“Emery!” I exclaimed, mushing him. “I’ll see you guys later. I’m going to do everything I can to set you all free.”
“’Preciate that, cuz.” Ellis nodded.
“Mina’s birthday is this Saturday. Prayerfully, we can celebrate her day of birth and us being free men. You’re welcome to come if you’re available,” Emil said to me.
“Nigga, she was already going to be my plus one. She didn’t need your invite.”
Emil waved Emery off as I snickered.
“Thanks for the invite. I would love to.”
“Always.”
Emery placed his hand on the small of my back. “Let me walk you out.”
I said my goodbyes to the fellas and then headed for the door. Before Emery opened it, he attacked my lips. We kissed for a minute until he pulled away.
“I may be a little late getting home tonight, so don’t wait up.”
I shook my head and sighed. “Okay.”
“Hey,” he said, lifting my chin. “You’re safe with me, baby. Always remember that.”
“I know. I’m just ready for this all to be over.”
“It will. Trust me.”
“I love you.”
“I love you more, baby.” He pecked my lips again and sent me on my way.
“Oh, yeah, since you won’t be home until late, I was going to invite Carmen and Chanel over for drinks later. If that’s okay with you?”
“It’s your home too, Yummy. You can invite whomever you like. Just make sure you trust them.” That eyebrow lifted again as I smirked and nodded.
“Okay. See you later.” I walked out the door and headed to Jeremiah’s BMW and got inside.
“Everything okay?” he asked once I was settled.
“Of course.”
“Those guys are intense. Sometimes, I hate knowing our clients are guilty and getting them off. I should have been a prosecutor instead,” he said, pulling out of the roundabout. I knew Jeremiah felt some way about how Emery had spoken to him, but what he just did made me realize I might have to keep an eye on him.
It was clear he didn’t like being spoken to that way, and I agree, but he should have stayed focused on why we were there in the first place.
“I know them, Jeremiah,” I decided to disclose. “It’s why he called me that.”
“You do? Likeknowthem, know them?”
“We all went to high school together.”
He blinked a few times before he let out a low ‘shit’. “Well, that explains why they were ready to pounce on me. Knowing what we know about them, we should be careful with this.”
“We’re good, Jeremiah. I’m just ready for it to be over,” I told him truthfully. This case was giving me anxiety and putting me on edge because of that death note. I didn’t know the man in the photo Emery showed me, but I knew this didn’t have my family’s name on it.
“Were you dating one of them?”
I frowned. “You can’t ask me things like that, Jeremiah.”
