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face reddened. I smiled. I may have been bullshitting, but he didn’t know that. If my father died, they would all go down. They would have the fight of their lives on their hands.
    “ Have a nice day, gentlemen.”
    I stormed out of the room with Vince hot on my heels. He was heated, but he had nothing on me. I was tired, irritated, and sick of the whole thing.
    He grabbed my shoulder and spun me around as soon as we were in the elevator. His eyes were angry and his words frantic.
    “ Janie, I begged you! You want to get him killed?”
    “ Vince, what do you want me to say? I’m sick of this. I hate that I feel so damned helpless. Those bastards toy with me, and I can’t help myself. That’s my father, or have you forgotten?”
    “ You think I can forget, Jayne? Jesus! Night and day I’m working on this. I’m damned near broke trying to pay this fucking ransom. All I ask is that you shut your mouth!”
    I sighed, closing my eyes. I didn’t want to deal with the look of accusation. I messed up. I didn’t need a lecture.
    “ Look, I know, okay? Just get me home so I can get ready for tonight.”
    He didn’t say another word, and the ride back to my townhouse was silent. He was pissed, and he had every right to be. He was good to me, and he knew how things worked just as well as I did. I was hurting. I wanted to cry, scream, hit, and kill. They would definitely hurt my dad for my big mouth. I just hoped he could handle it.
    As soon as we pulled up in front of my townhouse, he killed the ignition and leaned his head on the steering wheel. The moments ticked away, a painful frustration brewing between us. Finally, he let out a long, drawn-out breath and looked over at me.
    “ Janie, I know you’re upset, but you don’t know these men. You don’t have any idea what he’s going through.”
    I laughed. “What he’s going through? Jesus, Vince! I’m doing my best! This isn’t exactly what I want to be doing either, but here I am. This is his fault, and as badly as I want to help him, I’m losing it.”
    He bent over the steering wheel again, nodding his head on the leather wheel. “I know, kid.”
    A knock on the window startled me, and I snapped my head up to find Collins standing on the curb, black tux and all.
    Vince instantly went for the gun at his belt, and I put my hand over his to stop him. “No, wait. I know him.”
    He glared, but pulled his hand away from his gun.
    Pushing the door open, I climbed outside so I could see what he wanted. It was highly suspect for him to be there, and the quicker I got rid of him, the better.
    “ Hello. Mr. Collins, right?”
    With a faint smile, he nodded. “Miss King, Mr. Maguire requests your company.”
    Surprised, I let out a small laugh. “Oh, well, he’ll need to call my associate to schedule. Actually, if you handle his affairs, Vince would gladly schedule something since you’re here.”
    Vince came around to stand at my side, his mere size enough to intimidate a hardened criminal. He was in full bodyguard mode, and as much as I appreciated it, it made me laugh. It was almost ridiculous for him to stare down the old man.
    “ Vince, this is Mr. Collins. He works for Mr. Maguire. He’d like another date, so I told him you could set that up?”
    Mr. Collins quickly held up his right hand, and looked over his shoulder. “He’s requesting your presence immediately. If you’ll follow me, he’s waiting for you in the car.”
    I followed his gaze to a sleek black car several feet away and rolled my eyes. What a pompous, arrogant ass.
    “ I’m sorry, Mr. Collins. I’m unavailable today. I’ve already made plans, so he’ll have to schedule for another time if he’d like to see me. If he needs some company tonight, Vince would be happy to help him with that. He’s got plenty of sweet girls. I, however, need to get going, but you have a nice day.”
    I’d had it with men of all kinds for the day, and that included incredibly sexy playboys in black