“Bronco,” she says softly.

“Go outside and wait for me. I want to do this before the sheriff shows up,” I say, but then Walker moves to the right and blocks her escape.

“Do what?” he sneers at me. “You got the Circle C and the dirty books. If she stays here, she’ll be the one in cuffs.”

Realizing his meaning, I grind my back teeth in anger. “You’re a real piece of shit, you know that? It takes a special kind of asshole to throw their daughter under the bus.” He doesn’t bother to deny a word of what I’m saying. “Let me guess, you filed it all in her name? And I’m willing to take a guess and say the bank won’t release the funds I wired to you unless she signs off on it?”

His smile falters ever so slightly, and I hear Tracy gasp from behind him.

“She’s just like her mother. Spreading her legs for the first dick that comes at her and won’t listen to orders.”

“I found the deed.” I’ve got him talking now, and as I move close to him, it pushes him farther away from Tracy. “I saw Tracy’s name on it. Was that because of her mother?”

“She tricked me.” He scowls at me, and I watch as his fists clench. “When I found out, I ran that slut out of town and made sure she never came back.”

“What did you do to her?” Tracy asks, her voice soft and shaking.

I hate how fucking scared she is, but she deserves to know the truth.

“I promised her that if she showed up again, I’d take out the punishment on you.” The smile he gives Tracy sends chills down my back. “She knew what I was capable of, but I told her as long as she stayed away, I’d take care of you.” He rolls his eyes. “She came back begging to see you so many times it was pathetic.”

“Enough!” I bark, needing this conversation to wrap up. It’s one thing for Tracy to find out the truth, but it’s another for him to be fucking cruel. “Under the contract her mother set up, if you were convicted of a felony, the company would become solely hers.”

“Maybe.” He shrugs, pretending to not care what I’m saying.

“You kept Tracy’s name on the paperwork until you could find a buyer that was willing to take on a nearly bankrupt arena. But then you got screwed over again by her mom because you couldn’t get all the money without Tracy. That’s why you came back to get her.”

“She’s used goods now anyway, what do you care? You got the arena and her cherry. Now I’ll take her with me and make her useful.”

“Over my dead body.” My voice is ice cold as I close the distance between us and push him against the wall. “You’re not taking the woman I love away from me.”

“Love?” He laughs and then my hand goes around his neck. He begins to cough and choke, but I squeeze harder.