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“Shit,” I grumbled from the ground, grabbing the ice pack again.
King joined me. “You breaking her by accident is worse than when you did it on purpose.”
I squeezed my eyes shut. “I don’t know how to be the Trojan Horse in this scenario without breaking everything.”
Ash tossed me a clean towel. “Nobody ever said you had to be the Trojan Horse to your partner in crime, and if what you’re saying is true and isn’t another ploy from you and the De Lange Family, we have a mole on our hands.”
I snorted out a laugh. “Oh Ash, that’s hilarious, you don’t have a mole, you have someone out for blood, could be anyone, but one thing is certain, they’ll take me out first so try your best not to be first in line to kill me, you kind of need the Trojan Horse,” I pointed at myself. “In order to find the weakness, and right now, all eyes are on me.”
“He’s right,” King added. “This doesn’t mean I forgive you for killing my best friend in cold hard blood, but this also raises some questions, why would he ask you for that?”
“I’m out.” I stand up. “I told you what I was allowed to say.”
“Whoa, whoa.” Ash grabbed my arm. “By who? God?”
I jerked free. “By Junior, you dumbass, now send some extra men to protect my ass, stop making fun of my new boat, and give me one of your best for Bella. They’ll come after both of us before they go after everyone else.”
“What? Like there’s a line now?”
“Guess whose name is first,” I whispered, “and you win a prize.”
I pointed at the white horse tattoo on my wrist. “After all, when a family line is cleansed, they don’t stop at the leaders, do they?”
The room fell silent.
King stood. “Fine. You got your men, now give us more answers.”
I yawned. “Yeah, yeah, I have to spend more money before that happens.”
“Because why?” King laughed. “You have everything you could possibly want.”
“Because…” I tossed him the bloody towel. “It’s the only way to hurt whoever’s trying to hurt us within the De Langes. The Five Families only gave a stipend, and it’s going to go to hell if I spend it all.” I grinned. “Which I intend to do.”
“…can’t swim, but has brains, truly fascinating,” Ash said under his breath. “Should we get him water wings for Christmas?”
“On that note.” I flipped them both off. “Keep me alive, mm kay, you need your horse.”
“Sadly,” Ash said under his breath.
“Heard that,” I said.
“SADLY!” King repeated. “For the people in the back.”
I smiled despite feeling sore and like shit and went in search of Bella. By the time I stumbled back to the brunch table, it was empty except for Trace, her mom.
“Hey, where’s Bella?” I asked.
She frowned. “She said she was going to go looking for you?”
“She found me,” I said slowly. “But started walking back here.”
Nixon chose that horrible moment to come outside. “Hey where’s Bella? She left her phone and purse, and nobody can find her.”
Shit.
I broke her.
She cried.
