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“Of course you didn’t. But now that you know, what are you going to do?”
“Do about what?”
“Don’t play dumb with me. You think it’s just a coincidence you got shot after Hao Young made you an offer?”
“Could be.”
“It may get worse. And what you decide will impact Bridget. Unless you decide to break up with her.”
I don’t respond.
“I’m guessing you’re still with her?” my mom asks.
“I am.”
“You think she wants to risk her life being with you?”
My blood pressure spikes. I can’t blame my mom for being frank. I’m just not ready to face that question.
“If we get who did this, she won’t have to worry,” I say.
“Even if you do, you think there won’t be someone else? You don’t remember your father having to watch his back? What about Bridget? I can’t see her being okay with you sticking a bodyguard on her.”
I can’t either. Plus, doing so will invite questions. Questions I don’t want to have to answer. Maybe ever.
“If you’re in love her, you know the choices you have to make,” my mom adds.
“I never said I was in love with her,” I reply, prompting JD to look my way.
“You saying you’re not?”
I evade the question. “Just ’cause I took her to Phuket—I thought you liked her?”
“I like her, but I don’t know if she’s right for you. Like I said, she’s not that simple. Simple women stay true, they forgive their men, they rearrange their lives for their men. I don’t think Bridget’s that type.”
“And you were?”
“I put up with a lot from your dad.”
“You argued with him all the time. Between the two of you, you were the stubborn one.”
There’s a pause. She has to know what I said was true.
“A big difference is, I knew early on that your father was part of the Jing San,” my mom says. “Bridget doesn’t have a clue, does she?”
I suck in a breath. “No.”
“You plan on telling her?”
My original thought was that it would never get to the point where I would have to face that question. It still might not get there, but I’m not ready to give Bridget up.
“She’s not an idiot,” my mom continues. “Maybe if you stuck to running the club, she might not suspect anything. But just running the club is getting you in trouble.”
“We don’t know that the shooting had anything to do with my club.”
“Either way, if you accept Hao Young’s offer, it’s going to get trickier hiding the truth from someone like Bridget. Does she know you’ve been shot?”
“She was there when it happened. She didn’t get hurt, though.”
