Protecting You (The Boston irkpatricks #1) (10 page)

Chapter Sixteen

Brendan

I really don’t like the fact that Joella exposed herself like that on stage. I know it is part of the process, but it’s getting harder and harder every day to watch. It didn’t help that Carmen was sitting at the bar staring at her intently. I cut her program short for her own safety. Carmen was not a good guy, by no means. I walked away because if I didn’t I was going to kill him. I may be a nice guy,
but don’t piss me off, because I don’t take any shit.

I’ve been sitting in my office long enough. I need to make sure everything is going okay in the club. My phone starts ringing and distracts me from leaving. It is Patrick.

“Yo dude, what’s up?” I asked.

“Nothing man. Listen, last night when I dropped dickhead off, there were two men following us to his house.”

“You got to be kidding me. I’m sorry for getting you involved. I had no idea.”

“You didn’t know. I don’t know what he’s into but it can’t be good.”

“I know that for sure.”

“Why don’t you just fire him?” Patrick asked me.

“I’ve been thinking about it, but it may cause me more harm than good depending on what is going on. To top it off, Fenner’s here again tonight.”

“Definitely drugs where he’s concerned.”

“Yeah, I’m gonna get to the bottom of this shit. I’ll talk to you later.”

I need to talk to Joella. She has to forgive me because we need to work together and figure this crazy shit out. I also want to be with her. I went out to the club. I didn’t see
her anywhere. Billy was sitting at the bar with Carmen. How convenient?

“Two night in a row,
Fenner! What gives?”

“That hot little number you have working here.”

The vein in my temple started throbbing. I knew who he meant and it wasn’t happening, over my dead body. They’d have to fucking kill me first.

“Oh, which one? We have nine.”

“Tiffany.”

“She’s married. Has anyone seen her?”

Billy got a nervous look on his face. He looked at Carmen. Something’s going on.

“She left. She said she had an emergency,” Mike chimed in.

“
Gawd
was everything okay?”

“Yeah, yeah. She was fine,” Billy said.

I turned away from them and went back in my office. I called every hotel near the house until I found Joella at the Hilton. I ran out of my office and told Billy and Mike I had to go. I need to make things right with her. I stopped off at a flower stand and bought a dozen roses. I’m going to make her mine. I sped down the highway to the hotel.

I threw my car keys and a one hundred dollar bill at the valet guy and went right to
the reception area. Megan was working the front desk.

“Meg, I need to find out Joella Soriano’s room number.”

“She’s in room 1224, Brendan. I’ll contact her and let her know you’re here.”

“It’s a surprise.”

“Ooh...”

“You’re sweet Meg. Say hi to Pete for me.”

“Call him yourself. He’s been waiting to play you in a game of golf.”

“I’ll make sure of it.”

I have been friends with Pete for a very long time. He lived down the street from me growing up. Megan is his wife. She was also a neighborhood girl. They have been together since we were kids.

I am pacing back and forth in the hall. The elevator is taking forever.
Finally
! I got off on the twelfth floor. Why am I so fucking nervous? What if she doesn’t want to see me? Joella’s room was at the end of the hall. I hesitated before I knocked, then I finally got the nerve. My heart was racing. She opened the door.

“What are you doing here? Are you okay? You brought me roses?”

“I was worried about you. Mike said you had an emergency.”

“I’m okay. Some shit went down and I needed to research some stuff. Come in.”

I entered the room. It was a small room. It had a bed, dining set, refrigerator, television, bathroom and dresser. All your basic essentials.

“I want to apologize to you for everything that has happened or anything that I have said to you to make you upset. I want you to forgive me and move back in with me.”

“Oh Brendan… I have to think about it.”

Well at least she didn’t say no.

I moved in closer to her. She’s so beautiful. I want to touch every part of her body. I put my hand on her face.

“Joella, I know you don’t want to rush things, but I want you in my life. I want to drink wine with you, watch movies with you and I want you in my bed so I can make love to you all night long. I’m a lover not a fighter. I want to claim you and make you all mine.”

“Awww Brendan. I feel like I was just imprinted on, like in the movie
Twilight
.”

“What?”

“Nothing. I guess I know what our next movie marathon is going to be.”

“Wait, in order to watch a movie marathon with me you would have to forgive me. So you forgive me?”

“I forgive you, Superman.”

“So, I’m no longer Clark Kent. Thank
Gawd
because I hate being him. He’s boring.”

