“I can’t explain why I slept with him after he pulled a gun on me.”
He laughs at how I knew what he was going to ask beforehand.
“I mean, I was looking down a gun barrel when I first turned around, but when he moved it and I saw him, something deep down told me he would never hurt me. And now he’s going to burn it all down because of me.”
“You don’t see it, do you?”
“See what?”
“He’s not willing to burn it all. Because to him, you are everything. And as long as you’re safe, that’s all that matters.”
“I feel the same way.” I stop and look up at him, shaking my head. “I thought I was your brother’s dumbass decision?”
He cringes as he looks back at me. “I’m an asshole.”
It makes me laugh and I just shake my head before looking back at him. “Well, I guess you and your brother are alike in that regard.”
“Then what are we going to do to get him out?”
“What can we do?”
“You were with him all night.”
“I think I have a plan.” I grin as I look up at him and he nods. “But it’s not a good plan. And he’s going to be really mad when he finds out.”
“He’ll get over it.”
“And if it goes just right, I think it’ll make everything better, permanently.”
“Sounds worth it. What do we gotta do?”
“You can’t do this with me.” I tell him, and he just cocks his head. “Look, the two of you are just now working on your relationship, so you can’t know the entire plan.”
“He’s going to hate it that much?”
“Oh, yeah… so I’ll tell you as much as I can, but don’t push for any more.”
He stares at me for a moment and even if they’re identical, somehow, as I’m looking at Zeke, the differences are unmistakable.
But maybe that’s what happens when you know someone’s soul, you know them; you see them, see them for who they are, so much so that even when there’s an exact copy of them, you know.
“Okay.” He nods his head. “I can do that. Just tell me what you need.”
I pull some additional clothes out of the closet and shove them into a bag.
I hear footsteps out of the closet and look over as Axe walks in next to Zeke.
“Oh, you’re packing.”
“I’m leaving here.” I nod before Zeke turns around and stares at me with wide eyes.
“Yeah.” Axe agrees and I watch as Zeke slowly just turns and looks back at him. “I agree, you should.” It hurts. I turn around, to conceal my hurt, kneeling down and shove more clothes into the bag. “But not because of the reasons you’re packing your things right now.” Slowly I stop, turning back around and looking at him. I can see both Ella and Liza glancing into the closet behind the men. “Z wants you safe. He wants us to take you somewhere safe.”
“And how could you know that?”
“Eli just called. He ended up switching cars with Darren for some reason. Z told me to take you up to purgatory. Keep you safe there. That Darren will probably come back… soon. Apparently, he antagonized him a bit.”
“That sounds nothing like him.” I laugh out.
