“Don’t let them do it, Joey. Please don’t,” Sailor whispers.
Keir looks at her but doesn’t listen.
Liar.
I never thought I would think that of my wife.
A liar.
What else has she hidden from me?
A child.
That’s not a small feat to hide either.
“Give me five with her.”
“That’s all you’ll get,” Keir says, and Sailor stands up to yell at him.
I get moving instantly, not a moment to waste as I throw the door open with a bang, my eyes scanning the room for Adora. I don’t find her on the dance floor with Chanel, so I stalk over to Chanel to ask her where she is. Her eyes widen as she takes in my crazed expression.
“Where did she go?”
“Outside. A man wanted to talk to her.” She nods to the door we came in earlier, her brow furrowing. I go straight outside to find her getting into a car. This is the part where I should raise my gun, but my arms are stuck to my sides as I watch her slide in. She looks back, half in and half out of the car.
“I’m sorry.” She mouths the words to me as she closes herself inside, and I watch in shock as the car drives off. Leaving me standing there confused, hurt, and furious. Looking down on the ground, I find her ring on the sidewalk and my chest clenches. Picking it up, I slide it onto my pinkie finger as the door opens and Keir steps out.
“Where is she?” he asks, looking up and down the street.
“Gone,” I tell him, staring at the ring on my finger.
“You let her go?”
“I did.”
“You know you’ll have to find her now and kill them both.”
I swallow hard, nodding. “I do.”
“Sooner rather than later, Joey.”
The ‘Nice’ Brother
We hear betrayal has a middle name, and it starts with A for Adora.
Will her husband do what’s asked of him?
Which love will win?
The one born of family…
… or the one of wife?