I pulled her into my arms and kissed her. “I missed you.”

“Me, too.”

“As much as I want you right now, I don’t want to push you into anything.”

“Brendan, I realized that I’m only hurting myself. I’m not living. Well, I am, but in my past. I want you just as much as you want me. I’ve been fighting it since the first moment I saw you. I gave into it and beat myself up for it. I need you just as much as you need me. I think we can be good for each other.”

I couldn’t believe she was saying all of this. I feel so happy right now.

“Come here,
gawgeous
.” I lifted her up and she wrapped her legs around my waist and her arms around my neck.

I kissed her neck gently. I want to go slow with her tonight.

All of a sudden, there’s a knock at the door.

“Did you order room service?” I asked her.

“No, I don’t know who it could be.”

“I’ll answer it.”

When I opened the door, there was no one there. I looked around but they were gone. They left a note on the door. I grabbed it and shut the door. I opened the letter.

“Joella, come here.” She walked over.

“What’s wrong?”

“Look at this. Someone left a note on the door.”

It says:

“I know your true identity now. Mind your own business, you fucking PIG.”

My brain is reeling right now. I’m going to truly kill someone if they remotely go near her.

“It’s probably Billy, but I’m going to need to keep this as evidence and have it examined.”

“You think?”

“Yeah, he probably followed you here or had someone follow you.”

“Why?”

“Sit down.”

“I can’t. I’m too pissed.”

If Joella thinks it was Billy, I’m ready to go after him. He’s becoming a pain in my fucking ass.

“Just sit. I left work tonight because I walked in on Billy and Roxy having a threesome with one of Carmen’s guys. I don’t know his name, the one that’s been coming around with him a lot.”

“Are you fucking kidding me? In my place of business?”

“Yes. So when Billy saw me, he grabbed my arm and threatened me. He said he would kill me if I told you. It’s all on the tape. I wasn’t going to tell you, but I knew you would see the tape eventually.”

I stood up and threw the water bottle on the table. “I’m
gonna fucking kill that asshole, you do realize this.”

“No. I’m going to handle it the right way. Sit down, there’s more. Sit!! I don’t need you destroying the hotel room.”

I sat down. I don’t know how much more I could take. It pains me to see Billy this way. We are family but he has to be stopped. “Go ahead, continue.”

“I came back here to log into my work system and dig up some info. Apparently Billy and Roxy were arrested together seven years ago for drug possession. She was pregnant.”

“Yeah, she has a seven year old daughter. I know that much.”

“Well, bail was posted.”

“Okay?”

“By Connor Kirkpatrick.”

“What the fuck. I know he would definitely bail Billy out but why Roxy?”

“I don’t know, but I’m waiting on more information: her background check and information on her daughter. This is all normal procedure. I have to piece it all together. Right now, we have to act like nothing’s wrong. I’ll go to work tomorrow, like normal.”

“I feel like you’re in danger.”

“I’m not. I do this all the time. I’ m aware of my surroundings.”

“Well, I’m going to be extra precautions.” I was not going to let any of those guys near her.

“Let’s get out of here and go home,” she said.

“I like the sound of that.”

Now I’m going to be a paranoid mess. Not for me, but for her safety. Just when I was starting to believe we had a chance, this could tear us apart.

Chapter Seventeen

Joella

I needed a glass of wine after this night. Brendan and I changed into our PJ’s when we got home from the hotel. We jumped in bed like two teenagers and just relaxed. I made him watch
Twilight
as promised.

“You’re lucky I like you. I don’t usually watch chick flicks.”

“Get used to them because I love them.”

“And the Backstreet Boys concert t-shirt?”

“Yes, that too,” I said laughing.

“I mean I don’t need sexy lingerie or anything. I don’t plan on keeping it on you that long.”

“Is that a threat or a promise?”

“You better believe it’s a promise.”

I’m so happy I came to my senses when I went back to the hotel. When I saw Billy with Roxy in the room, I realized that Brendan was an innocent bystander. He really doesn’t know what is going on in his club. My email dinged with a new message. Why, when I am in the mood to be taken advantage of, I get interrupted. I needed to check this. I am waiting on important information.

“I need to check this email. It could have some leads for me to piece together.”

“I have a piece for you that needs some direction.”

“
Perv!!”

“You want this?”

“Yes… Oh My God.” I sat up on the bed. How the hell do I tell him this one?

“What?”

