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“I see.” She studied me for a beat. “You should bring him tonight.”
“Tonight?” Had I missed something?
“Trigger called his buddy Elio, and he and his cousins arrive tonight from Italy. We’re having drinks on the rooftop.”
“Oh.” I hadn’t heard anything about that. “I think we’ll just stick with dinner.”
“He’s game for tonight.” Rail held up my phone, and my eyes popped when I read his text message asking Benny to join us.
“Rail!” I snatched my phone back, already trying to find a way out of it. “Seriously?”
“Now you have to go or we’ll drill him ourselves.”
Minnie cursed then laughed and leaned toward me. “Just come.”
“I don’t have a choice now, do I?”
“Nope.” Rail gave me a shit-eating grin as I spotted a new hire with my to-go order. “Wear something slutty, you know, for me.” He ducked as I swatted him.
“Here you are,” she beamed at me and turned the cup around to read my name scribbled on the side, “Kenna. A double black and an extra-large cinnamon-raisin muffin.” She set my order in front of me.
I thanked her and tipped her well as Minnie eyed my order. She knew me well enough to know I wouldn’t touch a raisin if it was the last food on Earth.
She nudged the bag when I stood. “What’s with the shriveled-up balls treat?”
“It’s called progress.” I didn’t want to get into it right now. “And it takes two to make that happen, so this is that.”
“Oh,” Minnie caught on right away, but I did notice she gave a concerned looked to Rail.Odd. “See you tonight.” She smiled warmly.
I scooped up the bag, blew her a kiss, and she looked smug and clocked Rail in the head as I left.
It felt strange to come to the twentieth floor and not make a point to avoid my father’s office. It always represented the gates of hell to me yet, there I was with his favorite treat and a coffee, voluntarily dropping by for a surprise.
“Knock-knock.” I pushed the door open. “Cam—” I stopped myself. “Dad?” His office was empty. I crossed the large room that looked out over part of the Strip and set his coffee and treat on his desk. My phone rang, and I saw it was Hanna. Oh, my God! I quickly answered it, happy she called me.
“Hanna?”
“Hi.” She sounded better. “I just wanted to let you know I’m settled back in LA with my parents.”
“I’m so pleased to hear that.” I really was. “How are you dealing with everything, you know, with the whole Sasha death thing?”
“Um,” she sighed, “I’m getting there. I’ve decided to see someone for it.” My stomach sank, and she quickly filled the silence. “It’s okay. I’ve learned my lesson, Kenna.” She lightly laughed. “They’ll get a watered-down version of what happened.”
“Okay.” I instantly thought of Grim snapping his neck and knew some people could handle that side of life and others couldn’t. Though she hadn’t actually seen Sasha die, she knew he’d been killed and how. “Well, in that case, I’m glad you’re getting help. I’m sorry things went down the way they did.” Something suddenly hit me. “Hanna, can I ask you something?”
“Sure.”
“Remember Sasha’s tattoo, the one that was on the inside of his bicep?” She cleared her throat, and I could tell a little ping of jealousy still rested below the surface.
“Yeah, what about it?”
“Did he ever tell you what that was for?”
“It was just some high school football thing he got with his team.” Well, that was lie, because I had seen Sasha play football with the guys in the back yard, and that man had zero skills even in touch football. He’d sure never been on any team.
“Oh, okay.” I let the topic go.
“Why would you ask me about that?”
