“You did. Lionel Santos was Jacob’s friend, but you’ve got to remember that Ruby was a little girl, so you weren’t all interested in getting to know her. They would have been the same age. He was much older than Ruby,” Maddox said.
“Landon may remember her the best. There’s only a few years’ difference between them.” Maddox moved away, leaning against his desk.
Oliver couldn’t look away.
“Oh, Dad,” Jacob said. “Guess what?”
“What?”
“Oliver found his woman.”
Oliver rolled his eyes. Seriously, his brothers couldn’t keep shit to themselves.
“You have?” Maddox asked.
“Yes.”
“Who?”
“You’re staring right at her.”
“Ruby?”
“Yep. I almost got my face caved because of it. She was stalking me like some kind of monster, and when I turned around, I was struck dumb by her. She’s so perfect, and beautiful, and I just wanted to kneel before her.” He forced himself to be quiet. The last thing he n
eeded was for his brothers to be on his case for falling in love with a woman.
What have you been through?
Maddox’s office door was flung open, and their mother, Charlotte, appeared. “What couldn’t wait that Bruce had to come and get me, leaving Tamsin at home?”
Oliver knew she hadn’t left their sister alone. Lou and her son, along with Abel’s woman Mavis, were there.
“Meet Ruby Santos,” Maddox said.
“What? No. That’s not possible. We couldn’t find her, and we finally believed she had been taken and killed elsewhere.” Charlotte rushed toward the sofa and looked at the woman.
Oliver found it hard to move away from Ruby. She was so small. Okay, she also had a few muscles as well from working out, but she was still small. Her tits were big though. It made him wonder what she’d look like with softer curves, and without the need to kill him.
She’d be a looker. There was no denying that.
Long raven black hair, and green eyes that were absolutely startling to look at. She had flawless pale skin, obviously mottled with bruises at the moment.
“Is it her?” Maddox asked.
“Yeah, this is her. It’s like looking at a ghost. Her mother’s ghost, Vivian. She was always a beauty.”
Maddox sighed. “Now we’ve got a problem.”
“Why?” Charlotte asked. “She finally came home, and we promised the Santos family that we’d always take care, and love their children if anything was to happen to them.”
“She attacked me in the alley, and I’d say she’d gladly spit on a Denton, and crush him into the dirt. She’s also mine.”
Charlotte’s gaze on him went to one of amazement, and then understanding. “Wow.”
“Yeah, she’s been brainwashed. Believes we killed her family,” Maddox said. “Right now, she’s a problem.”
“I’ll take care of her. With everyone’s help, we can turn this around.”