Page 13 of Odin's Treasure
“No.”
Wren stepped forward then, chin lifted. “She said she doesn’t know anything. And you’re violating the restraining order.”
Reggie’s hand went to the butt of his gun, and fear shot through me. She had no clue the extent of Reggie’s temper.
I grabbed Wren’s hand before she could say anything else. “Wren.”
She shot me a look, but I squeezed harder.
Reggie stared at her for one long beat before looking back at me. “We’ll speak later.”
Ice slid down my spine.
No, we wouldn’t. Not if I could help it. I had no desire to speak to him ever again.
But I knew better than to say that.
Thankfully, after another look toward the property next door, he turned and stalked back to his cruiser. A second later the engine started, and gravel spit from under the tires as he backed out and drove off.
Releasing the breath I’d been holding, I spun around. “Jesus, Wren. You can’t push him like that.”
She jerked her hand free and rounded on me. “That asshole is crazy.”
I rubbed my arms. “Keep your voice down.”
“He makes me so mad.” Her cheeks were pink with it. “You have to report him.”
“To who?”
“The law!” she shot back.
I laughed bitterly. “He is the law.”
Glancing back to where his cruiser had just disappeared, I said, “Please don’t push him.”
Wren’s back was stiff with aggravation. “Harm?—”
“I mean it, Wren. You don’t know what he’s like when he gets angry.”
She stared at me, and I immediately wished I hadn’t let that slip.
Because she did know.
Maybe not every detail, but enough.
“I’m sorry.”
I nodded, swallowing around the lump in my throat. “Let’s just finish with the eggs.”
By the time I loaded the last of the cartons into the floorboard of my old Ford, I’d replayed the conversation a dozen times.
We’ll speak later.
God, he was such an asshole.
Thirteen months we’d been divorced, and he still showed up at least once a month to remind me that he still held all the power.
I was so sick of it. Sick of feeling helpless. Sick of jumping at every loud noise. Sick of hearing noises in the middle of the night and freaking out because I thought it was him.
