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Bianca is not one of those people.
As much as I trust her to do as I ask, I have to also be realistic. If I give her access to a garage full of cars, there’s no way in hell she wouldn’t at least push her luck.
The blacked-out hummer is parked in the far corner next to Mikhail’s ridiculous G Wagon that he insisted on buying for his twenty-first birthday.
After unlocking the car, I slide into the driver's seat and power up the engine.
My phone automatically connects to the center screen, and I quickly dial my youngest brother.
He picks up when I’m driving out of the garage and around the side of the house. Club music blasts through my speakers, and I wince at how loud it is.
“Fucking hell, Danil.”
“Alexei?” Danil yells through the speakers.
“Where the fuck are you?”
“Neon.”
I curse under my breath. Of course, Danil is out clubbing in the city.
“I’ll pick you up in thirty minutes.”
“Why?”
“We have a fucking job to do, that’s why. And bring Mikhail as well. I’m assuming he’s with you?”
Danil chuckles. “Yeah, he’s here.”
“Try to sober up.”
I hang up the phone.
Perhaps it would’ve been better to bring Dimitri along for this job, but I feel guilty for not spending more time with Danil. The most we’ve hung out was on the anniversary of our parents death, which wasn’t exactly a happy occasion.
After they died, I took on the role of the father figure for my brothers, but particularly for Danil. He was barely sixteen when they died, and I needed to make sure he didn’t go off the rails.
Which is hard to do when you’ve been up around drugs and alcohol.
Danil and Mikhail are waiting for me outside Neon, both wearing black shirts and pants. Perfect.
The place is rammed, with a queue around the corner and music blasting so loudly I swear the building shakes from the bass.
I roll down my window as I pull up to the curb. “Get in the car.”
Danil rolls his eyes at me as he throws open the car door and climbs into the front seat.
“Is there really a job?”
“Yes. You’re not a kid anymore, Danil, you need to step up and start taking more responsibility when it comes to this family.”
“You’re finally becoming a man, Danil.” Mikhail chuckles from the back seat. “Man, you were so close to getting laid tonight. If only Alexei hadn’t cockblocked you.”
“Shut up, Mikhail.” Danil twists in his seat to glare at our brother in the back seat. “I’m not a fucking virgin.”
“The way you were staring at that chick's breasts made it seem like you’d never seen any before.”
“I’ve had plenty of women?—”
