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Linc punched Nick in the face. Not at full force, but enough to shut him up and knock him down to one knee. Nick rubbed his face.
“Nick!”
Linc decided to put a pause on beating the hell out of Nick. He looked back and saw Nova running through the lot. Tears in her eyes. Happiness on her face.
“Stand the fuck up,” Linc ordered Nick. He helped Nick back up and then pulled him close. “Your sister has been the one looking for you. Putting her life on the line. She didn’t want to call the cops in case you were in trouble.”
“So she called her old outlaw boyfriend,” Nick said. “Smart.”
“Nick! You’re okay!”
Nova’s voice screeched as she pushed by Linc and threw her arms around her brother’s neck.
Nick hugged her back with one arm. “Hey, I’m here. I’m fine, Nova.”
“You scared us all half to death! Where the hell were you?”
“Just taking a break from life,” Nick said.
Nova stepped back from her brother. Then she slapped him across the face. It was such a loud slap that everyone nearby stopped what they were doing and looked.
“Drugs!” Nova yelled. “You can’t get away from that shit! That’s what you were doing! I saw the pictures! Drugs and guns and dealers and all that. Where were you even? Huh? Where did they find you?”
“Nova,” Linc said. “Give him a second to breathe.”
“It’s fine,” Nick said. “I’m the family fuck up. This is what I do.”
Nova tried to say something but lost her voice as she started to cry. Linc lunged forward punched Nick in the stomach. He looked Nova and she nodded. Nova hated herself for nodding, but it needed to be done.
Nick was cocky, spoiled, and thought everyone should cater to him. With one whistle, Linc had the attention of Darrow, Fitz, and Priest. It was a proper punishment, all things considered.
Nick definitely earned and deserved the beating he received.
Chapter Thirty-Three
Bastard
Nick took the towel wrapped in ice off his right cheek. He flexed his jaw. Nova kept driving. Nick licked dried blood from his bottom lip.
“Nova…”
“Save it,” Nova said. “Save it for Mom. I’m happy you’re safe but I am so fucking mad at you right now. You have no idea what that woman has been doing to me.”
“The same she does to me when you’re not around,” Nick said.
“Then do something about it, Nick.”
“Like what, Nova? Leave? Then what happens to her?”
“Don’t play the pity card right now, Nick. Have you seen the house? It’s a disaster. The grass isn’t cut. The gutters have trees growing in them. What the fuck do you do all day?”
Nick lowered his gaze. “Do you ever wonder about our father?”
“Our father?” Nova asked. “Why would I worry about him?”
“You met him, Nova. I never did.”
Nova laughed. “Yeah, I met him. I was a baby! Do you think he even acknowledged me? He didn’t, Nick. I have zero memory of him. And from all I know, he would show up when he wanted to get laid.”
