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“What can they do?” Caius asks. “Truly, what can they do?”
“Apart from accusing your brother of killing the Commander, you mean?” she asks. “Poking their noses where they don’t belong and stirring up the past?”
Caius and I lock gazes. “Lucky for us, Santos has never given a single fuck when it comes to rumors.”
“I assume they’ll be in attendance tonight?” Mom asks.
I nod. “Saw them on the guest list.”
“And we can’t bar them from Augustine’s? I mean, we do own the club.”
“It’s not a good idea. It would just give them ammunition,” I say.
Caius pours himself another drink. “You know you could just accuse Thiago of offing his father to take over—”
“What the fuck does that mean?” I cut him off.
He puts his hands up, palms toward me in mock surrender. “Just a thought. Relax.”
“Mother, can you excuse us?” I say without taking my eyes off my brother.
She checks her watch. “Fine. I have to get ready anyway. Don’t fight. You’re on the same side.” With those words, she leaves.
“What did you say to Madelena the other night?”
“I don’t know. What?”
“The cuts. You inferred you knew.”
“Ah. Well, I do know.”
“Ana,” I say. Of course it was Ana.
He nods.
“Is that why you’re with her? So she can feed you information?”
“She’s a piece of ass.”
“Don’t fucking bring up the cutting with Madelena or anyone else again, do you hear me?”
“Touchy.”
“I mean it, brother. Don’t. It’s not a subject to be discussed with anyone.”
He raises both arms in mock surrender, clearly amused.
I shake my head, grit my teeth. Caius has a way of getting under my skin like no one else can.
“Fine. No problem,” he finally says.
“Good. Now tell me one other thing. Did you touch her?”
“Excuse me? Touch her? What did she tell you I did, exactly? Because I had to step up when you went on your bender and escort her to the event you should have been present at. So the way I see it, you should be thanking me, not accusing me of touching my brother’s wife. Get your head out of your ass. You’re fucking her, I get it. Just take care you don’t get lost in her cunt.”
Before I can think, I have his collar in the fist of my hand and am pressing him up against the wall. “Be. Fucking. Careful.”
Caius shoves me away. “You be fucking careful, brother. Because you’re fucking this up, and you seem to have forgotten what you’re supposed to be doing. We’re on the same side, remember? You trust me, remember? Isn’t that what you’ve been telling me for years?”
