Chapter 9
Jake had the State Trooper's files up and waiting for us when we got inside and I grinned at him. "You know, you would have made an amazing criminal."
He winked at me and patted the chair next to him. "Well, you would miss me too much if I had to be on the run all the time."
"You're right I would." I laughed, sitting next to him, opening the file and setting it on the desk. Jake looked over at the name on the file and made a grunting noise. "So finally checking into him huh?"
I rolled my eyes and ignored him, looking for what I needed. Ah ha, bingo, social security number. "Here, use this. That way if he has changed his name, at least we can find him if he is still using the old social security number."
Jake typed in the number and frowned at the screen. I couldn't even pretend to understand what all the codes and short hand that came up all over the screen meant. I nudged his arms to explain to me what he was saying, but he ignored me and looked at the file again and back at the screen. "Are you sure this is right?"
I nodded instantly. "Yes, Principle Young gives me files on all the teachers that sponsor, so I can apply for trainer's bonus from the state. Why?"
"This isn't his social security number."
I frowned looking at the paper as if it will tell me the truth. "Why do you mean? How do you know?"
Jake laughed and pointed to the symbols and numbers on the page. "Well for starters, if this is Jyran, then he looks really good for 110 years old and his name is Carl Collins."
I gasped, staring at him. "What? No, then there was a mistake."
"Or he is a liar." Paxton said from the kitchen. "Oh, wait we already knew that."
I turned on Paxton glaring at him. "We do not know that."
Paxton walked over to me and I stood. The tension from my fight with Kim still had me jumpy and I felt over powered sitting while he stood over me. "He told everyone he was gay, for starters."
"So, he could get Sam to back off." I defended. All signs were pointing to Jyran in the wrong, so I have no idea why I was arguing this so passionately, I guess I didn't want my first choice to be so atrociously wrong.
"To get closer to you. You know Princess Stanley, if I didn't know any better, I would have said he picked Darrington for that very reason." Paxton snapped, he looked at Jake and back at me with a satisfied smirk. I looked at Jake horrified and he had the decency to look up set about it. "I am sorry Park, this guy's file says he's got at least ten years of teaching under his belt, there is no way that he would need the year credit at the school."
I sat heavily into the chair before jumping back out again covering my mouth gagging as I headed for the kitchen sink. I felt my hair held back and a large hand on my back as I heaved everything since lunch up into the sink. It wasn't so much my gross miscalculation in this man that was making me so ill. It was more of the fact that I didn't even know what he could have done, why he wanted to be near me so bad.
I was rinsing the sink and my mouth out as I resonated on those thoughts and the light kicked on in my brain. I spun so fast I almost ran right into Paxton who was still rubbing my back. "Next of kin."
He clicked around on the computer some and I watched as Paxton guided me to the kitchen table and gently sat me down with a cold bottle of water. Jake shook his head and looked back at us. "With this phony social security number, nothing comes up."
"Just put in the name he is using then." Paxton said, sitting down in the chair behind me. "I mean they will see the name and run the social, but not many people will just search the name."
Jake swiveled back to the computer and set off with a few clicks of the keys. He whistled looking at the screen. "Well you sure can pick then, Parker."
I covered my face groaning. "How bad is it?"
"Well he is squeaky clean here in Washington, but federally he is currently being investigated for kidnapping and murder. It was in Canada, so they can't really make a move on him." He said reading the reports he was snooping through. "All incriminating evidence went missing before they could even hold him for questioning."
"Murder? Are you sure it's the right Jyran?" Oh god, what have I gotten myself into?
Jake shrugged. "The age is right and the description matches almost perfectly. It says here he's assumed dead! There was a car crash that killed his brother Peter White and a girl is in the hospital in Vancouver."
I looked at Paxton with wide eyes. "Oh, my god, should we turn him in?"
Paxton was already shaking his head. "No, he hasn't done anything that they will care about just yet and we still don't know why he is targeting you."
