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I felt her pressing up against my back as my dad let the detective in through the ruined door.
The detective took in the room full of men and two women, then flushed.
“Uhh,” he said again. “We had a man come in to offer a confession. You’ve been exonerated of all
charges.”
He’d said that to Hayes of all people.
Or, more importantly, he’d said it to me, but had kept his wary eyes on Hayes who looked like
he’d lose his shit at any second.
Malachi laughed darkly.
“That’s it?” he asked. “Are you going to tell us everything else?”
“You his twin?” the detective wondered.
Malachi crossed his arms over his chest. “Yeah, he’s mybrother.”
And something felt so right about that statement that I felt it deep in my heart.
Hayes moved to my other side, and it was then I realized that it wasn’t only Malachi that I had.
Tim was fast to flank Hayes’ other side.
The detective stiffened at seeing four fucked-up Navy SEALS staring him down.
“The…” He cleared his throat. “There was this boat captain. Apparently, the kid thought to come
back after an altercation. The boat captain witnessed him slap the girl he was with. The boat captain punched him so that he wouldn’t hurt her again. The kid fell and cracked his head on the side of the boat. The captain pulled him out of the water and tossed him on the beach next to his friend that
apparently the kid had slapped the hell out of over something, rendering her unconscious.”
“What something?” Malachi asked.
My question exactly.
The detective’s gaze moved to look at Frankie.
I stiffened.
“Apparently the kid had a thing for her,” he said, gesturing to Frankie with a jerk of his head.
“Some more things were said about a shooting near your place.” He gestured at Frankie with his head again. “About Brent getting jealous about this other kid that lived across the street from her. Watched her workout in a sports bra, how hot she is, shit like that. She accused him of shooting this kid. Brent didn’t take kindly to being accused. And when the girl called him on it, he hit her. When she woke, it was to find the captain running away. Her eyes were unfocused, and all she could see were the scars.
She immediately thought of you.”
That simple.
A mix-up of epic proportions that had fucked up all of our day.
“You will fix this door,” my mom ordered. “And you’ll find a way for us to stay here for another
week.”
The detective looked as if he was going to argue, but my mother wasn’t taking no for an answer.
