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“She committed suicide. I had two guys I trusted take her out of my house and place her somewhere safe. Today, my mother’s finger was delivered to Imani, and I found those men dead. What the fuck do you know?!”
“All I know is, my parents came home with blood on them yesterday morning,” Akio said, holding his hands up into the air. “I-I don’t know anything else. Ask Kai. I haven’t even had enough time to make it home. I-I left school—”
“Shut the fuck up,” João said, hitting him in the temple with the side of his gun. “I don’t want excuses. I need fucking answers. Where the hell are your parents? I’m done playing around with Redwood. I’m going to take care of them and every other problem here.”
Akio’s face paled.
“If what you know about Nicole is true and your parents are part of this,” I interjected, trying to reason with Akio, “you’re going to want them dead. And besides, they’ve threatened to kill Imani and her family.” I pulled out the note that had come along with the finger this afternoon and placed it into his hand. “They’ll kill you, too, once they find out what you’ve done to one of their trustworthy men. And you fucking know that too. They don’t give a fuck about what happens to you.”
“Okay,” Akio said, nodding. “The next time I see them, I will—”
“I want them now!” João growled.
“I don’t know where they are now!” Akio said. “They went out to dinner with Imani’s family hours ago, and then they told me they were going on a vacation, which means that they’re going into hiding. They don’t give me any information about anything.”
“Where’d they go out to dinner?” I asked so we at least had a starting place.
“Ocean View.”