I frown, thinking hard only coming up empty. I didn't know really anyone outside of town, so there was really no one that I could have upset. I would have absolutely remembered meeting him at some point in my life. "What is the girl's name?"
"Amy Collins"
I thought hard trying to focus on the name. "So, he must know the Collins family if he is using Carl's social security number and the girl Amy is in the hospital probably a vegetable."
Jake shook his head. "The accident just happened. As in like a few weeks ago."
I gasped and covered my mouth with the threat of being sick again. I looked at Paxton and he knew exactly what I was thinking. Jyran was on 'vacation' when the whole marriage drama went down. It had to have happened then.
"Holy shit!" Jake said suddenly make me jump. "I just realized how I know the name Collins! It's been bugging me because I know that name from somewhere but I couldn't remember from where." He was looking at us excitedly and I flailed my hand impatiently for him to continue. "Evan Collins!"
I was lost.
"He is the man that shot Jeff." Paxton said in a quiet voice. All alarms and red flags went up all at once.
"But he is in prison. I mean, locked up tight and put away, how could? Why?" I said stuttering trying to keep a grip as my life just got about 400% more complicated.
Jake was already clicking on the computer keys and was shaking his head before he gave us the answer to that. "He got out just a few days ago."
I am pretty sure I started to hyperventilate. So, was this about me? Was this about my dad? Should I tell daddy about this? No! The hail storm of protection detail that would follow would be ridiculous and I refuse to live under the same roof as Kim. I'll fucking kill her.
Jake was scooting across the floor on the roller computer chair with the look I knew to be as him thinking really hard, however it got me smile a little. "So, he is hired by Evan to get you to trust him so that he can get you away from your family, since everyone knows about how the brothers are."
"Not everyone knows about me moving out and me and Paxton's marriage though." I said standing in my excitement, but then stopped dead in my tracks. "Jyran does though." I sigh sitting back in my chair.
"He doesn't know you know all this though." Jake said, his eyes twinkling. No, that is true he didn't.
"No, do not even fucking think about it," Paxton snapped, giving Jake a deadly glare.
"She is in the perfect position to get him to take about what he knows!" Jake argued, he looked at me to recruit help, but I was way ahead of him.
"If I start acting weird now, he will know that I know something." I reasoned, looking up at Paxton smiling innocently. "That could put me in even more danger and force his hand to do something before we could get any evidence."
"You are not being fucking bait!" Paxton roared standing up. "Do you have any idea what you are asking to do?"
That was the trigger I needed and he knew it by the look on his face. "I am not asking to do a god damn thing! I am telling you that this is what I am doing!"
Paxton stood so fast I scuttled out of my chair, managing to maintain a dignified air and glare right back at him. "So, help me god woman, if you even attempt to think about this idea, I will go to your father and help him keep you prisoner in that house!"
My jaw dropped. For him to throw a threat out like that, knowing how I feel about my family keeping me prisoner the way they did. Fine, he wants to play this game. I can play this game. I shook my head and put on my biggest wide-eyed Bambi look. "Okay I won't go looking for trouble." I said quietly.
I looked at Jake who was looking at me in shock. "What?"
"Well, he isn't wrong. We now know what Jyran is capable of and putting myself in that path intentionally…well it's just stupid." I said earnestly making Jake rub his face in frustration.
"What was the point in looking all that shit up then if we aren't going to do anything about it?" Jake asked, glaring at Paxton and me.
"Well now I can be more cautious around him at school and maybe even make up a reason to have a security guard present in the room when the kids aren't around." I said automatically, looking at Paxton to see if he approved of the idea.
He nodded relaxing some. "Right, you can just tell Principle Young that your dad is doing another man hunt and since your known in the community you were assigned a bodyguard." He shrugged lightly. "It's happened before and the school will be discreet about it and not go asking your dad questions or anything like that."
Jake sighed dramatically nodded reluctantly turning towards me. "Alright then but you are being picked up every day from school by me or Paxton."
