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“Can’t believe our little Em stole money from the safe in a strip club,” Rumi replied with a chuckle. “Didn’t think she had it in her.”
“Fuckin’ stupid,” I mumbled. “Have a feelin’ if he’d caught her in the act, he wouldn’t have called the police.”
“Lucky she came straight home, huh?” Rumi said, glancing at me.
“Yeah, real lucky. Too bad she didn’t say shit to me about it.”
“Feelin’ out of the loop, big brother?”
“I’m feelin’ like I shoulda known that she’d stolen money from some asshole who was just enough of a fuck to drive a thousand miles to get that shit back,” I countered. “He coulda caught up to her at any point.”
“He didn’t.”
“He could’ve.”
“Where you at with Emilia?” Rumi asked after a long pause. “You two back together?”
“No.”
“Sure looked like it back at the club.”
“We’re not back together.”
“Livin’ together.”
“Strictly hands off.”
“That ain’t gonna last long.”
“Why are you so interested?”
“Because I’m waitin’ for you to figure it out.” He paused. “Plus there’s a pool—”
“You’re betting on us,” I replied flatly.
“In more ways than one.” He chuckled. “I figured you’d pull your head out within twenty-four hours. I’m actually kind of impressed by how long you’ve held out.”
“We can’t just pick up where we left off, Rum,” I said quietly. “Doesn’t work that way.”
“Don’t see why not. You love her, she loves you, you both love Rhett. Boom. Instant family.”
“I’ll probably always love her—”
“She’s easy to love,” he said simply.
“But she took off, man,” I reminded him. “Not sure that’s forgivable, yeah?”
“Okay,” Rumi said seriously. “So, what’s the plan then?”
“No idea. Break shit, I guess.” I leaned my head back against the seat and closed my eyes, counting backward from one hundred.
Chapter 11
Emilia
Isat nextto Callie, surprisingly numb. After worrying for the last week and a half that Parker would find us, I’d somehow pushed it to the back of my mind once we were safely ensconced in Michael’s house. I’d gotten overconfident.
I should’ve known that the minute I let my guard down, something would happen. The fact that he’d actually come to the club surprised me though. For some reason, I’d thought that just my association with the club would be enough to deter him from bothering us.
