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Brick
It was weird for Brick to hang out with Kane in his apartment. He’d never invited anyone here before, but the things they had to discuss required discretion. Liv was visiting her brother, and this was as good a time as any to wrap up loose ends from their takedown of Sucre’s operation.
He couldn’t breathe for a second when his friend dropped his old black backpack on the table in front of him.
“You forgot something at the bar the other night, brother.”
Honestly, he hadn’t thought about the money except as an element in his plan to destroy Sucre. Having it here now opened up a world of possibilities. “I’ll never be able to thank you for what you’ve done for me.”
Kane rubbed his beard. “You can start by coming back to work soon. Matt won’t say shit, and I hate working in silence.”
He barked out a laugh. “Give me another day or two. I did get shot. That should buy me a little time off.”
“How’s Will?”
“Liv says he’s awake. Mad as a hornet’s nest she got kidnapped, but he’s gonna be all right.”
“You think he’ll ever accept you in his sister’s life?”
“I hope so, but he doesn’t have a choice. I’m in this for the long haul. I love her, man.”
“I’ve been in love once.” Kane’s face was stark. “The best and the worst thing that ever happened to me.”
One day, he would ask his friend to tell the story, but not today. “The best, yeah. The worst is all behind us.”
Now Kane cracked a smile. “Because you fucking killed everybody, brother.”
He shrugged. “How’s the house on Burgundy Street coming along?”
“It’s practically done, but Xander is freaking out because there still isn’t a buyer. With all the trouble at the Decatur house, he’s really feeling the heat.”
“Still no buyer? The house is perfect.” He thought about the family he’d pictured building a life there.
“If you like it so much, why don’t you buy it yourself?”
“I ca—”
Kane picked up the backpack and threw it at him. “You’ve got the down payment. You’ve got the girl.” He smirked. “You know it was built by the best. What are you waiting for? The only thing standing in your way is you.”
***
Liv
Liv felt like a different person as she walked through the halls of her school Tuesday morning. So much had happened since the end of last week, but everything here somehow stayed the same.
Funny it surprised her.
The doctors were supposed to release Will from the hospital tomorrow. He needed to take the next few weeks off work, but otherwise, his life would be going back to normal too.
The police accepted her version of events from Sunday night. She told them she’d been there to check on her student when some crazy guy with a gun started shooting. Thank God, her brother and her boyfriend had accompanied her to such a terrible neighborhood, or who knows what might have happened.
She’d feared the state of Tre’s body would cause a stink, but it looked like the cops had their hands full. When they investigated further, they discovered a macabre cage under Tre’s bed. They ordered tests to identify the hair and skin residue they’d scraped out of the hinges. Other sets of DNA analysis might identify the dozen fingers found in a velvet lined box on his nightstand.
In the face of all that, she figured the police were just glad Tre was finally off the streets.
As far as she knew, no one had asked any questions about Sucre or his crew. The police had found no bodies. They all simply disappeared. Including his infamous bruiser Brick Barlow.
Brick was a thing of the past. Now only Jonathan remained.