I dropped the innocent look about to rip into him, but I saw something in his eyes. He knew what I was up to and was trying to bust me. Dick. I quickly nodded and tried to look relieved. I have Paxton a glance and he looked like he might have caught my mood flip. Fuck, I am going to have to find a way to distract him.
I made my way to the kitchen, setting up the coffee pot for the morning. "Look guys, it's been a long night and quite frankly there have been too many ups and downs of this night. I am calling it a night early."
As I walked past Paxton my fingers lightly traveled down his arm and I gave him what I hopped was a seductive look before turning on Jake with a smile. "Good night Jake, are you going to pick me up tomorrow since I know Paxton works late on Fridays?"
He grinned at me and gave a wink. "You know I will. Good night, Parker."
I headed into the bedroom and closed the door pacing. Okay what if he takes the hint and comes in? Be confident Parker. You can do this. Paxton is like every other guy. They think with their dick, so give him a lot to think about.
I got undressed and laid on the bed, trying to find a casual yet sexy pose that wasn't too posy. This is a lot harder than it sounds. I heard Paxton and Jake talking still out in the living room so I arranged myself on the pillows, hair splayed to the side as I had seen on so many romance novel covers.
I felt the covers sliding over me sometime later. I didn't even know I had fallen asleep. It took all of about ten seconds to remember that I was naked and supposed to be on a mission.
I didn't say anything I just grabbed his hand and pulled him over me, kissing him hard. His resolve was little to nothing because he didn't even resist me. My legs went around his waist and my arms went around his neck. I kissed along his jaw, soaking up his warmth and wantonly pulling him closer and closer.
"Parker…" he groaned between the kisses and bites he was leaving along my neck. "We can't."
Lies.
I raked my nailed down his back making him hiss and arch into me, his thin shorts the only thin layer between innocents and womanhood. "I think I can help you if you can't remember how." I joked, making him laugh sitting back some to search my face.
"We can't annul this if we consummate this marriage." He said biting his lip slightly.
I grinned up at him and winked. "So, we get a divorce like normal people do." I pulled him back to me kissing him hard again, my toes hooking in the waistline of his shorts and pulling them down.
Paxton grunted and I looked down as he rocked, making the tip of his— holy hell! "That's not going to work."
"You know you're getting laid, there is no need for flattery at this point." He joked, rocking harder making me gasp. "You know I am not talking about the size of your horsecock." I groaned, mimicking his motion.
He grinned down at me and nodded. "You're right."
And then I was on my knees on the floor, looking up at him with total confusion. He held his dick with his right hand and braced himself on the bed with his left. "Suck."
I moved closer, ready to accept any challenge, but still confused. "You know I meant I was worried about stretching, right?"
He laughed but I cut it off by making him groan as I slipped him into my mouth, sucking him much like a Melona™ bar on a hot day. "Mmmm fuck yes I know. I want you to lube me up so I can… mm fuck girl, teeth… yes, perfect… so I can slip in easier."
He only allowed me to go a few minutes, mumbling about rain checks. He pulled me to his lap and had me hold his shoulders as I can sink myself onto him at my own pace and depth.
I am a removing a Band-Aid fast kind of girl. I sank down on him with a squeak and a hiss, white knuckling his shoulders. Paxton kissed along my neck and jaw until moving wasn't so bad and the more I moved the more I craved. "Oh, god Paxton!"
His sweetly whispered encouragements brought me riding him hard practically screaming with each thrust. I came twice already, however the second time I am pretty sure I haven't come down yet from. I was a quivering mess, hardly even able to bounce over him anymore when he grabbed my hip hard thrusting up into me with a growl and a shot of warmth to my belly.
He stayed inside me, which I didn't think was possible by the way and threw the blanket over us. I was happy. Blissfully riding the post coital wave of contentedness and I was determined to enjoy it for now before I had to think of things like Jyran and disobeying Paxton's wishes and possibly going up against an attempted murderer.