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It was hard to focus on anything but Faith.
“Who’s looking after you, Big Bad?” Juliet asked worriedly.
He smiled at her. “Mini, you know I can take care of myself.”
“I really think I should come to you. You need me.”
“What I really need is for you to be safe,” he told her firmly. “Can you do what Brick says? And stay safe?”
“Yes, I will. I love you, big brother.”
“I love you too.”
After he finished that call, he sent a message to Gwen, letting her know how everything was.
Then he called Kent.
“Reuben,” he said stiffly. “You’re still alive?”
“Much to your disappointment, I’m sure.”
“Surprisingly, it’s not as much of a disappointment as I thought it would be. Must be going soft in my old age.”
“Brick said you offered to send some men here,” Reuben said.
“For your girl. Not for you.”
That’s what he’d expected. “Kent, I didn’t sleep with her.”
There was silence on the other end of the phone.
“She came on to me. I know you don’t have to believe me, but . . . I think she slipped something into my drink. Because I would never have gone upstairs with her otherwise.”
“You were drugged?” Kent asked.
“Yeah. I knew Zinna wanted me, however I turned her away every time. She was your girl. But yeah, she was trying to get my clothes off when you walked into that bedroom at the party.”
Kent breathed in and out heavily. “You never told me.”
“I tried. But a few weeks later, you’d left for training and I couldn’t get you to listen. And then too much time passed. I didn’t think you wanted to know. And I was angry at you. For believing I could betray you like that. Now . . . now I’m learning that perhaps life is too short to hold grudges.”
“Are you dying? What the fuck?”
Reuben snorted. “Not dying. Just some personal growth. It’s not fun and I don’t recommend it.”
Kent let out a small laugh. “Never thought I would see it. Do you need my men?”
He wasn’t surprised by the change of topic. There was too much water under the bridge for the two of them to ever be friends again. But perhaps Kent would no longer hate him.
“Thanks, but no. Just keep Juliet and Gwen safe for me until I work out what’s going on.”
Kent grunted. “Right.”
“I have to go back to Faith.” She was stirring.
“Reuben?” Kent said.
“Yeah?”
