I couldn’t help it. I smiled.
“How many were there? And why didn’t you mention this last night?” Ghost asked, getting right to it. He knew how to be serious when it mattered.
“Three.”
“You cleaned house?”
“I handled it.”
He nodded. “So?”
“So what happened didn’t have anything to do with last night,” I told him.
We both lived dangerous lives. We both did illegal things. We didn’t get involved in each other’s jobs unless it was necessary because we handled our own business just fine. But now this wasn’t just about me. Hazard was at risk. And this was a risk I wasn’t willing to take.
“But now it does,” Ghost surmised.
“The men were sent by Nicholas Grimaldi.”
Ghost straightened, recognizing the name instantly. “You messing with the mob?”
“Fuck no. He couldn’t get me on the phone, so he sent his men.”
“And?”
I lowered my voice, eyes darting toward the hall. “And he offered me a job.”
“You told him to find another puppet, didn’t you?”
“Of course,” I snarled. “You know once you get mixed up in that world, you never get out.”
“He wasn’t too happy being told no, was he?”
“According to him, the word no doesn’t exist.”
Ghost turned grim.
“He offered me ten million.”
He made a humming sound. “Desperate, is he?”
“Yeah, and I told him exactly what he could do with his offer.”
“Now he’s pissed.” Ghost turned thoughtful, hitching his thumb over his shoulder toward the bedroom. “You think he took it out on half-pint?”
I gave him a look, letting him know what I thought of his little nickname, and he smirked. Then I shook my head. “He refused to take no for an answer and told me he’d text an address.”
I pulled out my phone, called up the recent text, and slid the device across the counter toward him.
He didn’t bother to pick it up, just leaned down and glanced at the address. “You know it?” he asked.
“It’s Hazard’s.”
Incredulous dark eyes shot up. The second he saw my expression, he whistled. “My guyyyyy,” he drawled. “You mean to tell me that you got hired to kill your own boyfriend?”
“He’s not my boyfriend.”Is he?
“Who you trying to fool right now, me or you?”
