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Right.
Because I looked like some heroine in a horror movie.
Soaked in blood.
“Okay,” I agreed, nodding.
“Okay. And after that, I am going to need you to follow on a path out of the front door. Judah will be waiting for you out there. And then you’re going to get in a car and go—“
“I need to be with Aurelio,” I cut him off, tone desperate.
“I know,” he agreed. “Lucky and Milo will take you there.”
“But what about all of…” I said, waving toward the house in general. Which was full of dead bodies. Including, the most brutal scene of all, Warren’s corpse. Gutted.
“All of what?” Luca asked. “Nothing happened here today.”
“What?” I asked, squinting at him.
“The thing is, you were home in bed with your son,” Luca said. “And you got a phone call that your boyfriend was involved in a drive-by shooting.”
“A… I…” I started before it clicked.
He was giving me the official account of the events of the night. The things that were likely being told to the hospital staff and the police. Because this wasn’t Navesink Bank. Because Lettie wasn’t there to fix things. And Aurelio had needed to go to a normal hospital. Where the cops would be called. And questions would be asked.
“Okay,” I said, nodding.
“You were at home,” Luca repeated, “in bed with Judah.”
“In Navesink Bank.”
“That’s home, isn’t it?” he asked.
“Yes,” I agreed, feeling it down to my bones. “Yes, that’s home.”
“That’s why it took you so long to get to the hospital.”
Right.
Because it must have taken hours for Luca and his men to get to the house. Hours when I’d been zoned out.
“Why was Aurelio here?” I asked.
“He was having a guys weekend with his buddy who is going through a bad breakup,” Luca said.
“Right. Of course. Umm…”
“Damon,” Luca filled in.
“Right. Damon needed some moral support.”
“Exactly. And they were stopped by the side of the road and became the victims of a horrible, senseless, crime.”
“I got it,” I agreed, nodding.
“Thanks, Milo,” Luca said as a pile of clothes were placed on the bathroom counter. “Take your time,” Luca said, helping me up to my feet, then reaching into the shower to get the water warming up.
They left then, and I stripped with my gaze away from the mirror, not wanting to see myself covered in blood. I folded the clothes and placed them on top of the hamper, then climbed into the shower.
