“I found out the man I was working for was Rafael.”
I stood up. “Are you fucking kidding me, Trey? You work for the Ironborne Crew?”
“No,” Trey stood up this time, too. “I don’t. When I found out it was Raf, I told them I was done. I would do one last job and I was done. I’d finally got my addictions under control and I was finally…I don’t know, happy I guess. I wanted to make it up to Ro. I wanted to give back to her for sticking by me.”
“Rowan deserves more than someone who disappears and doesn’t warn her when danger is coming. You should have fucking told her face to face, admitted you fucked up, and brought her here so we could protect her, and you.”
“I know, fuck!” he groaned. “Look, I tried. I sent a text message to her but I didn’t realise it didn’t go through. I didn’t know, Dad. I thought she was with Frankie.”
“Trey…I know we have a shit relationship but you know I would do anything to protect you. This club would do anything to protect you. You chose to not seek help, and it hurt your girlfriend.”
His brows furrowed for a moment. “I fucked up. I know I fucked up, but no one is going to hurt Ro again. I made her a promise. I will keep it.”
“What did you promise her?”
“I will make this right for her.”
“Trey, what did you promise her?” I ground out, getting a very bad feeling about what he was about to admit.
“I’m going to kill him,” Trey announced. “I’m going to kill Rafael.”
The blood drained out of my body at the resolute admission from my only son. I may have failed him as a father, thinking I’d done the right thing by him, but right now, I’d be an asshole if I let him do that.
“No, you’re not.”
“Yeah, I am.”
“Trey, he’ll kill you the second he spots you. He’s the Ironborne’s most lethal assassin. There’s no way I’m letting you take this on.”
“But he hurt Ro–”
“Because of you!”
He sat back down, frightened by me raising my voice. I rarely did it, but when I did, people sat down and shut up.
“I let her down, Dad. I need to make it up to her…for everything, for the last year, for…everything.”
“What do you mean by the last year?” I asked him. “What the fuck have you done to her?”
“Nothing like that, jeez, I’m not a fucking monster. I was just fucking confused. All of this was because I was confused and I didn’t know what to do. She begged me to come and talk to you, and I refused. She swore you’d understand, but when Mum didn’t, I just assumed you’d be the same.”
“Understand what, Trey? Stop talking in riddles and spit it the fuck out.”
“I’m gay!” he cried out, slamming his hands down on the table. “I’m gay, okay?”
I had no idea that was going to come out of his mouth, that was for sure, but my mind didn’t go to the admission about his sexuality, it went straight to Rowan.
“What about Rowan?”
“She and I have been living as roommates for a year. I didn’t think she knew, she was just helping me with everyone when it came up, being a friend. But she knew…this whole fucking time and she waited for me to tell her,” he admitted, before his eyes zeroed in on me. “Are you seriously not going to comment on what I just told you?”
“What do you want me to say?”
“I don’t know,” he sighed, standing up and heading to the door. “I guess I shouldn’t have expected anything else. Mum kicked me out, told me I shouldn’t darken her doorstep, so I guess I get the same from you.”
“I didn’t dismiss you yet, kid, sit down.”
“Why?”
