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"I don't know, he refused to tell me until we're there."
"This to do with K?"
"I assume so. He's paying for your damages. Get fucking dressed and meet us at the car."
Thirty minutes later, I'm walking toward Cole's car. He already has the engine running and ready to leave. I throw my bag across the back seat before falling down and tipping my head back.
"Everything's going to be okay, Con," Hadley soothes.
"Shut up."
"Conner," Cole growls.
"What? You wanna get back out and teach me a lesson on how to talk to your girl?" I ask, lifting my head and locking my eyes with his. "Then let's go, motherfucker."
He shakes his head at me, looks back to the road, and floors the accelerator. "You're a prick."
"Fuck you."
The drive back to the Bay is silent and tense as fuck. My fingers drum on my knee the entire time with my need to do something to expel the energy that's buzzing inside me.
I need to break that motherfucker's neck.
The second Cole's car rolls to a stop outside the house, I jump out, jogging up the stairs and ripping the front door open.
"He's in his office. What the fuck is going on?" Ace asks the second I step inside, as if he was waiting.
Ignoring him, I storm past, my shoulder colliding with his as I pass.
"I'll ask Cole then, eh?"
Two sets of footsteps follow me up the stairs, but neither of them says anything as I swing Dad's office door open without knocking.
"Son, thank you for—"
"Where the fuck is she?"
He looks at me from his desk, his face as always a mask of calm. How can he always be so unaffected by everything?
"Take a seat, all of you."
"What the hell is going on?" I demand, refusing to follow orders when the other two drop to the couch on the opposite side of his desk.
"I received something this morning. Something of concern." Dad's eyes flick to Cole for a beat before coming back to mine. "It seems someone has been looking at us a little too closely. They know... some things that I'd rather they didn't."
"You want to stop talking in fucking riddles?"
Dad's eyes once again find Cole. "I'm sorry, Son. It's time."
Cole nods once, swallowing almost nervously before he looks at Ace and then me. "I killed Charlie," he blurts.
I take a step back. "You what?" I ask, not believing what I'm hearing.
"After we found out what he'd done to Remi and Sarah. I… I killed him."
"But you came home with us," Ace says, staring at Cole like he suddenly doesn't recognize him. "You went to bed,” he adds.
"I went back out. Donny tipped me off as to where he was, and I put a bullet through the cunt’s head."
