Kai smirks as he pulls his lips from mine, keeping his palms on my ass on purpose.
“Payback is a bitch,” I reply, teasing my brother before I remember Jane is gone. Drew’s face turns to stone. “Shit, sorry, D.”
“Get used to it,” Kai says, looking at me like he wants to eat me alive.
I smile sweetly at him as I lift my knee and ram it into his balls. He doubles over, cupping his crotch, as his face twists in agony. “What the fuck?” he rasps.
“That’s for not telling me about Charlie.”
“I was just about to when he burst into the room!” he protests in between panting.
“Not good enough.” I turn my stink eye on Jackson and Sawyer too. “And that goes for you two as well.”
“They deserve a knee in the junk too,” Xavier says, draping his arms around my shoulders. “We can tag team them. I claim Hunt.”
Jackson smirks. “Took you long enough.”
Sawyer elbows Jackson. “Go smoke a joint or jump off the roof or something.”
“Touchy subject, dude?” Jackson slaps him on the back.
“Is anyone serious about taking my father down or we’re just here to joke around?” Drew says, impatience bleeding into the air.
“No need to get your panties in a bunch.” Xavier drops his arms, taking my hand in his.
“He needs to get laid,” Jackson, unhelpfully, supplies. It’s his standard response when someone is grouchy, but my brother doesnotappreciate it.
If looks could kill, Drew would have him buried alive right now.
He storms off toward Xavier’s office, and I glare at Jackson. “That was mean.”
“Never pretended to be nice,” Jackson says, shrugging.
My arm almost wrenches out of its socket as Kai yanks me away from Xavier. “I should put you over my lap and redden your ass for that stunt.”
“You’d be too late,” Drew says, shouting over his shoulder. I pin him with a “shut the fuck up” glare. “Charlie already beat you to it.”
Deathly silence greets his statement, and I sigh. “How’d you even know about that?”
Drew shoots me an apologetic look. “I was watching the camera feed. But I turned it off before he delivered your punishment.”
“Jeez, that makes me feel so much better.”
Kai grabs my shoulders and we slam to a halt. “What happened?” I give him the cliff notes version. “That’s it. He’s fucking dead, and he’s mine.”
When the time comes, he’ll have a fight on his hands.
“Shit,” Drew says, approaching me and looking as pale as a ghost. “Dad perved on you?” I nod. “You need to stay away from the house, and from him, A. I mean it. You have no clue how fucked in the head he truly is.”
“And you do?”
He squeezes his eyes shut momentarily. “Just avoid him, Abby. Promise me.”
“That’s an easy promise. You know how much I despise him.”
“What happened after that?” Kai asks, threading his fingers in mine as he struggles to contain his anger and frustration.
“Let’s head into my office,” Xavier says. “It’s secure, and I’d feel more comfortable there.”
