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“What do we think, guys?” Hades shrugs casually, grinning that lopsided, charming grin of his as he brazenly extends the hand holding the money between two fingers. “You guys are, what, just ending your shift, right? How about dinner on me?”
I’m hyperventilating. Black spots dot my vision as I count the seconds before these two cops drop Hades like a bag of bricks and haul him down to the precinct for theveryserious crime of attempting to bribe a police officer.
I mean there’s cocky, and then there’s sheer lunacy.
Except all that happens is Officer Gonzales turning to Chuck, and the two of them just shrugging.
“Yeah, I could eat. How about you, Chuck?”
“Starvin’.”
Hades smiles and my jaw drops as he hands the stack of hundreds to Officer Gonzales and then firmly shakes his hand.
“Enjoy, guys.”
“Great to see you, Mr. Drakos.”
The two cops barely even look at me as they legit tip their hats to Hades and then saunter off around the corner. When I hear the elevator door close, I turn to the psychopath standing next to me, aghast.
“Did you just fucking bribethe police?!”
He lifts a casual shoulder, shoving his fingers through his hair.
“What bribe? I gifted them dinner in appreciation of the amazing services they do for our great city.”
I scoff. “That’s called bribery, and it’s a felony.”
“You don’t have many friends, do you?”
“I have plenty offriends. I just don’t have crooked cops at my beck and call.”
“Well, if youwantyour sister to be processed for possession and use, I can call them back.”
I glare at him before I shove past him to angrily stick my key in the door.
“You’re welcome, by the way,” he grunts behind me.
Ignoring him, I push the door open. Instantly, I’m assaulted by the lingering scent of pot and way, way too loud music. I storm down the hallway into the main living room, and suddenly stop dead in my tracks as two boys all but levitate off the couch with white faces.
“Who thefuckare you?!” I bellow at them.
One of them ventures an uneasy smile. “Uh, we go to school with Nora—”
“Where is she?”
“Uh—”
Their eyes suddenly shift past me and somehow get even wider.
“Oh fuck.Mr. Drak—”
It happens so fast, I can’t even take it in. Hades storms past me like a force of nature, grabbing the two guys by the collars and yanking them off their feet so hard they both fall to their knees.
“Where. Is. She?” he snarls viciously.
“In her room!” one of them blurts, looking like he’s about to cry, or maybe pee himself. Or both. “She’s in her room! We were just hanging out, Mr. Drakos! I swear! Just a little smoke and some music! That’s all we—”
Without even blinking, Hades suddenly turns and literally drags them out through the glass sliding door to the balcony off the living room.
