Page 38 of Her Greek Protector
Chapter 11
Two days later…
Kassi knocked on the second-floor library door and entered. Leo and Alexi sat in front of a laptop. Alexi started to rise, only to be stopped when Kassi looked to Leo. “Something’s wrong with Gemma and she’s hiding it from you.”
Leo strode from the room. “I’ll be back.”
Kassi and Alexi watched him go. Alexi turned to his cousin, his brow rising in question. “What’s going on with Gemma?”
“She was sick before they flew home from Dubai. She’s been throwing up and she almost passed out a few minutes ago when she bent over to pick up Damien.”
Alexi looked alarmed. “Where is Damien?”
“Aimee took him to the beach for a while.”
“The beach?” Alexi pulled his phone from his pocket and punched in a series of numbers. “Who is watching Aimee and Damien?” He listened to the answer, murmuring something Kassi couldn’t quite hear before hanging up. “I’m going to go find mymitéraand have her call the doctor.” Alexi touched Kassi’s shoulder. “Efkharisto, Kassi. I know something is not quite right in your world and as soon as I deal with a small problem, you and I are going to sit down and figure things out.”
Kassi nodded.Hopefully, that will be many weeks from now.“Fine.” She watched Alexi leave. Turning, she saw the two brothers had left their laptop open on the table. Knowing how private they were, she walked towards it, intending to simply shut the lid, securing the information contained on the device.
As she reached for the lid to pull it down, a picture of herself and Aimee, swinging Damien between them stopped her. She smiled at the picture, remembering the afternoon they’d spent in town a few days earlier. “I wonder where they got this picture?”
She moved the cursor to the see if there were more pictures, but the screen closed, revealing an opened email underneath. The words on the screen made her blood run cold.
So you think you’re better than me? You think you can ignore me and I’ll just go away? Your brother made the same mistake and became fish food. That’s right. It took me a while, but I accomplished my goal.
I must say, you’ve surprised me. I was sure you wouldn’t rise to the occasion, but continue your self-centered lifestyle. Alas, your sense of responsibility has arisen and now I must eliminate you as well as the other members of your family. Don’t think I can do it? Take a look at the attached picture. I can get to you anytime I want.
Enjoy being in control for the time you have left. This time, there will be no one left to come to the Moustakas family’s rescue. If you’re not afraid now, you should be.
Kassi’s entire body shook as she finished reading the email. She glanced at the email address the threatening letter had been sent to and then frowned. “This is Alexi’s private email address. But the letter seems to be written to Leo?”
She heard a noise at the door and quickly shut the laptop. When the footsteps continued past the door, she took one last look at the computer and then left the room. Aimee was out for the next few hours, but when she returned, she and Kassi were going to talk about both the picture and the email. Alexi and Leo were keeping things from her and Kassi wouldn’t have that. Someone was trying to kill her new family. Kassi had already lost one set of parents and didn’t even want to contemplate the idea of losing any more members of her family.
Alexi reappeared in the doorway. “The doctor is on his way.” He retrieved the laptop, not seeming to notice she’d closed it. “What are you up to for the rest of the day?”
Kassi shrugged, her mind still spinning with questions about the emailed threat. “I don’t know. Aimee wanted to take some more landscape pictures. I thought maybe we would head down to the docks.”
Alexi frowned for a moment and then his face cleared. “Fine. I’ll make sure there is someone available to watch Damien if Gemma is not feeling better.”
“Why don’t we take him with us? You’ve got more than enough men watching us all to ensure Damien remains safe.”
Alexi shook his head. “Not at the docks. There are too many people milling around and he’s getting too good at hiding. If he got away from you there, he’d be very hard to find and Gemma isn’t feeling well. She doesn’t need to worry about her son going missing as well.”
Kassi gave him a chagrined look. “You’re right. I would feel awful if we lost him. We’ll leave him here.”
“While I would prefer you all stay close to the estate, I also realize telling you to do so would be like waving a red flag in front of a bull. That being said, I would like you to be more cautious than normal.”
Kassi looked at her cousin, suspicion that Alexi and Piotr had talked growing in her mind. She said nothing.
Alexi nodded, evidently taking her silence for consent. “When are you going?”
“Later this afternoon.” When Alexi opened his mouth to give her further warnings, she stayed him with a raised hand. “Look, stop worrying about us. We’ll be careful and back here for dinner. Nothing’s going to happen to us. We’re just going to walk around and Aimee’s going to take a few pictures. We’ll be back before you even realize we’ve gone.”
“Be careful.”
She bit back her retort, not wanting to invite another lecture, or worse—a change of mind.Alexi and Leo must think I don’t have a brain if they’re keeping something like a threat against the family from me. I’ll show them I can take care of myself. Then they’ll see they can trust me.
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