Total pages in book: 38
Estimated words: 36975 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 185(@200wpm)___ 148(@250wpm)___ 123(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 36975 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 185(@200wpm)___ 148(@250wpm)___ 123(@300wpm)
“Are you done touring?” I ask, wanting to know if I’m going to be traveling soon.
“I had one more show in Dallas—”
“Hey, guys. You’re having a party without us.” Ghost comes in with Grace and Demi. A round of cheers goes around.
Andrea stiffens next to me, and I don’t fucking like it. Is she still jealous of Demi?
Demi comes up to me and gives me a hug. “Thanks, Cyber.”
“What for?”
“Everything.” She pulls back and looks at my woman. “I couldn’t believe it when they told me what happened. I’m sorry. I hope the guys get that fucker fast. They’re good at that. I’m Demi, by the way.”
“Andrea Cole.”
“I know who you are. You’re magnificent. I had to beg this jerk to go with me. I bet he’s glad he did. Now I expect a real birthday present.” She grabs me in the shoulder.
“I definitely owe you.” Smiling, I give Andrea a kiss on her cheek.
“It’s so cute. I can’t wait until Roxie meets you.”
“Roxie?” Andrea asks.
“Blade’s sister. She’s going to be so happy for Cyber.”
“Blade’s which one?” she asks.
“That one over there.”
“Oh, yeah. I remember him. Where is his sister?”
“She lives with her husband in Las Vegas.”
“Oh. There are so many of you. I don’t think I can keep track.”
“Yeah, but we’re just one giant family. You’ll get used to it. I work as a tattoo artist with Mick and my brother Asher, who was in a car accident yesterday. He’s at the hospital and the reason we left before Cyber could meet you after the performance.”
“You were going to meet me?” Andrea turns her head to me, her tension easing as a smile stretches across her sexy face.
“Hell, yes.”
“I thought this was just a lucky coincidence.”
“No way. I wanted to meet you instantly and finish our initial encounter, but Asher had been seriously injured.”
“How is your brother?” Andrea asks Demi.
“Alive, thankfully. He broke his leg, arm, and a couple of ribs, causing severe trauma, and will need a lot of recovery time.”
“Oh, no. Well, at least there’s some good news in that he’s going to pull through.”
“Yes. He’ll be in the hospital for another week, and then hopefully we can bring him to my brother’s place to recover.”
Boomer walks up to us and says, “Ladies, will you excuse us men? We need to have a brief conversation.”
We head into our private room for a church session. Several beers are passed around as we take our seats with laughs as we clink our bottles.
“Listen, brothers. The incident with Cyber is no laughing matter,” Boomer says, staring us all down. “This guy has tech skills, which means if he’s remotely good, it won’t take long to identify Cyber or Demi. I want people at the hospital watching over Asher just in case this asshole becomes unhinged and wants revenge any way he can get it.”
“I think he’s better than good, or he has connections at the center because he managed to get all footage from inside the auditorium erased, and also kept himself off screen on the lobby footage.”
“He had to have entered like everyone else, right?” Jackson says.
“Shit, I suppose. I hadn’t gotten through all the footage last night. I was tired.”
“I understand that you were sleep deprived, and well, you wanted time with your woman, but we can’t wait for him to get the upper hand.”
“I understand.”
“We have Indy and two other prospects watching the cameras in town nonstop, so there’s no concern. It’s more about getting you to the right form.”
“I’m there. I’ll nail this fucker before anyone gets a chance to touch my woman.” It’s a promise I intend to keep. There’s no way I’ll let this bastard get close to her.
“Good, because you know once they show up in town, they become a problem to our entire family.”
“We’ll gladly handle it,” Blade says with a sinister smile, twirling a blade in his hand.
“It’s been a while since we’ve had that kind of fun.”
“I’d like to teach this bastard what happens when you treat a woman like shit.”
“Damn right.”
“We got this. Be diligent. If the girls aren’t with Cyber, make sure they’re protected by one of us. Understood?”
“Of course. Now, about this guy who was at the concert. He was slightly balding and in his late forties to early fifties. It was too dark to make out the color of his hair exactly, but I’d say medium brown. He was in a poorly tailored suit, but he was dressed like he was trying to impress her. I’d been too focused on her to give any more notice to the guy. Frankly, I wasn’t myself that night. If it had been any other night, I would have taken stock of the bastard and confronted him.”
“We know. It’s good enough. We’re sure that you can find him in the lobby footage and you’ll be able to give us a better picture of the asshole.”