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She gives me a curious look like she wants to ask more about our trip to my brother’s house, but she’s interrupted before she has the chance.
“There you are,” an upbeat voice calls from behind us. “I looked in the kitchen and noticed all the damn food, then I walked around the house looking for you.”
Turning to see who else had arrived, I admire the white-blond hair of Gabe’s girlfriend, Ivy. She flashes me a sassy smile, her aqua eyes sparkling beneath the sun almost as much as the pool.
“I thought it was just the girls for lunch,” Ivy teases, casting a quick glance at Luca. You made enough to feed the guys and the next three houses down the block.”
Luca laughs, but Ivy’s eyes return to me when Luca explains, “Yes, I made too much. Hope you’re hungry.”
“Bitch, I’m always hungry. And you,” she says, her attention now fully on me. “It’s about time we get you alone. I bet you have all the gossip to give us. Damon, huh? That was unexpected.”
“At least help me move these platters from the kitchen before interrogating Ames.”
Ivy waves her off. “I can interrogate and move food. I’m multi-talented like that.”
Wrapping her arm through mine, she leads me back to the kitchen. “Seriously, though. Damon? That must be intense. I bet you and Emily will have a lot to talk about when she finally drags her ass here.”
Emily.
Two thoughts surface in my mind at the mention of her name: The first night I saw her on the stairs, trapped between Damon and Ezra, and last night when Damon said he didn’t want to talk about her before quickly changing the subject.
My curiosity piques. “What about Emily?”
We’re walking into the large kitchen to grab more platters when Ivy finally releases my arm and directs me to take a seat on a stool at the island.
Both she and Luca walk around to the opposite side to face me.
Luca rolls her eyes and warns, “Maybe this isn’t the best time to—“
“Are you fucking kidding me?” Ivy asks, laughter in her voice. “This is Dick History 101, and I think the new people should be caught up.”
Laughing, Luca has an incredulous expression. “Dick History 101?”
Flashing me a game smile, Ivy explains, “Yeah. That’s what I’m calling it now whenever a new woman joins the family. I may eventually just write a book to make it easier. But the newbies need to know the history of the Inferno and everything these dickheads have done to us.”
My eyes round with curiosity. “What they’ve done?”
Leaning back against the fridge, Luca’s gaze bounces between Ivy and me. “The deals. We know Damon talked you into one. Almost every woman here was caught in that bullshit.”
“Well,” Ivy adds, “I definitely was caught.” She looks at Luca. “You, not so much. Tanner just stalked your ass. And Emily wasn’t really a deal either. She just got between twin dicks when she fooled around with them in high school.”
It hits me then.
Emily.
The stairs…
Almost as if summoned, the redhead in question walks into the kitchen. “What about high school?”
I turn and stare at her, the image of her on the stairs at the governor’s mansion flashing back, and Damon’s quick subject change because he didn’t want to talk about her.
“I was just telling Ames about how all of us ended up involved with the Inferno boys.”
Emily stills in place before she glances at me then turns to stare down Ivy. “Do we really need to get into this?”
Yes, I don’t say.
Of all the secrets Damon has been willing to give me, Emily is one he’s dodged. I should have known there was something. Especially with the way she acted in Georgia when questioning me about him.
