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“Don’t you?”
“No, for fuck’s sake.”
“I thought she went missing.”
“She did.”
“Isn’t that woman troubles?”
“She didn’t run out on me.”
That was neither the whole truth nor a lie.
Savannah had told me that she thought the only reason Star would pull away from me was because she’d gotten herself embroiled in Da’s death.
That wasn’t the same as running out though. At least not in my opinion. And, admittedly, I did tend to cut the witch a lot of slack.
“What’s the problem then?”
I flopped onto my back and immediately regretted it when my head pounded.Jesus, did I have a concussion?That fucking Temperance.
“If I told you,” I clipped, “you wouldn’t believe me.”
Finn chuckled. “Conor, you’re you. I’d believe you just because the shit that happens to you happens to no one else on the planet.”
“That’s… fair,” I admitted with a yawn.
“You should get some sleep,” he said irritably. “We can talk later. If the house is empty when you wake up, it’s because we’ve gone out.”
I rubbed my eyes again. “Funnily enough, Finn, I think I’d have managed to deduce that by myself.”
“Sarcastic ass.”
“You know it.”
He made to stand, but as his weight dispersed, shifting the mattress, Finn paused. “I heard you mention the United Brotherhood to Aoife.”
My eyes popped open. “You overheard that?”
“Yes. Don’t bring it up with her again. We can talk about it later—”
Jerking upright, I demanded, “You know who they are?”
“Of course. Anyone involved in banking does.”
I heaved an annoyed breath. “This isn’t—”
“The bank is a front,” he dismissed. “A very powerful front.”
“I’ve never heard of a bank called that.”
Hell, after Star had first mentioned the United Brotherhood, I’d searched for it on Google. Nothing had come up.Nothing.Certainly no mentions of a fucking bank in Manhattan.
“They’re investment bankers. Very niche. We don’t come into contact with them as Five Pointers, and as vast as your knowledge base is, Conor, you have to admit that you can cut out things you’re not interested in.”
I had to concede that point. “Why bother to retain something that isn’t important?”
“How do you decide which knowledge is or isn’t important at a given time in the future? It’s important now, isn’t it?”
