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“Make sure you get answers tonight.”

He nodded and walked off.

“I don’t believe this,” Ren said, looking at me and then Myles, Blake, and Theo. “I get why you did it, but it still doesn’t make ruining his life okay. And to top it off, you all lied to me and kept me in the dark, again,” she fumed. “I have to go to the police station and see what I can do about Ivy.”

I grabbed her hand before she could walk away, but she jerked free.

“Don’t,” Ren ordered, her eyes cutting me deep.

“Let me handle Ivy. I’ll even call Morrison to make sure he’s there when she gets out. Just stay away from the station,” I said.

“Why, are you scared I’m going to turn you in?”

“No, because as angry as you are, you know that we’re right. Ella died the last time we waited to act. You and your father almost died the time before that. You really want to see what the third one looks like?”

I hadn’t wanted to go there and say it out loud, but she needed to hear it.

“It’s just better that you stay out of it,” I said.

“Fine, I’m going to my dad’s.”

“I’ll drive you,” Theo offered.

“No. Mo can take me. I don’t want to talk to any of you right now.”

We all watched as Ren marched off, Mo following like a shadow.

“We really might’ve fecked it up good this time,” Myles said. “I knew lyin’ to her was a bad idea.”

“Yeah, and how would you have neutralized the problem when killing him was off the table?”

“I don’t know,” Myles said, running his hand through his hair.

“Exactly, and she was never letting us do this. So, we did what was necessary.”

“Aye…I guess.”

I wouldn’t take it back, so the only thing I could do now was deal with Ivy being caught in the middle.

Liam rounded the corner and looked around.

“Where’s Ren?”

“She left with Mo to go to her dad’s,” Blake said.

“What about the backpacks? You find anything out from Trent?”

“Yeah, the idiot decided to use those instead because they looked, and I quote, less suspicious,” Liam said.

“Stupid son of a bitch. Alright, we need to take care of him tonight. Quietly. I’m heading to the station to talk to Ellis, and then, I’ll meet you at the cabin.”

Liam nodded.

“You want all of us there,” Theo asked, and I shook my head.

“No, if anyone can get Ren to see that this is not a bad thing, it’s you three. Wear her down so we don’t all end up divorced,” I grumbled and headed for my truck.

Choices and consequences. It never ended.