Page 30 of Deathless & Divided

Lily gaped. “Like what?”

Abriella shrugged. “How about a club?”

Evelina made a face. “Should we?”

“Who’s going to tell? One of us?”

“What is the problem?” Lily asked, glancing between her two friends.

“Nothing,” Abriella replied, giving Evelina a pointed look. “We do this all the time. Go out and have some fun, shake off the stress, and forget about the day. Nothing is wrong.”

“As long as nobody sees us,” Evelina said. “Daddy would be in a right fit and you know your grandfather would flip, Ella.”

“Terrance will never know.”

“But—”

“He hasn’t found out about all the other times, Eve.”

“True, but it still makes me nervous. I mean, Lily is getting married and they know we’re all friends. Terrance probably has a half of a dozen enforcers trailing us on a daily basis just to make sure we’re being good.”

Being good?

Lily scoffed. What fucking world did they live in? They were adults, right? “And what if they did find out?”

“They don’t, so it’s not important,” Abriella said. “Eve is just overthinking, like she always does.”

“I am not!”

“Okay, you’re not. Shut up about it. Tommas’ place?” Abriella asked.

Evelina nodded. “He’s the only one who won’t run his mouth if he sees us out.”

Abriella smiled. “He is. And I always know how to lose the enforcers trailing me. They’re too embarrassed to call Granddaddy and tell him they lost me because they know how much shit they’d be in. How about we take my car, stop at the place Tommas’ rents for me after I lose the—”

“Whoa, hold up,” Lily said, leaning forward with interest. “What did you just say?”

For the first time, Abriella actually looked nervous. She wouldn’t meet Lily’s gaze. “It’s nothing.”

“A family Capo is renting you a private place and that’s nothing?” Lily repeated dully.

“It’s nothing to you,” Abriella said firmly. “Better you don’t know, Lily. Trust me.”

“I don’t know, either,” Evelina said with a grin.

Oh, she clearly knew.

Abriella didn’t take her eyes off Lily for a second. “Listen, what I do is what I do, Lily. And I’m going to make damn sure I have fun while I can before I can’t anymore. I’m not looking for anyone’s permission here. Are we good?”

Lily thought so. “We’re good.”

Tommas Rossi’s club couldn’t fit another soul inside. Lily was sure of it. How the club didn’t have fire marshals knocking on the door to clear bodies out, she didn’t know.

“What are you doing here?” Adriano asked his older sister.

Evelina didn’t turn from the bar as she ordered.

“Hey, look at me,” Adriano barked. “Don’t act like I’m not talking to you, Eve.”