Filed to story: Rylee the Orphan Luna Novel
P.O.V.***
After I spoke on the matter with Richard and Chad, we all agreed that Rylee and the girls could be in danger if Eric and his family were still alive. My gut instinct already knew things would never be peaceful for us until the Pattersons were officially disposed of. After everything came to light-Ash was a sociopath with an unhealthy obsession with Rylee who would resort to extreme measures to get what he wanted and mirrored his own father, Eric, who orchestrated the heist of a lifetime to father Lexie and Lanie with Rylee’s mom-there was no telling what they would do to exact their revenge on all of us. Eric was so deranged that he would more than likely come for them if he ever found out the girls were alive.
That made me wonder who the buyer was now. There were apparently two. One for Marvin, and one for Levi. I was kicking myself for letting Rylee interrogate Marvin. Had I done the questioning or, at the very least, kept her calm throughout the whole thing, then maybe he would still be alive so he could tell us who his buyer was. I was kicking myself even harder for allowing myself to kill Levi down in the bunker. Now we had no idea who the buyers were. Do you think that Eric could have been one of the buyers?
I don’t know how since he would have absolutely no money to pay for them. You heard what Marvin and Levi both said. Their buyers were paying a lot of money for the twins.
It was just a thought.
I shook my head. I knew Blade was only trying to help. I buried my face in my hands and groaned in frustration.
“Wow, you don’t sound happy.” I looked up to find Kendrick and Jason standing in my doorway.
“I’m anything but happy.” They both sighed and came over to my desk.
“Wyatt, you need to go back to work. The company can’t run itself, you know,” Jason said to me.
“Hey, I take offense to that!” Kendrick exclaimed. “I’ve been picking up the slack.”
“Yeah, keep telling yourself that,” Jason retorted. Kendrick punched him, and Jason punched back. These two dimwits never gave it a rest.
“Alright, enough!” I shouted at them. They both smiled and gave their undivided attention to me.
“Wyatt, you can’t bury yourself into trying to find Eric and his family. They’ve been hiding for over a year now,” Kendrick told me.
“Ken, I know that. But just knowing that they’re out there is driving me insane. They’re supposed to be f*****g dead!”
“We know that man,” Jason replied. “But you’ve already put off work for the last few days while we helped Chad’s pack. You need to get back to work. Your company is literally how our pack stays afloat.” “Ugh!” I growled and slammed my fist on the desk.
“Wyatt?” I looked past Kendrick’s and Jason’s heads and saw Rylee with Sam.
“Dearest, is everything okay?” I asked and got up to greet them.
“No, but I heard the guys, and they’re right.” I looked down at her in shock. “Wyatt, you can’t keep putting off work. It’s been several days now. I know you want to find them; I do too, but the company needs you.”
“The company can wait, I need to find the f*****g Pattersons before they rain hell down on us,” I countered.
“It’s been over a year, babe. Wherever they’re hiding, whatever they’re up to, it won’t happen for a while. You must go to work.” I let out a heavy sigh and just nodded my head. Sam pulled on my pants, and I looked down at him. He gave me the cheesiest smile, and my heart just melted. I picked him up, hugged him tightly, and kissed his chubby cheek.
“Fine, I’ll go back to work starting tomorrow.” Rylee smiled and got on her tippy toes to kiss me. “How are you doing, dearest?”
“I’m coping.”
“Have you called to talk to Lanie or Lexie?” She bit her bottom lip and shook her head. “Rylee, you can’t avoid them.”
“I’m not trying to. It’s hard, that’s all. I need more time.”
“Then at least tell Chad that so he can tell them. It’s like you said, it’s been several days now. You should at the very least tell them you need more time. It’s twice as hard for Lexie.”
“What do you mean?”
“Chad told me that Brent hasn’t spoken a word to her since they found out Ash was their half-brother. This is just as personal for Brent as it is for you, and poor Lexie is getting the brunt force of it all.” Rylee frowned at my words and cast her eyes down in regret. After a few seconds, she nodded.
“I’ll call Chad. Will you watch Sam?”
“Of course.”
“SWEET!” Kendrick shouted with joy. “Sam, want to play hide and go seek with Uncle Kenny and Uncle Jace!?”
“Yeah, yeah, yeah!” Sam bounced in my arms. I put him down, and he ran over to Kendrick and Jason. Rylee and I smiled at their interactions.
“I’ll be back,” Rylee said, and she left the office. I knew that I couldn’t force Rylee to accept the girls wholeheartedly, but I really hoped that she could find it in her heart to look past Eric’s DNA and focus on her mother’s instead. ***Rylee’s P.O.V.***
“Hello?”
“Chad?”
“Luna Rylee, this is unexpected.”
“I know, I’m sorry, but I needed to speak with you.”
“I’m guessing this has to do with the girls?”
“Yes.”
“Let me guess, you need more time.”
“Is that obvious?”
“Yes, it is. Don’t worry, Lanie fully understands.”
“She does?”
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