I pressed my palms to my eyes, trying to ward off a headache. “So, the warehouse is payback.”
“No. Jaws and I had an agreement. This is something different. I don’t think Jaws knew what Zilla and Orca were doin’. And Wrath mentioned Sonja orchestrated this?”
“When did you talk to Wrath?”
“Five minutes after you left Orca.”
Of course he did. Dad was always in the loop, almost in real time. It was evidence of how much our brothers respected him.
“Yeah,” I confirmed.
“Jesus Christ. Today’s the first time in my life I’ve ever wanted to kill a woman.”
“Fuck, seriously. Stupid cunt.”
“No doubt,” Dad agreed.
“Coup?” I deduced.
“Yeah, that’s where I’m leaning.”
“God help anyone who gets in the middle,” I breathed out.
“Well, unfortunately, we’re in the middle.”
“Shit,” I said. “We are.”
“I called Hatch for backup. I was gonna fly out there when he got back from London, but I’m not sure I’ll be able to fly.”
I nodded. “I’ll go if you can’t.”
“You need to wrap Raquel in bubble wrap.” He sat back, suddenly looking deathly tired. “In fact, she should move into the cabin for a while.”
“She won’t leave Sierra.”
“Both of them, then,” Dad said.
“What about Letti and Drake?”
“They’re safe here. I’ve got a few guys on the house.”
“Who’s taking you to and from chemo if I’m not around?”
“Moses. He drops me off, then picks me up when I’m done.”
“You don’t want him to stay, huh?”
“No way in hell,” Dad said.
I raised an eyebrow. “Letti’s okay with not being there?”
“Letti doesn’t have a fuckin’ choice. She’s in school and that takes priority.”
“I should take you.”
He shook his head. “Need you to watch your woman, Ori. If anything happened to her because of this shit and you weren’t there, it’d wreck you. Take it from me.”
“I got her, Dad,” I promised. “What a fuckin’ nightmare.”
