“Yeah, you did stare at me for two hours straight.”Stop asking questions and let me go. Oh, my God . . .Dark eyes snapped to mine, and I stiffened when they flared with offense. Theo’s jaw ticked a few times before he grunted, and the moment slid by on pins and needles until he ducked to watch the video.
“Right. Do you know this guy?”
“No, he’s a different dealer than the one Sylvie had before I helped her get clean.” Theo had no accent beyond the typical American one, and I couldn’t even be mad right now as he startedkneading my scalp.Sucking in a sharp breath, a cold sweat broke out under my clothes, and he jutted his chin out at me with an expectant grunt.
“Replay it.” The video couldn’t have been longer than twenty seconds, and I swiped back the time bar at the bottom of the screen. “How long has she been clean?”
“Four years. I told her if she ever used again, I’d kick her out of my life. I’m trying really hard. I can’t be with someone that’s not trying just as hard.” I couldn’t help the bitter betrayal that bled into my tone, and Theo’s cheek twitched in the shadow of the screen. “This . . . this is all I know, okay, so . . . you’re gonna leave me alone, right?”
“Don’t count on it.” Once again, Theo’s eyes met mine, and I sucked in a sharp whistle of breath when he jerked my head. Squeezing my eyes shut, a whimper lodged in my throat, and my heart tried to burst through my ribs. My skin crawled when he bumped his nose to my temple, and his clean-shaven chin brushed my ear. “Next time, I’ll get you to dance forme,Illya.”
A shudder raked my shoulders, and Theo unfurled his fist from my hair to walk to his car and speed off. Only when I couldn’t hear it anymore did a faint exhale escape me, and my knees gave out on me as I crumpled to the pavement.
He kept my knife.
