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“What do you need?” I ask.
“Time? Some food and a good night’s rest? Honestly, I can barely think straight, let alone talk when I’m this exhausted.”
“Okay.” I can give her that…for a day at least.
Her shoulders fall from her heavy sigh.
I grab her hand and kiss the back of it. “Everything will be okay.”
“So you say.”
“Only because I won’t stop until it is.”
She spares me one last glance before hopping out of my truck and taking off for her front door.
I don’t remember the drive to my house because I spent the entirety of it lost in my own thoughts, sorting through all the things I need to figure out.
Silence greets me like a funeral march as I enter my house and head toward my kitchen to heat up some food. I make it through a few bites before my phone buzzes against the marble counter with a new message from Lily in the Muñoz-Lopez group chat.
LILY
From lovebirds to jailbirds in a single week.
She attaches a photo of Dahlia and me in the holding cell. Rosa sends a link to schedule a confession session with Father Anthony, while my mother follows up with a heart-eyed GIF and a text.
MA
Like Bonnie and Clyde.
RAFA
They both died in a shootout.
MA
Together.
RAFA
Remind me to never fall in love.
I reply, telling everyone to delete the photo from their phones and in the chat before taking off toward the station to pay Roberts a second visit tonight.
“Back so soon?” Roberts leans against the counter.
“How many people did you send the photo to?”
“Just Lily.”
“Delete it from your phone.”
“I plan on it once the reporter gets back to me with a price for the photo.”
“How much are you asking for it?” I snap.
“Ten grand.”
I rip a sticky note off the top of the pack and pass it to him. “Give me your number, and I’ll have the money transferred in an hour.”
