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doing here, Baas?”
“ We aren’t doing anything. I’m going to make things right.”
He heard Josh blow out a deep breath and curse as he stepped out of the car. Glancing around, Sebastian burrowed deeper into his coat and strode across the street. The recessed alcove offered a little privacy as he rang the bell and waited. Ears straining, he listened to the thunder of tiny footsteps and movement on the other side. He closed his eyes as the excited shrill of his niece’s voice exploded behind the door. The sound cut deeper than he’d imagined.
“Unco Sebby!”
A quiet murmur followed. Biting his cheeks, he braced himself, hoping whoever it was had sent the child away. He didn’t think he could handle seeing her and going through with what he had planned. A few seconds later, the wine colored door cracked open and he was confronted by a hostile glare.
“Get off of my property,” Dane’s mother snappe d. “Leave us alone. You’ve done enough.”
He grabbed the door and stopped it with his shoe before she could slam it shut. Giving a slow shake of his head, he regarded the woman with open contempt.
“Don’t ever try to shut a door in my face again,” he warned in a quiet rasp. “Like it or not, you are going to listen to what I have to say, and you are going to consider my offer very carefully.”
“Why would I do that? Your organization killed my son! He was my only child! You came to my house. We treated you like family, Sebastian. You sat on my couch and promised me you wouldn’t let anything happen to him. Where is he now? What good were those promises? He’s dead!”
Flattening his lips in a brief bid of anger, he stiffened. “Your son made his own choices. Those de cisions cost him his life, not me. I’m not splitting hairs with you, Mrs. Dupree and I am in no mood to argue. You would be wise to shut your mouth and listen before I change my mind.”
“Is that a threat?”
Sebastian chuckled softly and his grip on the door tightened until his knuckles grew white. Dropping his chin to his chest, he gave a slow shake of his head. “No, Mrs. Dupree. I’m afraid that was a promise.”
When he glanced up, the jowly folds of her face had blanched to a sickly pale. It made the bright r ed lipstick bleeding into the wrinkled creases above her lips even more noticeable. Her double chin quivered as his eyes narrowed and she snapped her mouth shut.
“Regardless of what you think of me or my job, Monique is a damn good mother. She is innocent in all of this and that little girl loves her. I love them both and only want what’s best. I will let you play your game and keep this situation out of the courts, but you are going to give my sister visitation. That means holidays and every other weekend. You do that, and I give you my word—I will stay away. Refuse me, and you and your husband will see your son again much sooner than you think.”
Ida’s watery eyes bulged.
“This isn’t a request,” Sebastian warned. “It’s an offer, and the only one you are going to get.”
“What about that man she’s been seeing? I don’t want SKALS or its filth anywhere around my grandbaby. You tell him to walk away, too.”
He gave a curt shake of his head, his eyes narrowing into thin slits. “No, Ida. That isn’t going to happen. He’s been raising her like his own. I trusted Josh to keep them both alive, and so should you. Last chance. I’m afraid this is all or nothing for you.”
His hand moved to the pistol strapped to his hip and the woman’s ample body shuddered. She wrapped her fl oral housecoat tighter. He grimaced as she folded her arms and her sagging bosom deflated under their meaty bulk. Refusing to meet his stare, Dane’s mother offered a grim nod.
The muscles in his cheek twitched as he regarded her. “I will tell Monique. You would do well to keep your word,” he warned. “Don’t make me come looking for you.”
With that, he shut the door and walked away.
Taylor’s
“ We aren’t doing anything. I’m going to make things right.”
He heard Josh blow out a deep breath and curse as he stepped out of the car. Glancing around, Sebastian burrowed deeper into his coat and strode across the street. The recessed alcove offered a little privacy as he rang the bell and waited. Ears straining, he listened to the thunder of tiny footsteps and movement on the other side. He closed his eyes as the excited shrill of his niece’s voice exploded behind the door. The sound cut deeper than he’d imagined.
“Unco Sebby!”
A quiet murmur followed. Biting his cheeks, he braced himself, hoping whoever it was had sent the child away. He didn’t think he could handle seeing her and going through with what he had planned. A few seconds later, the wine colored door cracked open and he was confronted by a hostile glare.
“Get off of my property,” Dane’s mother snappe d. “Leave us alone. You’ve done enough.”
He grabbed the door and stopped it with his shoe before she could slam it shut. Giving a slow shake of his head, he regarded the woman with open contempt.
“Don’t ever try to shut a door in my face again,” he warned in a quiet rasp. “Like it or not, you are going to listen to what I have to say, and you are going to consider my offer very carefully.”
“Why would I do that? Your organization killed my son! He was my only child! You came to my house. We treated you like family, Sebastian. You sat on my couch and promised me you wouldn’t let anything happen to him. Where is he now? What good were those promises? He’s dead!”
Flattening his lips in a brief bid of anger, he stiffened. “Your son made his own choices. Those de cisions cost him his life, not me. I’m not splitting hairs with you, Mrs. Dupree and I am in no mood to argue. You would be wise to shut your mouth and listen before I change my mind.”
“Is that a threat?”
Sebastian chuckled softly and his grip on the door tightened until his knuckles grew white. Dropping his chin to his chest, he gave a slow shake of his head. “No, Mrs. Dupree. I’m afraid that was a promise.”
When he glanced up, the jowly folds of her face had blanched to a sickly pale. It made the bright r ed lipstick bleeding into the wrinkled creases above her lips even more noticeable. Her double chin quivered as his eyes narrowed and she snapped her mouth shut.
“Regardless of what you think of me or my job, Monique is a damn good mother. She is innocent in all of this and that little girl loves her. I love them both and only want what’s best. I will let you play your game and keep this situation out of the courts, but you are going to give my sister visitation. That means holidays and every other weekend. You do that, and I give you my word—I will stay away. Refuse me, and you and your husband will see your son again much sooner than you think.”
Ida’s watery eyes bulged.
“This isn’t a request,” Sebastian warned. “It’s an offer, and the only one you are going to get.”
“What about that man she’s been seeing? I don’t want SKALS or its filth anywhere around my grandbaby. You tell him to walk away, too.”
He gave a curt shake of his head, his eyes narrowing into thin slits. “No, Ida. That isn’t going to happen. He’s been raising her like his own. I trusted Josh to keep them both alive, and so should you. Last chance. I’m afraid this is all or nothing for you.”
His hand moved to the pistol strapped to his hip and the woman’s ample body shuddered. She wrapped her fl oral housecoat tighter. He grimaced as she folded her arms and her sagging bosom deflated under their meaty bulk. Refusing to meet his stare, Dane’s mother offered a grim nod.
The muscles in his cheek twitched as he regarded her. “I will tell Monique. You would do well to keep your word,” he warned. “Don’t make me come looking for you.”
With that, he shut the door and walked away.
Taylor’s
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