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I jump, my eyes popping open, startled when the door flies open. I relax when I realize it’s Luca hopping into the SUV.
“You okay?” he asks.
“Yeah. Of course.” I sigh. “Why wouldn’t I be?”
His eyebrows climb up his forehead, but he doesn’t say a word.
“So, I take it you and Mia’s mom aren’t a thing anymore?” I ask when he pulls his seatbelt over his body, clipping it into the lock.
He sighs, long and hard, before grabbing the gear shift and pulling it into reverse.
“We never really werea thing. We just fucked around here and there.” He smashes on the brake, and then switches the gear into drive, leaving.
“Oh.”
“London is a bitch. I love my daughter. I wouldn’t change anything in the world—unless I could change who her mother is. But since that isn’t possible, I’m stuck putting up with London’s shit.”
“She that bad?”
“She’s a stuck-up, self-entitled whore”—his head swings my way—“with a coke problem. I hate leaving my daughter with her. But I have no choice.”
“If she has a drug problem why not go after full custody?”
“My last name is Acerbi. The judge would think I’m the reason for her drug addiction. I can’t risk losing my little girl. And London is smart. She knows my weakness. She knows how to use Mia against me to get whatever she wants.”
“Damn, that sucks. I’m sorry.”
“I don’t really want to talk about my never-ending problems. So, tell me what’s really going on with you and my brother?”
Way to flip the conversation.
“What did D tell you?”
“Not the truth. That much is obvious, so I want to hear it from you.”
That’s not going to happen. I won’t lie to Luca. He doesn’t deserve that, but I can’t tell him what’s going on either. One, it should come from Drago; definitely not me. And if I’m worried about my own family finding out the details of my involvement with Drago, and that it could potentially put them in harm’s way, that’s even more of a reason why D’s family shouldn’t know either. They are even closer to the source than mine.
Then again, maybe they’re already involved—being as they share the same last name.
Maybe it doesn’t matter if I tell him or don’t tell him.
Still... This isn’t something that he should learn from me. It’s up to Drago to tell him about Gabe.
“Luca—” I start, but I’m quickly cut off.
“My brother likes you a lot. He wouldn’t have dumped you like he did if something big hadn’t happened.”
“Thanks for pointing that out,” I chime in.
“How did you get shot? Did it somehow involve my brother?”
Oh, jeez.
He needs to drive faster. I’m not getting into this with him. I’m going to have to shut this down.
“Luca, you need to ask him all of this.”
“He’s made it clear he isn’t going to tell me.”
