But Lu just shrugs. ‘Not the first time I’ve been in danger. Won’t be the last.’
‘Hey, asshole,’ she yells as if to prove she’s not afraid. ‘Do you know who I am? My grandfather’s gonna fucking kill you. He hates it when people mess with his family, and I’m totally his favorite.’
Andy glances back at us and gives Lu a narrow-eyed look but then turns away again and stares out of the door into the darkness beyond.
‘I don’t know why Shade’s ugly brother would bring us here unless it had something to do with the Colombians. The only other planes that use this airfield are crop dusters, and that’s just for appearances.’
She glances at me. ‘We need to get the fuck out of here if that’s who he’s waiting for.’
My mind reels. ‘He told me while you were unconscious that he was the one who had Blake’s father’s debt sold to the cartel. He’s in business with them somehow.’
Lu lets out a long breath. ‘Yeah, we definitely need to be gone, or we’re so fucked, Daisybear.’
Andy turns around to look at us, obviously hearing our whispers. He checks his watch again and shakes his head, clearly annoyed.
And then I hear a voice from outside.
‘Hey, bro.’
Shade!
Andrew swears under his breath. ‘Guess I should’ve bombed the shit out of your club again, huh, Jack? How’d you find me?’
He pulls a gun from his waistband as he speaks.
Shade doesn’t answer his question.
‘I know it was you,’ he shouts from the dark close to the hangar door, it sounds like.
Andy lets out a laugh. ‘You’re gonna need to be more specific, bro.’
‘Larson. You killed him out in the woods behind the school.’
Andy’s brows rise and then he glances at me and winks.
It was Andy? All this time?
My legs suddenly feel like they can’t hold me, and I sit down hard on the floor.
‘You?’ I ask. ‘It was you?’
Shade appears at the door, his hands up, his eyes scanning me quickly to make sure I’m okay before moving away and making Andy the focus of his attention, just the way his brother wants.
‘How’d you do it?’
Andy’s smile is malicious, and it makes me shiver despite the fact that my body is already about as frozen as it’s going to get.
‘I just did it. Sharp branch right through him. How did you know it was me?’
Shade takes a step inside, and Andy takes a step back, the gun trained on his brother, as well as Mav, who’s right behind.
‘You only brought half the gang,’ Andy says with a saccharine smile. ‘Where’s Blake?’
‘Had a job to do for his boss. You know all about them, right?’ Shade looks around the hanger. ‘That’s why we’re here. You made a deal with them since we’re flat broke.’
Andy’s lips tighten. He says nothing.
‘It was the keychain that was found at the scene,’ Shade says after a moment, answering Andy’s previous question. ‘That’s how I knew it was you. Saw a picture of it. I recognized it, of course. Mom left us each the same.’
