Blinding Trust (Mitchell Family, #7)(53)

I really don’t know. He just said she overslept and he was doing her a favor by bringing the girls.

Alright. Thanks.

Did you have a good trip?

No! It was terrible and I should have just listened to Savanna when she told me it was a bad idea. I’m goin’ to come get the girls now.

Addy is taking a nap. How about I bring them when she wakes up?

Sounds good. Thanks, Mom.



I was stumped. Ty wasn’t anywhere on the ranch, so clearly he was with my wife, who was supposedly at the doctors. Why would he have to go with her?

Again, nothing made sense.

When I heard a vehicle pulling down the driveway, I instinctively looked outside. Our SUV was pulling up out front, instead of out back where we normally parked.

Instead of walking outside, I stood at the window, watching.

Ty jumped out of the driver’s seat and ran around to the passenger side of the vehicle. He opened the door for Savanna and wrapped his arm around her as they walked up the porch steps.

That was enough for me to become irate. I rushed through the front door. When they saw me, they both just stood there, amazed that I was home already.



“I caught you, you lyin’ son of a bitch!” I threw myself at Ty, causing us to tumble to the ground. I got one punch in before I felt Savanna trying to rip me off of him.

“Colt! Please stop! Oh my God! You have the wrong idea!” She pulled and pulled, while screaming at me at the top of her lungs.

I sat up straight and just stared at Ty, who covered his face with is hands. “Dude, it’s not what you think. Get the f*ck off of me and let your wife explain.”

I climbed off of Ty, but pointed right at him. “Get your shit out of my house and go the hell home. You make me sick.”

Ty rolled over and got into a standing position. He was brushing off clothes, before he walked into the house. As he passed by Savanna, he grabbed her arm. “I’m sorry, Van.”

She was crying. “Me, too.”

Once he was out of my sight, I looked over at my wife. With tears running down her face, she said nothing.

“Are you goin’ to start explainin’ what’s goin’ on?”

She shook her head. “I don’t want to talk to you right now, Colt.” She ran inside after Ty. I sat down on my front porch, trying really hard to keep from going in there and killing him. Was she really choosing him over me?

In a matter of minutes, they both came out of the house. I stood up and turned to look at them. Savanna moved her body in front of my cousin. “Don’t you touch him, Colt!”

I shook my head. It was more than just feeling disgusted, I wanted to put my fist to his face again. “What is this? Are you choosin’ him over me?”

My heart was being ripped apart with jealousy. I clenched my fists and waited for that little bastard to say something smart.

Savanna put her hands on her hips. “There’s something you need to know.” She started sobbing and I watched Ty touch her shoulder. It made me so mad and when he saw the look on my face, he removed it.

“You better start talkin’ fast, darlin.”

“Or what, Colt?” She was challenging me. “What is it that you think is going on here? You really think that we waited all these years to have a week alone so that we could be together again? Is that what you think?”

“Maybe it is!” I was standing my ground. If this was how I was going to lose her, I wasn’t just going to let her go without a fight. “He probably did this shit just to spite me for takin’ you away from him. That little prick probably…”

“Shut up, Colt! Just shut up! I can’t take this anymore. How could you think that about us?”

“Tell me you don’t love him, Savanna.” I needed to get away from them. She was protecting him and I couldn’t stand being around it. I felt like I was back under that tent hearing her accept his proposal, so long ago. It made me want to be sick.

“You know how I feel about, Ty and you know how I feel about you.”

“So we’re back to that? After all this time, we’re back to that?”

Ty moved to the front of Savanna and I was ready to battle. He put his hands up. “Before you go and ruin your marriage, I think you need to know something.” He looked back at Savanna. “He needs to know the truth, Van. Please don’t hate me.”

I prepared myself for the worst, but never expected what came out of his mouth.

“While you were out dealing with Noah, your wife got bad news. She called Miranda crying, but she left her phone home that day and I intercepted the call. I made her tell me what was wrong. Maybe it was wrong of me, but I knew she was alone and she’s my best friend. When I told Miranda, she made me come here to be with Van. I didn’t do shit with your wife except support her. Fuck you, Colt! Fuck you for thinking that after all this time, I would destroy our whole family like that.” He turned around and kissed Savanna on the cheek. “I’ll call you when my flight gets in. John’s picking me up from your parent’s house.”

He pushed past me, knocking his shoulder into mine. I was so worried about Savanna that I paid him no attention.

“What’s he talkin’ about?”

She sank down on the porch steps and cried harder. Instinctively, I sat down beside her and tried to put my arm around her. She moved her body when my hands touched her. It was clear that she was furious with me.