I brushed the hair away from her face. “Is that what you want to do? Do you really want to leave me?” It hurt to even ask. A knot formed in my throat and I could feel my heart aching.
She looked me right in the eyes. “No, I don’t want to be without you, Conner. I don’t ever want to be without you, but I can’t put you in danger. I can’t ask your family to do it either. There are children involved.”
“Our child is involved, Amy. You think that wasn’t the first thing I thought about? I will do whatever you want. My sister wants you to stay, but you just say the word and I will take you back to Kentucky.”
“What do you think we should do?”
I laid back and pulled her down with me. After letting out a long sigh, I looked down at her. “I don’t know. I’ve never been one to back down from a fight, but seein’ as you and my baby are in danger, I know I need to be responsible. Miranda thinks that we should hire an investigator.”
“I need to get in touch with his daughter. She knows something, Conner. She told me to look in his truck. First I found those checkbooks and now Heather has uncovered some secret past. There has to be more he’s hiding. He changed his name and everything. God, who the hell did I marry?”
It wasn’t time to joke, but I just couldn’t help myself. “It beats me. I just hope your second husband doesn’t turn out to be a serial killer.”
She slapped me in the chest. “Stop it! There is only one man that I would ever marry and he is too sweet to kill people.”
“I’d like to skin your ex. You let me find him alone in some alley one night and you won’t be callin’ me sweet anymore. I’m serious, Amy. I think I could kill the man. I sure as hell can play it out in my head. His ass needs to be thrown in jail so he can be gang raped repeatedly.”
She finally laughed. “I’d pay to see that. After everything he’s done to me, I wouldn’t mind seeing him suffer.”
“I know it’s the middle of the day, but how about you get a nice hot shower and put on some of my clothes then get your ass back in this bed.” I kissed her slowly on the lips.
She opened her eyes and looked right at me. “Will you be here when I get done?”
I stood up and helped her off the bed. “I need to go finish up with something out in the pasture. Promise me you will get into bed and try to relax. I can’t have you gettin’ all stressed out. My baby needs a happy mamma.”
She giggled and held out her hand while I handed her a pair of boxers and a t-shirt. “Thank you.”
“Don’t mention it. I plan on spoiling you for a long ass time.” I kissed her one more time before sending her into the bathroom to get that shower. She needed to calm down. I could tell from her body language that she was anything but alright.
I found Ty out where we had been working before.
“Dude, what the fuck? I’ve been waiting for you to come back with that tool for a damn hour. Did you have to take a shit or something?”
“Suck my dick, we got bigger problems than fixin’ this here fence. Amy and Heather are in some deep shit, man. I’m goin’ to need your help.”
When I said the name Heather, I thought Ty was going to crap himself. His eyes got huge. “I am not doing shit for that whore.”
“We don’t have a choice. I can’t have a clear conscience if I let soemthin’ happen to another person. She’s in trouble, bro. I need your help and you’re goin’ to help me.”
He tossed the tool down on the ground and held up his hands. “Fine! Tell me everything.”
I sat down and explained everything to my hardheaded brother-in-law. He seemed shocked at first, but after the past year, nothing surprised any of us. “We need to nail this fucker to the wall, dude. Whatever you need, you just tell me.”
With everyone on board, there was only one thing left to do.
Protect Amy.
Chapter 15
Amy
Everything was happening too fast. One minute I am in Kentucky having a great time and the next I am being thrown into a huge mess of drama. I did as Conner asked and took a long, hot shower. I had to admit that it felt good to relax under the beads of water. Once I got out and put on Conner's extra-large clothes, I climbed into his warm bed and got comfortable. I'm not really sure how long I had been asleep, but I woke up to my phone ringing. Thinking it was just a client returning my call, I answered it without checking the caller ID.
Hello?
How's my pretty little red haired wife doing these days? Is that young cowboy still making your heart patter?
Rick?
How many other husbands do you got?