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“It’s no shrine,” he said, unlocking the door and grasping the door handle. He inhaled sharply. “Before I open the door, you should know that my father was in the military. Most of the shit in here wasn’t bought by me.”
Then, he swung the door open and stepped back behind me.
I widened my eyes and stared into the room without even taking a step in. I parted my lips and pressed them back together, my throat suddenly drying up and my heart racing. “What is this?”
“I told you that you wouldn’t like it.”
Daring myself to move closer, I stepped into the room and stared around at the guns, ammo, and weapons lining every wall. I didn’t know what to say or how to say it or even what I felt. This was nothing like I’d expected or even thought Kai would have.
Sure, I had seen him use his gun before.
But … I hadn’t thought he had this many.
“You know how to use all these?” I whispered.
He scratched the back of his head. “Maybe.”
“What do you … what do you use these for?” I whispered.
Kai grimaced and glanced around at the room, flooded with weapons. “Imani …”
“João wasn’t lying,” I whispered more to myself than to him, wrapping my arms around my body and suddenly feeling so nervous about the boys I had been hanging out with. “You guys really do kill people, don’t you?”
