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"No, Conner, it's not a cult. It's—" His words are cut off as Ace and Cole come barreling through the door.
"You called," Ace sings. Motherfucker is high, and he's got bite marks down his neck.
I roll my eyes at him. At least one of us is having fun, I guess.
"Saturday night," James starts, forgetting that we were in the middle of a conversation. "Everything is planned for Saturday night.”
Ace sits up, suddenly looking sober. "Yeah?" he asks, rubbing his hand across his face.
"I wasn't going to tell you, because you do not need to get involved with this. But I know the second you," he pins me with a hard stare, "get any clue that this is happening, I'm not going to be able to stop you. So I only ask you to do one thing."
I sit forward, waiting to hear what he needs from me for this to end.
"I need you to get Kennedy out of there. Do not get involved with anything else, no matter what happens," he warns. “I mean it, Son. You get Kennedy, and then you get the hell out of there.”
"Done."
"Wait," Ace says, holding up a hand. "What the fuck is going to happen? You can't just send us there to snatch a girl without telling us the whole plan."
"Can't I?" Dad asks, one brow lifting, almost in amusement. "I need you to trust that right now, I'm doing the best thing for all of you. The time is coming where I'm going to have to let you in on all of this, but that time is not right now."
Ace's face twists in confusion. I, however, let it roll off me. I'm beginning to get used to Dad's mysterious non-explanations. I'm sure that once this is all over and my girl is in my arms I'll be desperate to know the truth, but he's right. She's the priority here, not whatever secret world he's hiding.
I shake my head at this whole situation. I thought our lives were meant to get less complicated when we moved to this part of town. Cleary fucking not.
"Are we done?" I ask, needing to get the fuck out of his office and away from everyone so I can continue drowning in the reality that is my life right now.
"I'll let you know the times when I have more information."
"Great. I'm out."
I'm almost at the corner that leads to our bedrooms when Ace's voice rings out.
"Con, wait."
I pause, but I don't really want to. I've done my best to avoid the pair of happy couples around the house. The sight of them is just too much right now.
"What?" I bark.
"Here." He passes me a blunt when he gets to me, which somewhat makes up for things.
"After school tomorrow, the three of us are going out."
"What? Why?"
"Because I fucking said so. You need to get out of your head, and you need to stay out of the fucking Heights." He pins me with a look.
I want to argue that he'd never leave Remi, but I know it's pointless to even try.
"What are we doing?" I ask, my voice flat, totally uninterested in whatever plans they have.
"It's a surprise," Cole says, appearing at Ace's shoulder with a smile.
"Great. Can't wait."
I turn my back on them and disappear into my bedroom.
Pulling my cell from my pocket, I find nothing from Kenny before I drop down on my bed and close my eyes. I wish I hadn't seen Warren pulling her into him and putting his fucking lips on her the second she was in the bar earlier.
