“How much is she likely to be carrying?”
“A couple hundred,” his father informed him.
“Just bloody great.” Bradley muttered “So we’ll hunt two missing she-wolves going under the radar.” he snapped and hung up, before his father could even retort.
“Hadley has cash, a couple hundred dollars.” he told Harry, “so she won’t need that card until she runs out of cash.”
“I’ll continue to monitor anyway.”
Bradley was tempted to cancel it, but he didn’t want her running into any trouble if it was declined. “She’ll need it to book accommodation, even if she pays cash.”
“Doesn’t mean the hotel will run it right away.” Harry commented.
He already knew this, but there was nothing he could do about it. Eddie was out looking, it was unlikely Hadley would stay in her car, or some dingy hotel. No, she was used to staying in very nice accommodation. It was likely she would go to a larger, more respectable hotel, and they would insist on her credit card and likely swipe it right away. Seeing as how young she was, they would want assurance she could afford the room.
Though she was driving a nice new BMW convertible which her father had given her for her 17th birthday, when she’d officially gotten her drivers licence, she’d not needed a big hulk of a car, was small and petite like her mother was.
He and his unit were booked into the Nines, a Luxury collection Hotel, here in Portland and had booked out 4 of their 1 bedroom king suite’s, his had a nice corner view, though they were all in his suite talking and planning when not out there sitting and waiting on Piper to return to her store. Which was only a 30 minute drive from where they were staying.
Eddie strolled in the door pulling Hadley behind him 2 hours after he’d spoken with the girl, “Look at what I found at the Hilton.” he smiled, “thought I’d stake out your father’s favourite hotel chain.”
Bradley stared right at her. “You are in so much trouble.” he let his displeasure about her disappearance known “Sit your a*s in that chair.” He snapped his fingers at the couch in his room.
She looked suitably guilty to him. He put in a video call to his father. He answered right away. “We got her.” he told him and then turned the phone around to show her to him. Hadley looked at the phone, took it even as their father was already yelling at her about how irresponsible she was, how dangerous it was for a young Alpha female to be out there on her own. The dangers of kg, r**e and torture.
Bradley watched as she sat quietly and took the tongue lashing from their father, just nodded when she should and apologised too, then and only then did his father calm down and tell her she’d scared him and her mother half to death, that they’d thought the worst had happened, let her actually talk to her mother Lilly. Told her she had better do everything, absolutely everything Bradley and the Unit told her to do or she would be severely punished when she got home.
Bradley didn’t believe that last part, but it did look like Hadley believed it. His father had the biggest soft spot for the girl, a severe punishment likely just meant being grounded to her bedroom for a day or two and that room had everything she could ever want in it anyway.
He took the phone back from Hadley and spoke briefly to his father said he’d have one of his men drive her back tomorrow, saw Hadley actually pout, but it was his father that had his attention.
“Just keep her there, son. Don’t lessen your chances of getting to Piper. It’s very important she is brought in. Hadley’s punishment can wait.”
Bradley was surprised, but didn’t object. Put a few rules on his little wayward sisters, 1. that she had to stay here in the suite, 2. she wasn’t allowed to go anywhere alone, as it wasn’t safe to do so, 3. if she left this suite without permission, she would be spending time in the cells back at home. For every minute she left the suite there would be a minute in the cells. It was more of a threat, used in the hope she would actually stay put.
The look on her face said it all, she was horrified by the thought of it and also seemed like she actually did believe him too. He was staring right down at her, his jaw was set and his tone harsh, he was all Alpha, not brother. Saw her glance at Cooper as though he was going to save her, got nothing and just nod her head and even stated “Yes Bradley.”
“Oh and you will be sleeping on that couch, I am not giving up my bed for you.” he told her, saw her pout right up at him. Give him that look from her big blue eyes, that always got her, her way.
Tossed her a pillow and a spare blanket to make his point.
One she-wolf found, though she had not really been hiding.
One she-wolf to go. That was in fact hiding from him right this minute.
Piper POV
Brandon was back in school and thankfully, back to his normal self. Laughing and happy with his friends, apparently they were super shocked to see his snow boarding skills on the half pipe. He’d been showing them the photos and the footage she had captured.
Piper was currently working from home as she’d told Izzy she would be, and Brandon too. Izzy had sent one of the girls to her home to drop off the dress she had been working on, first thing Tuesday morning, so it wouldn’t fall behind schedule.
She was working from her home studio on the second floor of her home, but knew she could not avoid going into the store forever. She did actually have in-person appointments to attend to. Though she had already heard from Izzy that they had been fielding calls all of Sunday and Monday while managing the store from Drake Industries, at least a dozen, she had passed on the new policy to the other 2 stores as well.
It wasn’t just their store turning Drake Industries away, Izzy had sighed heavily “I don’t think that man is going to just go away, Piper.”
“He will,” Piper had sighed right back “What days and times do I actually have to come into the store this week? Can you send me the list? If you can handle the lesser clients I’d appreciate it, Izzy.”
Izzy had sent her the appointments she needed to attend to herself. Only 4 of them this week. All the rest Izzy could handle, there was 1 today and 1 on Friday, 2 on Saturday, then none till the entire following week. She was going to come into the store from the back court yard, didn’t relish running into any wolves, if that man was still ticked off about not getting his own way.
Though now she had another Alpha to worry about as well, and not even one from this country. What was going on in her life? Why all of a sudden were things up in the air? Where had her well-settled and comfortable human life gone?
Drove herself to the parking lot a few blocks away and made her way to the store via the back allies, to attend her appointment for today. Saw another store owner sitting in the courtyard having a cup of coffee, though she could smell alcohol in that coffee, smiled at Caroline, she got along with all of the store owners around her, made a point to. Asked her how she was doing today.
Had a chat for a few minutes, and move on.
Drinking alcohol in her coffee at work was the way she dealt with having an unfaithful husband. Poor woman really should just go and get a divorce. She had heard the two of them argue on more than one occasion now. Had actually stepped in when the man had slapped her, he had not realised she had walked into the courtyard at the time and had seen him.
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