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“He’ll cool off,” he tells me.
“Fifty bucks.”
“Dude, I’m talking to you as your friend, not your club brother. Cut me some slack on the fines.”
“Yeah, okay.”
“Are you sure about Jez?”
I narrow my eyes at him. “What do you mean?”
“Is she really as badass as you say?”
“Yes, why?”
“Because your ol’ lady just left the safest place on the planet with her.”
CHAPTER34
VIOLET
“What’s goingon with you two?”
Jez waited a whole fifteen minutes to start questioning me. At first, she was focused on her cell, darting her eyes back and forth between it and the road. But she just shoved it into her pocket and my reprieve is over.
Rubbing my temples, I sigh. “Grim told me about my parents posting on the dark web about hiring someone to find me.”
“Okay, so why are you pissed at Grim for your parent’s post?”
“I’m not mad at him for that.” I take a deep breath. “Grim and the club have been working with my parents to find Brad.Hedidn’t feel I needed to know that information until today. And the only reason I found out was because I asked to leave the clubhouse.”
Jez looks away sheepishly and tightly grips the steering wheel. “Sounds like he was trying to protect you.”
“It’s been one lie after another lately.” I pick at the lint on my pants. “Can I ask you something?”
“Sure,” she says, uncertainty in her tone.
“Grim listens to you more than anyone else, sometimes even more than Soul.”
“Sometimes.” She shrugs. “Is that what you wanted to ask me?”
“Why does Grim trust you so much?”
Jez blinks rapidly and clicks her tongue. She doesn’t answer me right away, almost as if she’s trying to find an answer that will satisfy me. “You know that we grew up together, right?” I nod. “After Soul and Malice left for the Military, Grim and I were on our own. We had to navigate the world without my brother and our other friend.”
This day keeps getting better and better. Jez and Grim dated. No wonder they’re so close.
“So, you and Grim were alone together?”
“Yep.” She taps her fingers on the steering wheel.
“How long?”
“Four years until Soul and Malice came back.”
The green monster rears its ugly head. No wonder Grim can’t tell me he loves me. He’s in love with Jez. Everything makes sense now. I can’t believe I didn’t see it before.
So fucking stupid, Violet!
