Free Legally Bound 2: Against The Law by Blue Saffire Page B

parent’s house tonight if it weren’t for Sam demanding he come to meet his girlfriend. Sam never brings women home, so this one must be special.
    Marcus sighed to himself with the thought. He wanted to be able to bring the love of his life home and let everyone know what she meant to him. He felt like a fool for not doing so sooner. He should never have let her leave.
    Marcus’s heart warmed to the voices of his family as he made his way to the family room. It had been too long since he spent time with all of them. Marie called him once a week, and he had to fight with everything he had not to ask her about Rita every time.
    Marcus smiled at the thought of his last conversation with his little sister. She and Rita both landed part-time jobs in the fashion industry. Marie would be modeling, and Rita was going to be behind the scenes doing hair and makeup. Marcus was proud of both of them. No matter how much he wanted Rita home, he was happy if she was happy.
    Marcus’s smile faded from his face as her brother’s words drifted toward him and became clear. His heart stopped in his chest as he stood in the family room threshold in shock. His eyes locked with his father’s looking for any sign of a joke being played.
    “Hey, Marcus, you’re just in time. I was just telling everyone Rita’s news,” Nate said. “I’m not sure if it will be good news to me until I meet this guy, but she called today to tell dad and me that she is engaged.”
    Marcus went from shocked to enraged. This could not be happening. How could she be engaged, they were in love, he was just giving her time. He was just waiting for her to come back to him.
    “When do we all get to meet him,” Bobby asked, giving Marcus time to recover. He could feel his jaw clench.
    Marcus looked to his father and gave him a hard glare. Not once had his father mentioned that Rita was seeing someone. James was getting weekly reports from the guard he had sent to watch over her.
    Marcus knew that she was in school with Marie, she had a new car, she was living in the same apartment with Marie and recently one of Marie’s friends, Whitney had moved in with the two. He even knew Rita wasn’t too fond of Whitney. He also knew that since they were in Europe, she had dealt with two attempted attacks, both without Marie ever knowing.
    Rita was indeed damn good at her job. Marie still had no clue her best friend was her bodyguard, but Rita was onto her own bodyguard after only two days. Earl had reported to James that Harris was one of their best stealth guards. Rita should have never picked him up on her trail.
    Marcus was fuming, if she was seeing someone how did no one know about it. Marie had said nothing. Rita had agreed to let Harris continue to watch her back without protest, although she has given him the slip a time or two. Marcus wondered if that was when she was sneaking off to see this man she was engaged to.
    “Dad,” Marcus choked out when he found his breath again. Nate had been filling them in on Rita’s call, but Marcus hadn’t absorbed a word he said.
    “Marcus, son I almost forgot I have that file you were asking me about in my study. I wanted to point some things out to you before my old age sets in and I forget. Come, Son,” James said as he stood and started for his study.
    Marcus felt numb as he entered his father’s study and closed the door behind him. He began pacing the length of the office as his father sat behind his desk. This couldn’t be happening it didn’t make sense.
    “I thought Harris was keeping an eye on her. How could this have happened?” Marcus growled. “You said that I should wait, give her time. I listened to you dad, and now I’ve lost her. I should have gone after her. I shouldn’t have ever let her leave.”
    “Keep your voice down Marcus. I know you’re upset, I have no idea what is going on. Nathaniel seems to be as surprised as we are. Harris informed me she was spending time with an old schoolmate Anton,