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“Yeah, how did you know?” Colt asks.
I thought having her father hurt was the worst that could happen until I remembered that Thane has been ordered to go wherever she goes.
It can’t be a coincidence that Thane was at the same shopping center where I ran into Lyla without him the other day.
Pushing past my brothers, I march right up to the group of men and head straight for their president. “What happened?” I ask Isaac. “Is Lyla…was she…is she okay?”
“Lyla’s okay. She was taken to the hospital with minor injuries,” her father tells me.
Without waiting to hear more, I rip my phone from my pocket and try calling her number.
It doesn’t even ring, just goes straight to voicemail.
“She’s fine,” Isaac grits out between his teeth. “Thane’s not. He’s in surgery. Took a bullet to his side.”
“He got shot protecting her?”
“Yes.”
“Who shot him and why?”
“That’s what I came here to talk to you about.”
“Me?” I say in surprise. Wait, are they here because they think it was me or the Savage Kings behind it? “We had nothing to do with this, Isaac. I swear!”
“No shit,” he grumbles, which is a relief.
“So you know who it was?”
“That’s what I need to talk to you about. The rest of you, give us a minute,” Isaac says to the six or seven men around us. “Beers are on me. For the Savage Kings too.”
His men look to Colt and Remy as if they don’t trust them.
“Go!” Isaac orders, so they relent.
When Remy and Colt walk over, Isaac says, “This is between me and Barrett. It won’t take but a few minutes.”
They don’t seem convinced.
“Go on inside,” I urge them. “I’ll be fine.”
“You got a gun on you?”
“Yes,” I lie since I left my 9 mm at home. It’s not like I carry it around all the time. But hopefully, the bluff will keep Isaac from trying to do something crazy.
“If you need us, yell for us,” Remy says before he grabs Colt’s arm and starts leading him to the door.
“If you hurt Jordan or RJ, I’ll kill you!” Colt shouts at Isaac.
“Swear on my patch that I haven’t seen them, kid,” the man responds before they head inside.
“So, what do you want to talk about? Make it quick because I’m going to the hospital,” I tell him. “Why aren’t you at the hospital with Lyla?”
“Because this is more important at the moment.”
“This, standing here giving me the runaround, is more important than being with your daughter who witnessed your guy get shot today?”
“She was lucky. Her injuries were minor considering…”
