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Lucy was a fucking nightmare.
I didn’t kill her. I would’ve saved her if I could have. But I did fantasize about drowning her more than once. She made my life hell, all because she thought it was fun.
And now where am I left?
“I take it that didn’t go well.”
I flinch and turn. Lesley’s standing nearby, staring at me. “How much did you hear?”
“Enough. Did you have to be so blunt?”
“She wanted to hear it.”
“Lucy was a fucking psycho. We all know it. I loved her anyway. But Kaye’s not ready. She doesn’t want to understand.”
“She’s still poking around Lucy’s death. Sooner or later, someone’s going to tell her just how scary her sister was, and I thought it was better coming from me.”
Lesley sighs and stands next to me, looking at the water. “You’re such a hero.”
“I’m a prick.”
“True, you are, but you don’t really believe it.”
I nudge against her. “What do you want? Why’d you follow us out here?”
“I want to break into the Cask’s boat.”
I shake my head. “We went over this. Absolutely not.”
“I went to a lot of trouble to steal that key.”
“Lesley.”
“I’ll be in and out.”
“It’s too dangerous. Malcolm might kill you if he catches you. He’ll drown you and nobody will know what happened.”
She snorts. “Drown me? I’m a strong swimmer, remember? Unlike you.”
I smile slightly and sigh. “You’ll never let that go.”
“I still have the taste of your puke-filled ocean water in my mouth. I had to drag your limp, stupid body from the damn water. So don’t tell me about drowning.”
I roll my eyes. “Still too dangerous.”
“I’m doing it, Emilio. I’m not really asking permission.”
I give her a long look. She glares back defiantly. If her mind’s set on this, I know there’s not much I can do to stop her, but I wish she’d stop and think for a minute. Cask is taking a lot of risks with this new smuggling thing and nearly lost a bunch of members in the process. They’re committed, and they won’t hesitate to hurt someone to make sure their operation isn’t ruined.
“Take Terrence at least.”
“He’s too noisy.”
“Dirk. Jayson. I don’t care.”
“Kaye?”
“Fuck you.”
