Davis, Keyonna - Nowhere to Hide [Pine Valley] (Siren Publishing Ménage and More) (18 page)

After their hike, they went to the diner to meet Duncan and Logan for lunch. Cane noticed the stares when they both gave her a long kiss and hug, but she didn’t care. These were her men, and she wasn’t going to let town gossip or anything else make her hide again. Once they settled at the same back table that they always sat at, Ali came over and hugged Cane.

“Hey, kiddo, it looks like I will be hanging here tomorrow night till the guys get off
.
S
omeone
has a hot date.”

She winked and smiled at Riley to let him know she was joking and saw the blush on his cheeks. Duncan and Logan saw it
,
to
o,
and couldn’t help tease him about it.

“You finally decided to ask her out?” Ali asked. Riley’s eyes widened, but he just nodded his head. Of course then the other guys wanted to know who it was that he was going out with and spent the rest of lunch questioning, or should
she
say interrogating him to find out who his date was.

Cane was glad that their attention was on Riley and not on her because they didn’t see the shiver that ran up her spine or notice the goose bumps on her arms. That feeling was back
.
S
omeone
was watching her and it wasn’t just her imagination. She trusted her gut this far, and now it was telling her to run because danger was coming her way. Looking around the diner, she saw only familiar faces except for a guy she couldn’t see behind the newspaper he held.

“Ali, who is that guy behind the newspaper?”

Ali turned to look and then smiled. “Oh, that’s just Mr. Robinson, he has been in town for a few weeks. He is harmless. He comes in here every day for lunch.”

Breathing a sigh of relief, Cane sat back. If he
came
in here every day, then surely she would have noticed him at some point. She trusted Ali’s opinion since she was here every day and knew all the people in town and all the gossip.

“Cane, baby, will you be okay staying here tomorrow night until we get off? Or would you like to come to the station and hang out?”

Turning her attention back to the guys, she answered Logan, “Don’t be silly, of course I will be okay here with Ali. We can have a little girl talk.”

Knowing that would receive a groan from all three men, Cane smiled and winked at Ali. They’d had “girl talk” a few times over the last week, and Cane had been shocked to hear some of the things that Ali knew about from working at the diner. She knew and heard things that no sixteen-year-old girl should know. She knew all about Logan and Duncan sharing women, and she also knew about Riley being in love with Jessica. The more the guys tried to shelter her, the more the town seemed determined to tell her everything. Looking up again, she noticed that the guy with the newspaper was gone. Damn, she wanted to get a look his face. She still couldn’t shake the feeling of being watched.

* * * *

Duncan watched Cane as she rubbed her arms and looked around the diner. It was like she was looking for something or someone, and she seemed scared of what she was going to find.

“Cane, sweetheart, is something wrong?” Cane jumped and bit her bottom lip. Duncan knew that look, she was nervous about something.

“It’s happening again, isn’t it?” Riley asked.

“What’s happening?”

“What the hell is going on?” Duncan and Logan both asked at the same time.

“It’s nothing guys
,
calm down. It’s just…well…I have been getting this feeling that someone has been watching me.”

“What!” Logan yelled
,
jumping from his seat. “In the back
,
now.”

He didn’t wait to see if anyone was following him, just stormed off to the kitchen. Duncan grabbed Cane’s arm and pulled her to the back as Riley followed.

“What’s going on guys?” Ali asked as she trailed behind them.

Duncan was pissed, and he knew Logan was angry as well. He took deep breaths to try and calm down because he didn’t want to scare Cane. Looking at her, he saw that her face was pale and she was trembling. She was scared to death, and it was their fault. Letting her go, he watched as she wrapped her arms around her and backed away from them wide-eyed. Turning away from her, he took his anger out on Riley.

“What the hell is going on, Riley? Why didn’t you tell us about any of this?”

“Look, she made me promise not to tell you guys because she didn’t want you all to worry if it was nothing. She promised that if it happened again, she would tell you.” Looking over at Logan, he saw that he was about to explode.

“Let us have some time alone with Cane please.” Riley didn’t say anything else. He grabbed Ali’s arm and ushered her out of the kitchen.

Duncan was hurt that Cane would keep something this important from them. This was her safety they were talking about. Did she not think that he and Logan could keep her safe? He looked over at Logan and he just shook his head, he knew that the man was too angry and hurt just like him to say anything right now. Holding his hands out in front of him to show Cane that he meant her no harm, Duncan walked over to her. He felt like he was trying to calm a wild animal that was trapped and wrong move could cause her to run.

“Cane, look, we are just angry that you didn’t tell us about this. We want to keep you safe, and we can’t do that if you hide things like this from us.”

Reaching out he gently grabbed her arm and pulled her to him. He felt her instantly relax and wrap her arms around him.

“I’m sorry we scared you, but will you tell us what’s been going on?”

