Page 151 of Reckless Vengeance

Tyler groaned, but he put the controller down.

“Can we come back tomorrow?”

“Sorry, man. I’ve got grown-up shit to do tomorrow,” Marco deadpanned, getting to his feet. “Add me though. We can play online.”

“Jesus Christ, I’ll never get him to work now,” Hunter muttered, handing me Tyler’s keys. “I’d say to let me know when you’re home, but I’ll watch the cameras.”

“Weirdo.”

“Only for you,” he grinned, moving to the couch to grab the laptop.

After I managed to drag Tyler out of the house, we headed to the gas station to fill the tank before going home to Josie’s, finding her pacing the kitchen like a caged lion. The guys knew we were fine, but Josie hadn’t really believed it, apparently.

“Oh my God, you’re okay? The police want to talk to you, honey,” she said as she walked over and hugged him, and I didn’t miss the way she sniffed his hair. She didn’t want to believe he’d do it, but she’d dealt with his arson issues before.

She stepped back, holding his shoulders as she inspected both of our clothes. “Where were you? Be honest. Do I need to handle anything?”

“We were in Mount Mercer,” Tyler replied, earning a frown.

“Doing what?”

“Gaming.”

“With who?”

“Mom,” Caden sighed as he wandered in, sweats slung low on his hips and a light sheen of sweat coated his chest. He’d been in the gym. “They’re fine.”

“I need to fill the lawyer in,” she replied, eyeing me. “Are you going to tell me why you’re wearing someone else’s clothes?”

“It’s not a secret. We were with Marco and Hunter,” I answered with a shrug, recognition flaring in her eyes.

“Hunter Rivera? The Devil’s Armada guy? What the hell were you doing with him?”

“Gaming,” Tyler repeated, pulling his phone out. “I need to go and add Marco on my console so we can game online together.”

She gave him an impatient look but motioned for him to go, and Caden followed him briskly, most likely wanting to know what the fuck was going on.

“Why are you spending time with them? And why are you wearing their clothes?” Josie asked me quietly, and I could tell she was worried.

“I needed to see Hunter about something, and the guys hit it off after Marco doused us with the garden hose like an asshole and spent the day gaming together once we’d put dry clothes on. The cops will see we were there when they go through any local footage. Ty’s car was at Marco’s all day,” I replied, heading to the fridge to grab some water. “Tell the lawyer to get them to look. We weren’t even in Ashburn when the fire happened.”

She relaxed at that, nodding. “Good. I’ll make some calls. Hopefully, they’ll come here to take his statement and be gone just as fast. Maybe check in with Luke, he’s a little down since that article went up about him and Jensen.”

“I will,” I smiled as I headed upstairs, finding Lukas and Jensen gaming in Lukas’ room.

“Is he okay?” Jensen asked as I crawled onto the bed, happily moving to sit between Lukas’ legs as he lifted his arms for me to duck under the controller.

I pressed my back to his front, getting comfortable as they kept playing.

“Yeah. He had smoke inhalation but he’s been on oxygen and had lots of water to flush out the toxins.”

“Hunter had cameras in the house?”

“Yeah. I hate to say it, but Ty would be dead if he hadn’t triggered a camera alert. He was blacking out when I found him. Are you two okay? I saw the articles about you guys this morning.”

“I turned my phone off. Pretty sure Mom’s been trying to call me off random numbers,” Lukas sighed, resting his chin on top of my head.

“Anyone else giving you shit?”