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Authors: Evelyn Glass
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“You may have a point,” he admitted. “Anyway,” he said after a moment. “You’d best stay away from him, girlie.”
Alyssa felt her cheeks flush with hot fury. “You can’t threaten me . I’m not one of your fearful Pinebrook residents.”
“Exactly,” Bennie said. “You’re due to leave soon, aren’t you? Do you think anyone would notice if you disappeared somewhere between here and the airport?”
Alyssa forced herself to remain calm. She felt panic rise from her stomach all the way up to her throat, and it tasted like bile on her tongue. But she couldn’t let the man see it. If Bennie knew she was afraid of him, he would own her. She couldn’t allow that to happen.
“Like I said,” she began, willing herself to sound as cool and collected as possible, “you’ve got nothing to worry about. I’d be crazy to even try anything with Xavier again. I’ve learned my lesson the first time.”
At the very least, that was the truth.
Bennie studied her carefully, trying to gauge whether she was indeed being sincere. Finally, he seemed satisfied and nodded. “Good,” he said. “I would hate for anything to happen to you. Or him, for that matter.”
“I got it, Bennie,” Alyssa said, firmly. She could hear the annoyance in her voice. “Really, I did.”
“Lucky for you, I believe you,” Bennie said. “Now, that coffee looks good. Think I could have a cup?”
Alyssa stared at him incredulously. He was testing her. He was provoking her. She thought about reacting, but then she told herself that, if she could only hold on for another two weeks, she would never have to deal with the likes of Benedict Lenday ever again.
She nodded. “Sure. Would you like to come in?”
He seemed taken aback for a moment, but then he smiled. “Why not?”
A few minutes later, Alyssa was sitting in her parents’ kitchen sipping coffee with the man she hated the most in the whole wide world. It was surreal and infuriating all at the same time.
“I really am sorry about your dad, you know?” Bennie said unexpected after a few minutes of tense silence. “He was a good man.”
Alyssa nodded curtly. “He was,” she said, because really, there was nothing else to say when it came to her father. He had been the best man she had ever known.
“You remind me of him a little.”
Alyssa frowned in confusion.
“You’ve got the same spark,” Bennie said. “He wouldn’t take any of my bullshit, either.”
Alyssa was surprised to hear real fondness in the man’s voice. It was the first time in all of her knowing him that Benedict Lenday looked like a human being. She looked at the streaks of gray in the man’s hair and wondered what he would be like as an old man. Would he ever soften?
She pushed the thought out of her head as soon as it entered it. The fact that the man was able to show some sort of human emotion did not suddenly make him a decent person. It sure did not make up for all the horrible deeds that he almost certainly had done in his lifetime.
“I’m sure you wish he had let me die instead of saving my ass.”
Alyssa looked up sharply. “What are you talking about?”
Bennie pulled up his shirt to reveal a scar right next to his heart. It had clearly been left by a bullet. “Your father operated on me when no one else would.”
Alyssa swallowed past the sudden lump in her throat. “Of course he did,” she said after a moment.
It was now Bennie’s turn to look confused.
“My father was a professional,” Alyssa said. “He was a surgeon. He was a medic. He would never turn his back on someone who needed his assistance, regardless of who they were.”
Bennie lowered his shirt slowly. “It’s that simple, isn’t it?”
“Yes,” Alyssa said firmly, “it is.”
“For you, too?”
She shook her head. “I’m a veterinarian.”
“Right,” Bennie said,
Alyssa felt her cheeks flush with hot fury. “You can’t threaten me . I’m not one of your fearful Pinebrook residents.”
“Exactly,” Bennie said. “You’re due to leave soon, aren’t you? Do you think anyone would notice if you disappeared somewhere between here and the airport?”
Alyssa forced herself to remain calm. She felt panic rise from her stomach all the way up to her throat, and it tasted like bile on her tongue. But she couldn’t let the man see it. If Bennie knew she was afraid of him, he would own her. She couldn’t allow that to happen.
“Like I said,” she began, willing herself to sound as cool and collected as possible, “you’ve got nothing to worry about. I’d be crazy to even try anything with Xavier again. I’ve learned my lesson the first time.”
At the very least, that was the truth.
Bennie studied her carefully, trying to gauge whether she was indeed being sincere. Finally, he seemed satisfied and nodded. “Good,” he said. “I would hate for anything to happen to you. Or him, for that matter.”
“I got it, Bennie,” Alyssa said, firmly. She could hear the annoyance in her voice. “Really, I did.”
“Lucky for you, I believe you,” Bennie said. “Now, that coffee looks good. Think I could have a cup?”
Alyssa stared at him incredulously. He was testing her. He was provoking her. She thought about reacting, but then she told herself that, if she could only hold on for another two weeks, she would never have to deal with the likes of Benedict Lenday ever again.
She nodded. “Sure. Would you like to come in?”
He seemed taken aback for a moment, but then he smiled. “Why not?”
A few minutes later, Alyssa was sitting in her parents’ kitchen sipping coffee with the man she hated the most in the whole wide world. It was surreal and infuriating all at the same time.
“I really am sorry about your dad, you know?” Bennie said unexpected after a few minutes of tense silence. “He was a good man.”
Alyssa nodded curtly. “He was,” she said, because really, there was nothing else to say when it came to her father. He had been the best man she had ever known.
“You remind me of him a little.”
Alyssa frowned in confusion.
“You’ve got the same spark,” Bennie said. “He wouldn’t take any of my bullshit, either.”
Alyssa was surprised to hear real fondness in the man’s voice. It was the first time in all of her knowing him that Benedict Lenday looked like a human being. She looked at the streaks of gray in the man’s hair and wondered what he would be like as an old man. Would he ever soften?
She pushed the thought out of her head as soon as it entered it. The fact that the man was able to show some sort of human emotion did not suddenly make him a decent person. It sure did not make up for all the horrible deeds that he almost certainly had done in his lifetime.
“I’m sure you wish he had let me die instead of saving my ass.”
Alyssa looked up sharply. “What are you talking about?”
Bennie pulled up his shirt to reveal a scar right next to his heart. It had clearly been left by a bullet. “Your father operated on me when no one else would.”
Alyssa swallowed past the sudden lump in her throat. “Of course he did,” she said after a moment.
It was now Bennie’s turn to look confused.
“My father was a professional,” Alyssa said. “He was a surgeon. He was a medic. He would never turn his back on someone who needed his assistance, regardless of who they were.”
Bennie lowered his shirt slowly. “It’s that simple, isn’t it?”
“Yes,” Alyssa said firmly, “it is.”
“For you, too?”
She shook her head. “I’m a veterinarian.”
“Right,” Bennie said,
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