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“When I first met Ames, I didn’t make the connection that you’re her brother. It wasn’t until recently that I put two and two together. You’re a legend.”
A pen click follows Taylor’s words and we all turn to Tanner.
“Although we’re touched by the geek love the two of you are sharing, we’re here to talk about the—“
“Flash drive,” Kane finishes for him. “But before we get into that… I have questions.”
Well, fuck.
Here we go.
Kane takes a seat next to Taylor. He leans back, his dark eyes touching on all of us before his stare lands on Blue.
“You keep some interesting friends, Ames.”
Blue responds with a sly smile. “I didn’t mean to end up in this group. They abducted me.”
Kane cocks a brow and then locks eyes with me. “Damon,” he says in greeting.
I nod then turn my attention to Taylor, who is supposed to be leading the conversation today.
After opening his laptop on the table, Taylor pushes his glasses up the bridge of his nose.
“Ames told me you weren’t able to decrypt the drive. What problems did you have with it? I’m thinking if we compare notes, we may be able to crack this thing together.”
Kane glances at Taylor, smirks, then locks his stare on Tanner.
“I’m more interested in finding out why my sister is involved with a group of guys who have a reputation for destroying people’s lives.”
Tanner cocks a brow at Kane’s statement, clicks his pen, then leans back in his seat, the springs screeching as he lifts his feet to set them on the table.
“I’m not sure what you’re talking about,” Tanner lies. “Why don’t you tell me what you think you know, and we can go from there.”
Kane grins. “That’s the way we’re playing this game?”
Tanner returns the expression. “It’s hard to play a game when nobody knows they’re playing.”
Ah hell, here we go.
I can’t help my shit-eating grin.
This is exactly what I was hoping would happen.
I like Kane.
I want to adopt him.
Glancing over at Ezra, I notice the same interest on my brother’s face.
The two of us never care much about the game playing with our fathers, the deals the group makes and these damn servers, but we are here for it when someone steps up to Tanner and Gabe to throw their bullshit back at them.
Judging by Kane’s relaxed posture, he’s neither intimidated nor backing down. In that way, he’s just like his sister.
“Oh, this is about to become a shit show.”
I reach over and squeeze Blue’s hand in response to her whisper.
Kane nods.