* * * *

What have I done? I should have told them. Now Duncan is mad at me and Logan hates me. He can’t even look at me
.

Biting her bottom lip, Cane let Duncan go and stepped back.

“Okay
,
I will tell you what has been going on
,
but can we go home and talk please
?
”

“
I will go tell Riley and Ali that we are leaving,” Logan said and walked out without looking at her.

“He hates me now, doesn’t he? He can’t even look at me.” Cane could feel the tears coming and didn’t bother to hold them back. “I’m so sorry. I know I messed up, but I didn’t want to worry you over me just being paranoid.”

“Oh, sweetheart,” Duncan said as he wrapped his arms around her again, “Logan is upset, we both are, but he does not hate you. He loves you just like I do. Come on
,
let’s go home and talk.”

Cane followed Duncan out to the SUV where Logan was already inside. The ride to the house was silent and Cane wondered how she was going to make it up to her guys. She knew they were going to be mad when that found out that she was hiding this from them, but she never expected them to get this angry. She knew that they would never hurt her, but the way Logan reacted scared her to death. For a moment all she saw was Sam right before he took a swing at her. She hated feeling like this, and she only had herself to blame. She hated Sam for a long time and blamed him for how her life turned out, but she realized that because of her need to be accepted, she allowed everything that happened to her. Now, because of that same need, she may have messed up the best thing that ever happened to her.

Logan still wasn’t talking to her. When they arrived at the house, he didn’t even wait for her to get out of the car
.
H
e just stomped into the house and slammed the door.

“Can I have a minute alone?” Cane asked Duncan.

“I’m not leaving you out here alone, sweetheart.”

“Please, Duncan, I promise I won’t get out of the car, just… please, I need to be alone just for a little bit.”

“Okay, but I am going to be checking on you through the window.” Duncan shut the door and headed into the house.

Once he was inside, Cane put her head in her hands
.
“Oh God, what have I done? What is wrong with me?” she moaned. She tried to hold back the tears, but couldn’t. She didn’t want to have to leave again
.
S
he liked it here and liked being with Duncan and Logan. Leave it up to her to ruin a good thing.

Cane didn’t know how long she sat with her head in her hands before she heard the door open. She knew that it was Logan without bothering to look up. He didn’t say anything as he climbed in and shut the door. When he reached for her, Cane couldn’t stop her body from flinching. After hearing Logan sigh and pull his hand back, she looked up at him
.
“I’m sorry, I know you wouldn’t hurt me
.
I just couldn’t help it. It’s going to take me a while to stop doing that.”

Reaching for her again, Logan pulled her into his lap. “Listen, baby, I’m sorry I scared you and got so angry, but please know that no matter how angry or upset I get, I will never put my hands on you. I love you too much to do that. I’m angry because you kept something this important from us. You know that you are in danger
.
H
ow
can we protect you if we don’t know what’s going on?”

“I didn’t want you to think I was crazy or paranoid. I never saw anyone that looked suspicious, so I never said anything. I promise I will tell you everything next time, just…please don’t hate me.” The last of it was said in a whisper as Cane laid her head on Logan’s shoulder.

“Baby, I could never hate you. We had a fight, that’s all, and I’m sure we will have many more. I will always love you no matter what.”

Cane felt pure joy at Logan’s words. She felt a huge weight lifting off her shoulders knowing that he didn’t hate her or want her gone.

“You know what having our first fight means, don’t you?” Cane asked as she rose up to stare into Logan’s eyes. He didn’t answer, just raised one eyebrow and looked at her. Leaning down, Cane kissed him putting all the love and desire she felt for him into it. When they were both breathless, she pulled away and leaned down to whisper into his ear. “It means that we get to have our first makeup sex.” Without giving Logan a chance to respond, Cane opened the door and ran to the house laughing.

She almost made it to the porch before she felt strong arms wrap around her waist. Giggling, she was thrown over Logan’s shoulder.

“Caught you, which means I get to have my wicked way with you.” Carrying her to Duncan’s room, he dumped her on the bed.

“It’s about time you two kissed and made up. I have been sitting here waiting forever,” Duncan said as he leaned against the headboard. Cane noticed that he was completely naked and hard as steel. So happy and relieved that they still wanted to be with her, she wanted both of the
m
as close to her as she could possibly get them. Coming up on her knees, she began to remove her clothes.

“I love both of you guys so much that I want both of you at the same time.”

She could see the shock on both guys faces as they looked at each other. Once she finished stripping, Cane bent over and took Duncan’s huge erection into her mouth. She swirled her tongue around the tip as she gripped the base with her hand. She was rewarded with a rough moan as she continued to suck. She felt Logan as he climbed on the bed behind her and ran his hands up and down the backs of her thighs. Cane felt Duncan
’s
hands on the back of her head and tensed a little, but relaxed knowing that Duncan was not Sam and would never do anything to her that she didn’t want him to do.