about Damion? Or maybe the money he gave my father? My show? My show would be the least of my worries if it weren’t for the fact that there are many jobs attached to its production. Losing it doesn’t just impact me. It impacts them. It would impact so many people, including my parents, which would be a way he could take away in so many ways.

I fall back into my chair in front of my dressing table and think about what I learned at lunch. Damion’s father took my mother to the attorney’s office today, knowing Damion would find out. The timing cannot be a coincidence. That warning Damion spoke of wasn’t just for Damion about me. It was for me. He must be threatening my parents. I throw the piece of paper, and as if taunting me, all it does is catch in the air and fall toward the ground right in front of me. I can’t make it, or the content of the note, go away.

Launching myself to my feet again, I have no idea what to do with my nervous energy or how to handle this. I know Damion, and if I tell him about his father’s threat, he’s going to be beyond furious, and I cannot sit in a soundproof booth without going crazy. My mind goes to Adam, just outside my dressing room door, and I consider telling him what I’ve discovered, but he works for Damion; he’ll tell him. I know he’ll tell him. I glance at my watch, and my stress ratchets up ten levels. I have five minutes until my call time. I have to make a decision.

No matter how bad this gets, I can’t not tell Damion. He’d never forgive me for holding this back, and that’s a trust issue I don’t think we need between us.

I grab my phone from the dressing table and punch in his number. The call lands directly to voicemail, and I’m ridiculously relieved yet fretful. I have no time, and I hurry to the door and open it. Adam is immediately standing in front of me. “Ready?”

“No. Come inside. It’s urgent. And we need privacy.”

His expression is stone. “I don’t think that’s a good idea.”

“Oh my God, Damion and his threats.” I throw my hands up in the air. “I know you aren’t after my body, Adam. I have minutes to get to my call time. Come in now.” I back up, and, thankfully, he steps inside.

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