“I got the birth certificate back for Roxy’s daughter.”

“Okay.”

“The father is not listed on there, but her name.,,”

“What about it?”

“It’s Callie Kirkpatrick.”

“What? Are you sure?”

“Yes. Look.” I showed him the details.

“It’s not my kid that’s for sure. Billy has a kid with Roxy.”

“It looks that way, but we can’t be sure until we have proof. I need to dig further. I’m going to have to pull court records. Someone’s paying child support or is supposed to be.”

“This is crazy.”
“Well my gut is telling me that somehow this kid has something to do with why all this shit is going down.”

“Come on!! She’s the reason why Roxy was blowing a drug dealer.”

“Do you trust me?”

“Of course I do.”

“Women will do anything for their kids. There’s a lot to this story. The key will be who the father is.” I looked at him skeptically.

“Why are you looking at me? I didn’t sleep with that hoe. I mean she wants me and all but I would never give her the time of day.”

“Aww, should I throw you a baby shower?”

“Girl, you need to take that talk somewhere else. That kid is not mine.”

“I love torturing you.”

“When will you know?”

“I really want to talk to my contact at family court tomorrow. She can send me detailed information in a second. Tomorrow morning I should know.”

“I still don’t see how this is going to help us.”

“Brendan, Brendan. There are two kinds of people in this world: people with money and people without. The people without money will do anything to have it. Child support requires money. If you can’t take care of your kid, you find ways to make it happen.”

This has to be tough for him to endure. I have to remember that this is his family. Okay, I need to be sensitive. I have to say something nice.

“Brendan, I’m sorry you have to go through this. I know it’s tough on you.”

“Thanks, sweets. I wish it would have worked out for the best, but I just want
answers. I want to know why he would do these things to me.”

“Babe, people on drugs don’t know what they’re doing. It’s about them and no one else. It definitely has nothing to do with you. The family is usually the one who suffers.”

“You called me babe. It’s cute.”

“That’s all you got out of my speech.”

“No. I already know this from my father. I have lived it first-hand.”

“I know. I’m sorry.”

“It’s not your fault. Let’s change the subject. Put the computer on the floor and come lay in my arms.”

He needed me tonight, someone just to hold him, to be there for him. I was happy to be the one to comfort him. We fell asleep together like this for a while.

Brendan’s cock was so large that he was poking me with it while we were sleeping. God, it felt so good.

“Take off your panties,” he whispered in the darkness. I did as I was told.

He began kissing my neck. His tongue licked me causing tingling between my legs.

“Do you see what you do to me? My dick gets so hard when I’m near you.”

He rubbed it across my ass cheeks. He inserted his finger inside of me.

“Oh…you’re ready for some Brendan?”

“I’m always ready for some Brendan.”

“I don’t want to fuck you.”

“What??’

“I want to go slow. I want to make you feel good.”

He entered me from behind. He was teasing me with his slow thrusts. It was so much more stimulating this way. He placed his hands on my breasts and massaged my nipples between his thumb and finger. We are so compatible.

“You feel amazing inside of me,” I said as I moaned so loud the people down the hill could hear me.

“I want you to ride me,” he whispered.

The sound of his request had my pussy dripping. He laid on his back and I straddled him. I leaned forward and kissed him on the mouth as I adjusted his dick to be able to enter me. I sat up straight on top of him. I moved up and down slowly at first, but he started pounding me from underneath. I wanted him fast and hard. I started going quicker. I moved my ass up and down and back and forth. I was grinding him so hard.

“Oh baby, come on, ride this bad boy. Make him come.”

“I can feel you deep inside of me.” I gripped my nails on his chest. He is going wild.

“Oh, Joella, You’re fucking making me so hot. Keep going… harder.”

“My juices are running down your dick right now, baby.”

“I’m ready to cum deep inside you. I’m so close,” he said.

“Good, I want to see your face when you cum, it turns me the fuck on. I can’t get enough of you right now.”

“I’m coming…Oh fuck… Joella… ahhhhhhhhhhh…”

“Oh baby, I’m right there with you…
Brendannnnnn…..” I screamed out.

The best sex I have ever had in my entire life. He knows how to give it to me. You better believe I’m never giving this up again.

We went back to sleep peaceful and comfortable. He held me all night. Our naked bodies entwined with each other. I remembered to set the alarm for the next morning so I could call family court and get down to business. Tomorrow was going to be a long day.