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Once I blinked the thoughts away for good, I turned back to him and shrugged. “Good, I guess. I slapped Landon in the face for you. You’re welcome.” I glanced at Mom to make sure she wasn’t secretly listening to us and leaned across the table. “Why are they after you? What did you do?”
For the second time today, Akio tensed. After sitting back, he stuck his fork into a piece of bread and plopped the entire thing into his mouth. His father sent him a scowl for his bad manners and turned back to Mom.
“Akio has an internship at the pharmacy,” Akio’s father boasted to Mom, as if it was a competition. “I’m so proud of that boy.”
I arched a brow at Akio, who couldn’t maintain eye contact with me. “The pharmacy? Do they give you access to all the drugs?”
Mom smacked my shoulder playfully, but she really meant it to tell me to shut the fuck up. “Oh, honey. Stop it. I’m sure he’s working in the front room.”
“Actually, right alongside the pharmacists,” Akio’s father said.
Akio sank lower in his seat, and I finally figured it out. Poison was using Akio to steal drugs for some reason. I mean, I knew they sold pot, but … hard drugs? People thought it was right up their alley, but I had never heard of them selling anything else. They weren’t called Poison because they sold drugs that could kill you, but because they were a drug that destroyed every part of this town.
“Interesting,” I murmured, sipping my water and eyeing Mom’s wine.
She would never let me have a sip of it, but I fucking needed one tonight. Poison wanted drugs for some ungodly reason, and as much as I despised him, I hoped to God that Landon wasn’t using.
