“Now, Terrance, is it? I have another task. You’re going to take care of him for me.” I nodded over to the dead man in the mud. “You’ll get rid of his body and make sure you leave no fucking traces of what happened here.”
The guy swallowed at my words, but I wasn’t fucking done.
“If I find out you didn’t follow through, I will hunt you down and gut you like a fucking pig. I will feed you your fucking guts and choke you to death with them, you hear me? I will do it in front of your family if you have one, then I’ll kill them too.”
The stench of urine hit me a moment later. I smiled at him. I’d clearly scared him half to fucking death. Served him right. He tried to come at me and my woman. I wouldn’t let that stand.
“Do we understand each other?”
“Y-y-yes.”
“Good. Now, you’re going to let me and her leave whilst you deal with him.”
He nodded and I released him. Scarlett gave the wallet to me and I tucked it into my pocket.
“I’m taking this just in case you decide to make the wrong decision, Terrance. There is no fucking place you can hide from me and my friends, so don’t disappoint me.”
I took Scarlett’s hand, giving him one last significant look before I pulled her away from the scene. She didn’t hesitate to run through the forest with me until we made it out onto open ground. The two of us didn’t stop running through the park, both aware of the urgency. We needed to get the fuck away from here as soon as possible. Neither of us spoke. I had blood and mud all over me. This was an absolute fucking nightmare. I swear to fuck if that shit didn’t do as I said, I would lose it on him. There would be no holding me back.
When we reached the car, I got Scarlett inside and turned the engine on, whacking the heating right up to warm her. I didn’t see to her straight away. Something had me wondering how the fuck they’d found out where we’d gone. My first instinct was to check the outside of the car despite the rain. I looked around it and underneath everything. Pausing, I saw something sticking to the underside of the bumper that shouldn’t be there. I reached out and ripped it off the car. They’d fucking stuck a tracker on it. I cursed, threw it on the ground and stamped on it several times until it smashed. Then I got in the car, put my seatbelt on, connected my phone up to the Bluetooth and set off.
“Are you okay?” I asked her, knowing we had to leave immediately.
“I’m just cold.”
Scarlett was curled in on herself on the seat.
“I need to call Drake. They had a fucking tracker on the car, so I’m guessing they might have put them on all the ones we own.”
She nodded. I hit dial on Drake’s number. He answered after the second ring.
“Where the fuck are the two of you? You were meant to be back well over an hour ago.”
“You have to promise me you won’t get mad at Scar for what I’m about to tell you.”
“Prescott.”
“Promise me, Drake.”
“Fine, I promise. Now, what the fuck is going on?”
I sighed, rubbing my face as I navigated the streets of London. Then I explained what happened after we left the club, not leaving out a single thing about what happened with the two men. Drake kept silent the whole time, letting me get it out without interrupting. And when I was done, I could practically feel his anger bleeding through the phone.
“Fuck. For fuck’s sake. Jesus Christ, this is a fucking mess.”
“You’re telling me.”
“Are you on your way back?”
I’d thought about taking Scarlett home, but I wasn’t sure it was safe given they were clearly watching the building and tracking our fucking vehicles.
“No, I’m taking her to Mum’s. You and the others have to make sure the building is safe, check all the cars and up our security. We’re not letting anyone take her from Fortuity again, you hear me? I won’t let it happen.”
“Are you sure that’s a good idea? Rosie is going to question why you’ve turned up at her place in the middle of the fucking night with Scarlett in tow.”
Mum was going to give me such a fucking hard time over it, but to keep Scarlett safe, I would do anything.
“Eliza and Jasper know about us. It’s only a matter of time before Mum finds out. I might as well get it over and done with now.”
“Fine. You keep her safe, Pres. We’ll deal with shit here. You sure that guy will get rid of the body?”
“I’m pretty fucking sure. Doubt he wants me coming after him and his family. Not after what I threatened.”