I pull the phone to my ear. “Hi, this is Scarlett Ford, Pierce Langston’s fiancée. Oh, that gasp means you’ve heard of my future husband. Good. Good. Can you explain why the estimate changed?”
The mechanic huffs to collect himself. “The motor needs new calibration, but… Hold on.”
I smile and nod to Regan.
Grumbling, he gets back on the phone. “It’s fine. We’ll honor the warranty and bill the city for the deductible. Tell Finn he can pick it up in an hour.”
“Thank you.” I hang up.
Regan lets out a strangled noise of glee and throws her arms around my neck. “You’re a goddess. My personal weapon.”
I squeeze her hips. “Brace yourself. You’re gonna need a plan-B.”
She pulls away. “Why?”
When I take off my baseball cap, the shadow over my face disappears. “Um.”
Regan’s eyes widen the same way mine did this morning when I caught sight of the shiner blooming under my left eye. Even after a sound sleep from the massive orgasms, I was startled.
“Who do I need to kill?” She holds my face gently, moving it side to side.
Next, a pen light is blinding me.
“Pierce.”
“Pierce who?”
I blink. “Langston.”
“Yourboyfriendhit you!” she shrieks.
“Shhh.” I pull her aside and hope Finn doesn’t come running in.
That rebel has six brothers on the police force.
“And he’s not my boyfriend.” I’d told her last night before our shift about the ring, the proposal,andthat I had said no. “Not anymore.”
“I should hope not!” She bravely doesn’t act disappointed that she won’t have an insider source to hit up the Langston Foundation for money to buy new rigs next year. “When did this happen?”
“When I got home.”
“And you stayed there?”
“There’s more to the story.” I cringe, and seeing Regan’s worried eyes makes this more real with every passing minute. “Remember I left here early last night because I wasn’t feeling well? Well, I couldn’t focus and needed to talk to him.”
Regan nods. “You should have taken off the whole shift.”
I shake my head, thinking how things could have been different if I’d stayed home. I never would have seen Pierce’s true colors.
“When I got home earlier than usual, I caught Pierce banging his sister-in-law.”
“Barron’s wife?” Regan shrieks.
Crap, she’s really done her homework on that family.
“Yep. And things got heated. He smacked me when I had the nerve to talk back. I packed up and left on the spot.”
“I’m so glad you left.” Regan stares down at my duffel bag. “Where are you staying?”