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Without taking his eyes off of mine, he says to someone over his shoulder, “Find Luca. He’s here somewhere.”
He’s prepared to pay a price if I turn out to be anything but the honest person I say I am, so the least I can do is promise to watch his kid while he goes to his dad.
Spinning around, he looks back to his brother.
“Has anyone told my mom?”
JJ shakes his head. “No.”
I know it’s his brother as soon as he jogs down the stairs just by looking at him. Their dark hair and olive skin tone match, but his brother has startling green eyes, whereas Leo’s are dark like his father’s.
“What the fuck am I hearing Dad’s been shot?” Luca barks, coming face-to-face with his brother.
“We need to go get Mom, then haul ass to the hospital.”
Leo looks over his shoulder at me, and then to his daughter. “I’ll see you both soon.”
He and his brother walk out, leaving me to backtrack to the couch with numerous sets of eyes watching me.
Rayna is still sleeping soundly, the commotion her father caused not affecting her at all, making me envious of her.
“Why did Leo put a claim on you?”
Zara’s shadow falls over me, and I tear my eyes away from Rayna to look at my friend.
“I have no idea,” I tell her truthfully.
Turning cold, she snarls and disappears to the bar. I don’t have the time or energy to worry about her jealously. It’s not like I’m trying to take him from her, though from what she told me, he was never hers to begin with.
Chapter Twenty-Three
Leo
Déjà vu ripples through me as I walk into the hospital with my Mom and Luca. It was only a few years ago we were here because my dad was shot on a run.
Sparky is waiting for us in the reception area, covered in my dad’s blood. Mom sobs at the sight and rushes toward him.
Holding her tight, he tips his head to me and Luca.
“What’s going on? Tell me he’s still alive,” Mom cries.
“They rushed him through the doors and made us wait here. No one’s told us anything.”
Slade and Ricky get up from their chairs and take turns hugging my mom.
Tugging on her arm, I pull her away from Slade and tell her to go find out what’s happening.
Turning to the men who will be just as crushed as me if Dad doesn’t make it, I ask, “How was he when he got here?”
“One of the nurses said she couldn’t find a pulse as they took him.”
Inhaling deeply, I barely register Luca’s growl of anger from beside me.
Sparky grabs me by the arm and ushers me back outside. Shrugging out of his grip, I cross my arms over my chest.
“The rat?”
“Tied to a chair in the bar. Tell me what you brought me out here for?”
