Saving Us (Mitchell Family #6)(28)
Author: Jennifer Foor

His laughter could probably be heard from the next room over. “Nah, she only had five, but you should have seen your face. Damn woman, you are so easy to mess with.”

I propped myself up on my elbow and gave him a dirty look. “I think we should call Heather.”

Conner sat right up out of bed. “Fuck no!”

“Hear me out, Conner. She came to warn me. I hate her just as much as you do. Actually I am pretty sure I hate her even more than you. It’s just that a part of me feels bad for her. Rick played her too, in some ways. Sure, she shouldn’t have gotten involved with the ass**le, but she did. Now her life is in danger, too. I think we need to make sure she is still alive, at least.”

Conner rolled on his back and rubbed his face. “I don’t give a shit what she did. I ain’t doin’ a thing for her.”

“I gave her money. She was driving around in her car with a window busted out. The poor girl left her house with the clothes on her back. I gave her the cash I had in the safe.”

“I can’t believe you gave her money. What were you thinkin’?” He paced around the room. “You don’t help her, not ever. Do you understand?”

I got up on my knees and looked right at him. “Conner Healy, don’t you dare tell me what to do! She came to warn me about Rick and had I not been so upset about everything, I could have been in that salon today. I love you and I respect you, but I can make my own decisions.”

“Like goin’ to work when your lunatic ex is trying to harm you? Yeah, you make great f**kin’ decisions.” He walked over and grabbed his jeans and pulled them on without his boxers. Then he grabbed his shirt and pulled it over his head. “I can’t believe you could be so stupid, Amy.”

“What are you doing?”

He was grabbing his boots and sliding them on his feet. “I need to take a walk before I say somethin’ I might regret.”

“Conner wait!” I ran towards the door, just as he was closing it. I wasn’t wearing any clothes to be able to run after him. By the time I got dressed and ran outside, he was pulling away in his truck. I grabbed my phone and tried to call him, but it kept going to voicemail.

Conner, please come back to the hotel. I am so sorry. Please don’t leave me here alone. I won’t call Heather, I promise. Just come back to me.

He had to come back for me. I didn’t even know where I was.

Chapter 18

Conner

Yeah, I probably shouldn’t have left her there like that, but I was pissed off. How could she think that communicating with Heather was a good idea? Right away my phone started ringing. I knew it was Amy, I just chose to ignore her. Both of us were too stubborn to admit one was wrong and with everything going on, I figure it would be best to walk away and cool down, instead of taking my frustrations out on her.

I was only gone for about fifteen minutes and I didn’t really leave the parking lot. I pulled my truck around back and just sat there. Back before I met Amy I had a bad temper. I had learned to control it, but sometimes, if things frustrated me enough, it would send me over the edge.

Heather was a big problem for me. Yes, I’d slept with her to gain her trust and get information to save my sisters marriage. I don’t regret what I did, because every single time I look at one of those three kids and see how happy they are, I know it was worth it. The only part I regret was the part where it had hurt Amy. You have to understand, I wasn’t used to being responsible for other people’s feelings. Amy was the first real relationship I had ever had. She was different from all the others, but I still somehow took that for granted.

At the time, we weren’t exactly in a situation to call what we had a relationship. It was more an affair. It wasn’t like Amy could be with me when I wanted her to. My fight then had only just begun. A part of me did think that sleeping with Heather would finally set Amy over the edge enough for her to want to leave her husband for good. Little did I know he would turn out to be a complete whack job.

After the truth all came out, I made it clear to Heather just how much I hated her. I told her to stay away from my family. Maybe she didn’t understand that Amy was included in that threat. By that time, Heather was already involved with Rick and I was sure she soon found out that Amy was involved with me. I don’t know how she figured things out. Maybe Rick was just using her for some sick master plan? We may never know, and I really didn’t care, either. If both of them were to get hit by trucks, it wouldn’t have bothered me in the least.

Even if what she was claiming to Amy was the truth, I still didn’t want to reach my hand out and do something nice for the girl. Maybe I was an ass**le in Amy’s eyes. I didn’t really give a damn. She needed to understand that you can’t dance with the devil for free. There are always consequences. It wasn’t a coincidence that as soon as she went to see Amy, the salon was being vandalized. Either she was in on it, or Rick was following her too.

Secrets were coming out about the man and the more people learned, the more danger Amy was putting herself in. It was my job to protect her and that was just what I planned on doing. After I waited long enough, I pulled back around front and made my way back to our room. I knocked and waited for Amy to let me inside. I saw her checking out the window before I heard the door opening. She didn’t even wait for me to get all the way inside when she threw her arms around me. I could tell that she had been crying and immediately I felt like a dick.

“I am so sorry, Conner.”

I wrapped my arms tightly around her. “Nah, I’m the one who should be sorry. I lost my temper. I just didn’t want to argue with you, so I walked away. If it means anything, I parked out back and sat in my truck. I couldn’t just leave you like that.”

She backed away and smacked me on my chest. “Jerk! I thought you really left me here.”

I laughed. “Seriously? You think I would do that?”

“I don’t know. All I know is that you got mad and you left. Do you have any idea how bad my marriage was? It was so bad for so long. Do you know I couldn’t have my own money? I couldn’t go anywhere without permission. I wasn’t allowed to ask what Rick was doing or who he was doing it with. I was his little slave. As far as what you’re capable of, well, you will have to forgive me, because I have no idea what you could be capable of. I clearly have terrible character judgment when it comes to men. I just want this all to be over with. I’m tired of feeling this way.”