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“Please.”
He looked to Op who shrugged. “Your call, she’s your niece.”
Leo inhaled deeply. “Okay, but you make sure the kids are inside and I’m supervising from the porch. I’ll go get the gun.” He turned, shaking his head and muttering to himself. “Carly’s going to have my ass for this.”
I clapped my hands and headed back outside, letting Phil know to round up the kids and keep them inside until we were done.
“So…” I started as we walked over to the shooting range, waiting for Leo to bring out his gun. “Spill. What’s got you so upset?”
She scuffed her feet through the grass, staring at the sky as if God was going to give her the strength she needed to talk to me.
It was a good few minutes before she managed to reply. “Remember Nick?”
I frowned. “The kid you were… dating… who took your backpack?”
She swept her fingers through her hair, brushing them back from her face. “He started some rumors about me at school,” she admitted in a hushed tone. “It’s so stupid. Tell me why boys are so damn stupid. I guess I wasn’t much better, sleeping with him and—”
“Excuse me?” Leo’s voice snapped from behind us, causing Meyah to cringe. The both of us turned slowly. I shuddered when I saw the fire in his eyes. “And you conveniently forgot to tell me that part when that shit happened?”
“Uncle Leo…” Meyah’s voice shuddered, and a new set of tears sprung to her eyes.
He stepped forward instantly, wrapping his arms around his niece and crushing her body to his hard chest. When they pulled back, he handed me the gun and Meyah’s eyes went wide.
“You’re going to let me shoot that?” she gasped.
“First, we are going to talk about using it safely. Then we will see,” I countered.
“I’ll leave you to it,” Leo said, coming to my side and pressing a kiss to the top of my head. “Look after her.”
“Always.”
He nodded. “Hey Meyah, how old is this kid… Nick?”
“Eighteen,” she answered, before narrowing her eyes at her uncle. “Why?”
“‘Cause I don’t hit minors.”
