Vicious Lies (Lies 1)

“Joel!” I yell.

He pops his head out of his room.

“You’re on security, Joel. Make sure everyone is safe.”

He nods.

“Amelia, you’re in charge of the house.”

She salutes me. “Yes, Captain.”

I shake my head. Usually, I like her teasing. Not right now.

Amelia steps back, noticing my change in mood.

I jog over to the locked part of the house. I unlock and open the dividing door. “Phoenix,” I holler.

She steps forward out of her bedroom, still wearing a robe.

“Yes?”

I glance back to Liesel.

“Phoenix, you’re in charge of Liesel.”

Liesel’s eyebrows draw up.

I glance to Phoenix, and she nods solemnly.

Then I lock the door again and pull my phone out. I start making calls to arrange for a flight, walking around the house with Liesel on my heels.

“How are you going to fly somewhere when you killed the pilot?” Liesel hollers.

“You killed Ken?” Joel asks.

I growl at him.

Joel moves out of my way and doesn’t ask any other dumb questions.

Liesel, on the other hand, continues to run after me as I head to my car.

I unlock my Range Rover and open the door.

Liesel is there to grab the door before I climb inside.

“You didn’t kill the pilot, did you?”

I don’t answer her.

“You’re a piece of work. You just did that to scare me.”

She takes a step back.

“When will you be back?” she asks.

“When I save my girl.”

My words cut her. She doesn’t know who I’m talking about. All she hears is the my girl part. I’m talking about a woman I seem to care about more than her. I see the jealousy in her eyes.