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“And tell her not to fucking look into Shale,” Junior demanded.
“Bud, I can’t promise fucking miracles. We both know if your mother wants to do something, she’s gonna do it.”
“I have nothing to hide,” I said, shrugging.
“It’s an invasion,” Junior insisted.
“Um, didn’t you threaten to hack into all my socials and figure out everything about me once?” I asked, getting a smirk from his father.
“It’s different.”
“Sure it is,” I said, sharing a look with his father. “So, ah, what did A mean back there? About having figured out who stole from the other cartel? Did he find her?”
“Well, it’s not a woman, first off,” Junior said. “Apparently, just a small man with a wig and makeup.”
“No way,” I said. I mean, I’d seen the video myself. But, then again, the image hadn’t been clear. My mind had likely just filled in effeminate details that hadn’t ever been there.
“Yeah. Apparently, it was some kid. Nineteen only. Just so happened to… put the pieces together and get brave.”
“Nineteen?” I asked, heart squeezing at the idea of his head being blown off too.
“Don’t worry,” Junior said, shaking his head. “A didn’t kill him. He hired him.”
“Wait… what?”
“Yeah. Said that kid with balls of steel like that belonged in his organization. So you don’t have to go imagining a bad fate forhim. And you also don’t have to worry about anyone bringing in anything in your coffee anymore. A is seeing to that as well.”
So… it was over.
Like… over over.
No more stressing every single month about the cops finding me with all those drugs, and throwing me in jail for life. Or worries about the cartel moving in on me. Or drive-bys. Or threats on my life.
It was all finally freakingover.
I hadn’t anticipated the wave of relief that moved through me.
The tears were pouring out before I even realized they’d gathered in my eyes.
“Ah, that’s my cue,” Breaker said. “This is all you,” he added, but Junior was already reaching for me.
He pulled me against his chest, his arms going tight around me, keeping me together as I fell apart.
In the end, though, years of fear and stress and uncertainty had been purged.
And I felt something I hadn’t really felt in a long time.
Hope.
For my shop, sure.
But it was way more than that.
It was for my future.
One that I was hoping might just involve Junior.
CHAPTER TWELVE
