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What was Kai going to do to him if he found him? Kill him? Then, the entire Redwood mob would be after us along with the police force and everyone else who did shady business around Redwood.
“Are you okay?” Landon asked, gently rubbing circles on the back of my hand with his thumb. “I know you didn’t know João’s mother as well as you know João, but I can tell that it is still bothering you, that it has since you walked into their house earlier.”
My lips trembled slightly, but I held back the tears. I would cry later when I returned back home for the night. Mom had told me that she wanted to talk about it and had even taken the night off for me. While I might’ve hated her at one point, I really needed someone outside of Poison right now because this shit was so heavy.
“João told me that he loves me,” I whispered, holding tighter on to Landon’s hand. I didn’t want him to think I loved him any less because I didn’t. I loved him so fucking much, but João needed me—needed all of us—so much right now.
Landon tensed for a moment but didn’t freak out like I’d thought he would, nor did he look back at the locks and pretend like I hadn’t really said what I had said.
Instead, he looked down at me and actually smiled. “I’m not sure he’s said that to anyone other than his mother and sister.”
“One night, when this is all over, we all need to sit down and talk about what …” I gulped and gently grasped his face. “About what we all are. I have so many questions and don’t want to hurt anyone, especially you.”
After taking my hands, he smiled genuinely and leaned down to kiss me. “I know.”
A few moments later, Kai stormed down the aisle toward us with his teeth gritted. There was a fiery rage within his eyes, the quiet and collected Kai gone and replaced with the one who didn’t flinch when killing a man.
“Pick whichever lock you want,” Kai said. “And let’s get out of here. Akio’s father completely disappeared. His cart was sitting in one of the back aisles, and something just doesn’t feel right. We need to get back home.”
