Claiming Red: The O'Connell Family(10)

“The fuck he is, she is mine. I will give him the two-hundred thousand back, but hell if he is getting her.”

“Are you sure her parents didn’t scope you out and are using you for their next target. They would know that family is everything to John and that he wouldn’t come after you, personally.”

“No dad. I forced her to come here with me, tonight. You are not going to tell him, right?”

“Of course not, but I think you need to get her away from here. If he finds out he may just try and steal her from you before her birthday. I don’t know if he was more pissed about the money or the girl. She is a very lovely girl.”

“Yes she is.” I rubbed my forehead.

“Son, the thing is, I don’t think your uncle was the only one. I don’t know what she actually knows about it, but there could be big trouble ahead.” I now knew why Travis was here. When a FBI is living under a supposed name with a minor at the time, it had to be an undercover operation. I have to give him a call because I am taking her away and didn’t want them on my ass.





Chapter 6: Travis


This of all days has been crazy as fuck. Little Samantha was doing well, coming out of her shell. I hated to let her talk to her mother, but I didn’t want to blow my cover, and we still didn’t have the evidence we needed to nail them. The only way to get the coconuts was to shake the tree. I don’t think Rhonda knew that she was taking her daughter to the salon of one of the O’Connell family members. There was nothing illegal going on with that part of the family, but it was still too close for comfort, especially for Rhonda.

I had gone to pick her up and the cute little stylist made me want to get my hair cut too, and a lot more than that. I had sent her mother packing by mentioning that the O’Connell’s owned the place. She only came inside to see the end result and pay for the service. I wasn’t going to have her setting her daughter up. I knew Antonio and he wasn’t interested in buying a woman. He didn’t need to, but he was interested in beautiful women. So when he’d seen a picture of her he was happy to go out with her. They had just used that to their advantage. I don’t know what it was, but I felt like something was going to happen. I went to go and meet with my partners and give my parents a call. I had to lie to Sam and it was getting to me. She was a sweet girl and everyone seemed to be lying to her, I didn’t want to hurt her too.

I was gone for an hour and had text Sam to see if she wanted me to bring anything back for dinner. When she text she was out, I texted her for details. Sam on a date with none other than Rick O’Connell. This could be really bad. He didn’t like me very much ever since I had been a part of the team that investigated him and his father’s dealings. They were clean, but he had hated me by the time the investigation had ended. I looked at the tracker I had on her phone and saw that they were at the O’Connell mansion.

I arrived at the O’Connell family mansion and I was nervous as fuck. I didn’t think anything was going to happen, but I still texted her. She responded that Rick had shown up and asked her to on a date and so far, so good.

Now, all I could think about was Claire O’ Connell. During the investigation, I only saw a picture of her and she had never been interviewed because she had been a child at the time. She had grown up, not much in height, but she was every bit of woman, now. I sat outside their gates at a distance when my phone rang.

“Williams.”

“Hey Travis, this is Rick O’ Connell. Or should I say hey Brady? Does she know that you’re a Fed?” Oh, fuck, he made me. Shit, I had my doubts about his innocence, and now she could be in danger.

“No she doesn’t. You better not hurt her.”

“I am not going to hurt her. I am not a thug, no matter what you think of my family. Now, my uncle is a different fucking story, I can’t vouch for him. I learned a lot about her and her family today. I know my uncle is looking for her.”

“Is that why you are with her?” I hoped to hell he wasn’t going to try and get involved with this investigation.

“I am with her because I want to be. Now I don’t know if my father has anyone here that is loyal to my uncle, but my father just warned me of my uncle’s continued interest.”

“Don’t tell her about me. I have a feeling things are going to start going down soon.”

“I won’t, but I want you to know that I am willing to do anything to protect her.”

“Why? You two just met? Is it love at first sight?” I was laughing at him on the outside but I wasn’t so sure that it wasn’t a real thing. What I was feeling for his sister wasn’t normal.