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“Pope, take the twins and go check it out. I don’t want you seen. No cuts and no bikes.”
I don’t want the whole street hearing them show up; it’ll bring too much attention to them.
“Whether you’re telling us the truth or what we want to hear doesn’t matter. You still have to pay.”
“What? But I told you…”
Lighting the blowtorch, the blue flame is fierce. I take a deep breath before putting it to his hands. I’m not one to take pleasure from someone’s pain, but he doesn’t count. When it comes to one of us, no one else matters, and when he starts to scream, the sound is music to my ears.
Releasing my finger on the button, the flame dies out, his body jerking from the pain. Leaning down, I say in his ear, “I wonder if your mom screamed as loud as you?” just to fucking taunt him.
Off to the side, I hear a phone ring and Slade answer. He’s not on the call long before he’s walking over to me. Standing straight, he leans into me and whispers, “Alannah wants you at the hospital, now.”
“She say why?”
My heart pounds as I wait for his answer.
“Cas flatlined.”
Fuck.
Chapter Twenty-Five
Leo
Imiss the monotone beeping of the machines. The continual flatline hasn’t left my head since we were rushed out of the room and locked out. Sparky comes running around the corner, and I can’t bear to look at him.
“Is he…?”
Even his voice sounds like he knows my dad is dead.
“We don’t know anything. No one is telling us anything,” Mom replies, her voice shaking.
“Probably because you threatened to have them all killed if they didn’t save him,” Luca groans.
“Yes, well, they needed to know what waits for them if he—”
“Don’t say it,” I growl. “He’s just being a stubborn bastard, but he’s going to be fine.”
Mom’s sob is broken by the doors opening and dad’s doctor stepping out. Jumping to my feet, I cross my arms over my chest, willing him to say the only words I want to hear—Ineedto hear.
Luca steps up beside me and grips onto my arm. Placing my hand over his, we share in our uncertainty.
If this is to be bad news, it will become my job to look out for him. Not that I don’t do that anyway, but it’ll be different. He’ll my responsibility, just like the brothers.
“We were able to stabilise your husband. He made us fight, but he’s stable. You can sit with him, but only one at a time.”
Mom follows the doctor, and I’m about to sit down when Luca throws his arms around me. I don’t bother saying a word. Understanding the relief he’s feeling, I hug him back.
Pulling away, Sparky’s phone rings, and I swallow the lump in my throat, thanking whoever I need to that my dad is still here.
“You sure?” he says.
Falling into the chair, I bang my head against the wall to break up of fog. Ending his call, Sparky walks over, stopping directly in front of me.
“We found out the fed was shacked up in town. I sent Pope and the twins to his apartment, where they found his walls covered with our pictures, our histories, and a lot of fucking information on the club. They cleared it out and burnt it all to ashes.”
Nodding, I sigh. At least one thing is going right today. All we need now is for Dad to wake up.
