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Jace pulled into the lot and right behind Colton, flashing his lights at me, as if I hadn’t seen him. After giving Colton my best I’m smiling, but I hate you smile, I hurried against the snow to Jace’s car, yanked open the door, and slipped into the warm interior.
“Sorry I’m late,” Jace said, pulling around Colton’s car and glancing over at him with furrowed brows. “Who’s that?”
“Carter’s brother,” I said, unzipping my jacket and stomping out my shoes. “He works under Imani’s father.”
Jace tightened his grip on the steering wheel until his knuckles turned white. “Colton?” he asked through gritted teeth. “Stay away from him, Allie. He’s bad news.”
“You know him?” I asked, placing my hands in front of the heater.
“When I was a freshman on the football team, he was one of the seniors. He’s a fucking dick. Nearly flunked out of school. His daddy must’ve gotten him this internship with his money because I don’t know how the hell else he would have scored anything here.”
“He’s kinda rude.”
“He and Carter are basically the same person. Don’t trust him and don’t talk to him if you don’t have to.”
“Noted.” I glanced over at him, a look of bewilderment on his face. “Where were you?”
“With Poison, buying this …” When he pulled up to a red light, he opened the glove box and pulled out a fucking huge gun that I knew he probably didn’t even know how to use. “They have a shit-ton of stuff at Kai’s place.”
I arched a brow. “You know how to use that?”
“I told you that I need to protect you and your mother.”
After exhaling sharply, I frowned at him. “And I told you that I would rather Poison deal with him. If you get caught, you’ll go straight to prison for life, Jace. You won’t be able to play college football or be with me or—”
“I know,” Jace said, cutting me off. “I know what I can lose if I kill him, but I also know what I can lose if I don’t or if Harlan finds out about your mother before Poison can expose Nicole’s father. It’s my life or yours, Allie.”
Letting it really sink in, I blew out another breath and rested against the seat until we pulled up to the house.
Before Jace shut the car off, he looked over at me. “You know, I didn’t know if Kai wanted me to tell you this or not, but he has one of your father’s guns from the military. I thought you should know. I don’t know what’s going on with him though.”
“One of Dad’s guns?” I whispered, brows furrowed.
I had looked endlessly for them after he died and couldn’t find them anywhere. Why did Kai have them? Sooner or later, I would have to find out what this favor Dad had done for him was or at least get his gun back. I had too many other things to worry about now.
