“That’s not fair. I know they have both been trying to find and talk to you. At least listen to your messages.”
“How do you know that?”
“They’ve both called here looking for you. Don’t worry. I told them you were all right, but not that you were here. I’ll probably get my ass beat for not telling them you were here, but I can deal with that. Kyle won’t be happy that I lied for you…” Jenna wasn’t worried about Kyle. She knew how to deal with him. She just wanted her friend safe and happy.
“I guess it wouldn’t hurt to listen to the messages,” Sadie said.
“Yes, and after you do that, call Evan. Even if you can’t talk to Dave, Evan deserves a phone call from you to let him know you’re okay. It’s been a couple days and they are both worried about you,” Jenna said as she waddled out the door.
Chapter Sixteen
Sadie grabbed her phone and sat to listen to the messages. There were several over the past few days starting from minutes after she had left the club. They went from concern and worry, to pleading and begging her to call. The last one had come just a few minutes ago and it was from Evan. “Baby, I know you are ok, cause I just talked to Jenna. Please, please call me back. Dave needs to explain to you what is going on and I miss you so much. Neither of us are sleeping and we are worried about you. Please talk to us. We will come to you, but we need you. Please, please call me. I love and miss you.” His voice broke and Sadie could hear the concern, worry and love. She got up and started to pace the room. What had she done? Running away like a fool. How was she ever going to fix this?
Still pacing, she took a deep breath and dialed Evan’s phone number. “Thank God, baby. Are you ok? Where are you? Can I come there? I need to see you,” he said, answering the phone before she could say anything.
“I’m fine. I’m staying with a friend. I will meet you somewhere,” she replied, not wanting to tell him she was staying with Jenna and risk getting Jenna in trouble.
Sadie looked up and saw Jenna standing in the door. “Evan, hold on a minute.” She told him and, muting the phone, turned to Jenna.
“Don’t be mad at me,” Jenna started, “but Dave and Evan are both down in the living room. Do you want me to send them away?”
Staring down at her phone, Sadie answered, “I should, but no, I’ll come down. I didn’t want them to know I was here. Are you going to be in trouble?” She was worried about her friend.
“Nothing I can’t handle. Kyle and I had our own rough patch. He will want to help you guys, like you helped us. It will be okay.” Jenna smiled, remembering what her friends had done to get her and Kyle back together. “You go down to the living room and deal with your men. I’m going to lie down for a while. These babies want a nap.”
“Are you ok? I’ll send them away and do anything you need.” Sadie was concerned for Jenna.
“Just tired. Deal with your men. I’ll be fine after a nap.” Jenna looked pale, but maybe she was just tired.
“Ok, I’ll check on you after I talk to them,” Sadie answered.
“Good, I want all the dirt.” Jenna smiled and waddled off to her room.
Sadie went and splashed some water on her face. Since she had been lounging in sweats, she changed into a skirt and top before going to see her men.
Sadie took a deep breath, and walked to the top of the stairs. Looking down, both men were standing at the bottom of the stairs.
Chapter Seventeen
Sadie walked slowly down the stairs and she saw Evan hold Dave back from coming to meet her. When she reached the bottom step, both men started talking. Sadie put one hand up to quiet them. “Let’s sit down and talk. Not here, Jenna is resting and I don’t want to disturb her,” Sadie said firmly.
The men allowed her to lead them to the living room. She purposely sat in a chair, knowing if she sat on the couch, they would crowd her and she couldn’t touch them yet.
Indicating to the men to sit, she folded her hands in her lap and said, “I’m sorry if I worried you. I should not have run away like that…”
“No, you shouldn’t have,” Dave said, ?
?but I understand why you did. I wish you would have stayed and listened to my explanation and I hope you are willing to listen now.”
“Okay,” she said quietly.
“As I’m sure you know by now, that was Petal, my former slave you saw in the club. I did not know she was going to be there or that she was even in town. I haven’t heard from her in several years, and she showed up unexpectedly. She’s gone now and won’t ever be back. I saw to that. I don’t know why she thought she could walk back into my life and I don’t care. I no longer want to have anything to do with her. I only want you. You are the person I love now. I never had the feelings for Petal that I have for you. You mean more to me than she ever could. I threw Petal out of the club after explaining that she would never be welcome there again. But you were already gone.”
Sadie sat for a minute and let Dave’s words sink in. She really didn’t know what to say or how to react. She did know that she had made a terrible mistake. She should have stayed instead of running. What was going to happen now? She covered her face with her hands and started crying. What a screw-up she had made.
Dave knelt down in front of her and pulled her hands away from her face. “Hey, there is nothing here that can’t be fixed. Evan and I want you to come back to the club with us. We want to look for a house for the three of us to live in. Do you want to try again? Will you come with us now and talk? We can fix this,” he said, brushing his lips across her knuckles.
Evan knelt beside her chair and took one of her hands from Dave. “We can fix this. Please come with us and talk. Everything will work out, give us a chance.” He turned her hand over and kissed the palm.