Free The Hunt for Summer (NSC Industries) by D H Sidebottom Page B

through the door before I had chance to change
my mind.

 
    Chapter 10
    Lucas
     
    I glanced at Red as
I opened the car door for her and my stomach clenched at the resignation in her
eyes.
    She looked utterly
defeated and I wondered what hold this guy had on her, and what was in the damn
secretive brown envelope. It was obviously something shocking regarding Red and
Mason and I was damned if I didn’t get a glance at the contents before the
night was out.
     
    “I really think you
ought to stay with me for a while, Red. Just while Diablo is out there.”
    She shook her head
and turned to face the window as I turned into a back street and checked my
mirrors to see if we were being followed.
    I noticed a couple
of cars but they were quite far back so nothing jumped out at me.
     
    “Red?” I asked again
but she still didn’t answer and I cast a quick glimpse in her direction.
    Shit! She was
crying. What the hell did I do now?
    “Hey” I said softly
and placed my hand on her thigh nervously.
     
    She shook her head
but still didn’t turn to face me and I could sense her embarrassment so I found
a spot at the side of the road and pulled over.
    She suddenly gripped
the door handle in a bid to escape but I flicked the door lock before she could
make her getaway.
    “Please, just let me
out Lucas…” she hiccupped and my heart stuttered at her distress.
    Oh Crap. I wasn’t
used to these feelings and I didn’t know what to do to help her.
     
    I gripped her chin
gently as I turned her to face me and I gulped at the desolation in her eyes.
“I… I’m… S..Sorry...” She stuttered.
    I shook my head at
her and stroked the tears off her cheeks with my thumbs “Hey, I can’t wipe away
your tears unless you let them fall.”
    Her eyes widened at
me as I continued to dab her wet cheeks and she nibbled furiously on her bottom
lip.
     
    I squinted as I saw
a figure approaching the car with his head down and covered with a hood. He
glanced upwards and caught my eyes.
    SHIT!
     
    “Hold on, Red!” I
told her as I floored the accelerator. The man started running.
    Like he could outrun
a Porsche. Fool!
    Red turned in her
seat to see who we were fleeing from and I heard her gasp when she caught sight
of whoever it was.
     
    She slumped back in
her seat and confusion covered her face. “Holy Fuck!” she whispered and I
risked a glance at her as I screeched into a one way street just to see if we
were followed.
    “You know him?” I
asked her as I shot a look in my mirror and was relieved to see no car
following us down the wrong way.
    “Yeah…” she puffed
out and looked a little startled, “But I thought, I thought Mason…”
     
    She leant forward
and pulled her phone from her bag and I took it she was dialling Mason. “Mase.
Simon Bell… he’s still around.”
    I caught Mason swear
down the phone. “Yep, No just seen him following us,” Pause. “Well the
last I heard he was self contracting himself out, but we thought he’d moved
abroad.” Pause. “Yeah, well just warn Ava. After Dane contracted him, I
just wanted to warn you.” Pause. “Yeah, see you tomorrow.”
     
    I sighed heavily
when she ended the call and slowed down the car when I was sure we weren’t been
followed. “Are you gonna tell me what the hell’s going on, Red?” I asked with
annoyance at all the secrecy.
    She scrunched up her
face and took a huge gulp of air “It’s best if you don’t get involved, Lucas.
Honestly, you don’t need to get on the wrong side of Diablo… he, he has his own
set of rules and, well they’re not nice.” She turned her face away and I could
see her reliving some of Diablo’s rules.
     
    “I can take care of
myself Red, and well, I just wanna help.”
    Her brows furrowed
in puzzlement “Why?”
    I used my mirrors as
a diversion and shrugged. “I dunno. Maybe I like you.”
    She smiled at me
softly when I turned to glance at her. “And I like you too, that’s why I’m
trying to keep you out of