We weren’t.
Cairo told me to back off, so I did.
“He asked me to keep it a secret…and that’s what I did.”
She says it so confidently and loyally that I’m on the fence about being annoyed and empathic.
It’s Levi Wallace.
I’ve always known what he means to her. It’s a bit puzzling how they haven’t broken out of the friend zone, because I see how he looks at her. I know she pushes his buttons.
Shaking my head, I go to place her down because, really, what the fuck was I going to do, but she tightens her thighs around me.
“Ozzy, you saw me,” she mutters through the dark. “I was a wreck. I couldn’t fake that. He wasgoneto me. I killed Nessa over the shit. I never would have…”
I don’t know all the details, nor did I see the photo she sent to De Leon, but I know devastation when I see it.
I’m fully aware of every emotion she has.
That’s why you didn’t see her cry at the funeral.
She did before.
She suddenly stopped, and you didn’t look further into it.
“He asked me not to say anything,” Bay says evenly. “I had to step up as Queen of South Shore, even though I didn’t want to, and make it look real. Nothing has changed other than that. IgaveTorin the Titan seat. I’minthis with you.”
I’m not entirely sure how I didn’t see this.
The Nameless are better at holding shit a secret than I gave them credit for. I was aware they were decent, but I’m wondering how many of them know.
Probably not many. I wouldn’t pass that along to anyone but a trusted few.
Hot Rod and Juice.
“I told you I was never leaving you,” she whispers. “I meant it. I sliced my finger for you. I did what you wanted. I came for you because I care.”
And she proved that tonight.
All hell broke loose in that warehouse when random gunshots sounded outside.
The Nameless shot at the dudes holding the rocket launchers, taking them down too easily, which was embarrassing for Ramsey or Matteo—whoever the men belong to—and I rushed in to grab Lorenzo.
I fought off as many men as I could before I was outnumbered and got ambushed.
Tied.
Held hostage until Bay shot the driver.
For me.
“Allowing them to take you would’ve been the easiest option for me if I wasn’t in this with you. This isn’t a trick, I swear on South Shore. I swear on my dad’s grave—everything. I didn’t mean to hurt you. That was never my intention. I was caught between my loyalty to Levi and you?—”
“Stop.”
I don’t want to hear it.
I don’t know what todowith it.
