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I shake away his comment and ask another question I’ve been wanting to know. “If everyone knows it’s the cartel, then why hasn’t whoever it is been caught? There has got to be a way to bring him down, so why hasn’t it been done?”
Sloan looks to Teddy, urging him with his eyes to take over. “That’s the thing. We don’t know who he is. Just when we feel we are getting close, it’s like he goes into hiding. Your dad and I spent years trying to lure him out, but it never worked. The most we could do is get to the Morenos, and you’ve seen how that goes.”
My stomach balls up with his words, and images of Simon beaten and bloody, lying on the floor, flash through my mind. The memory of the gunshot rings in my ears, making the previous images of Simon fade into the one of him with a gunshot to his head.
“But you could have asked him more. You didn’t have to—” Teddy grips my arm, silencing me. Sloan looks to where Teddy squeezes me, confused.
“We will discuss more later, Monkshood.”
I roll my eyes and nod. Weeks ago, none of this would have seemed normal. Talking about murder and corruption, with the chief of police no less, but now it doesn’t even faze me. I almost let it slip that Teddy murdered a man in cold blood right in front of my eyes. How stupid could I be?
I walk away and let Sloan and Teddy finish their discussion alone. I can’t trust myself to ask any more questions or make any more comments without fucking up and throwing Teddy under the bus after he’s worked so hard to conceal his wrongdoings.
I stroll into the kitchen and find Julius and Lucas hunched over the counter talking. Well, Lucas is talking while Julius listens.
“You know what I’m saying?” Lucas asks Julius.
Julius nods with raised eyebrows and a smirk. I lean in the doorway and just watch them for a moment, admiring how Lucas feeds off Julius when he doesn’t even speak.
“We should go back with him tonight and catch some ass. I’ve been cooped up in this house too long. My dick is begging to be sucked.”
My eyes widen with his comment as Julius laughs, then pulls out his phone to type a message. He turns the phone to Lucas, and he reads it in a whisper, but I can still hear him.
“Whichever girl ends up in your bed, is going to be disappointed. We all know I have the bigger dick.” Lucas throws a hand to his chest and lets his mouth gape open. “We’re twins, you ignorant fuck. We have the same equipment.” He points to his crotch.
Julius huffs and types another message on his phone.
Lucas reads it again. “That’s not how it works. You’re the ignorant fuck.” Lucas rolls his eyes and slaps Julius on the back of the head. Julius’s smile widens, and then he turns and sees me in the doorway. He taps Lucas and tilts his head toward me.
Lucas turns around. His smile falls slightly, but he hurries to put it back in place. “Sup, Flower?”
I give him a tight smile. “Now you’re going to talk to me?” I shoot my eyes to Julius. “Oh, and look who finally has some balls to stare at me.”
Julius shrugs, unbothered, while Lucas tries to defend his actions of the past few weeks. “We thought some space would do you good. Boss said to lay low, so we did. Don’t take it as anything personal. We were treated the same way after the first time we saw a kill.”
I look to him and cross my arms, knowing there has got to be more to it than that.
He throws his head back and lets out an obnoxious breath. “Fine. We wanted to see if you’d run and rat. But you didn’t, so all is well.” He flashes me a smile, showing his beautiful white teeth.
“Whatever,” I mutter.
“I’m serious, Charlie. And now that he’s marked you,” he says with a hint of disgust, as he walks toward me. He pushes my hair behind my shoulder, turning my head slightly. His fingerspress into the tender spot where the back of my neck meets my shoulder as he continues. “There is no leaving. You’re stuck here whether you like it or not.”
I pull away and run my fingers over the mark that is no doubt a hickey left from Teddy and his harsh love. “I don’t want to leave.”
He smiles almost sadly and then looks at Julius. “I told you she would be perfect for this.” Julius nods in response.
I’m not sure what his comment even means, but it makes me feel tingly inside. I turn with a laugh and start to walk out of the kitchen.
“And hey, Flower?” Lucas calls from behind me.
I turn. “Yeah?”
“I’m not sure how much you heard, but I definitely have the bigger dick.”
Julius slaps his arm as I laugh and leave the room.
