I told them to keep a distance, but this is too much of a distance for my liking. I know they know better. My frown deepens.
“One dead, the other down. Ye might want to get him some help. We watched them pick them off,” Blair answers.
“Um, interesting. Let’s go. You two, SUV with us,” I bark. “I’ll handle the rest.”
Brooklyn
“Where is she?”I bark as I storm into Uri Donati’s home.
When I got the call from Callum that there had been an attack, I thought I was going to lose my mind before I made it here. I just spoke to Uri yesterday and told him I had planned to come for DJ.
After that call, there was nothing that could stop me from coming. Not a text, not a call, nothing.
“First of all, who do you think you are coming up in my home barking out demands?” Val says as she appears with one of her little boys in her arms.
She hands the boy off to another woman and then stands with her hands on her hips. I look around for DJ, wondering why she isn’t with the baby. My frustration grows as my eyes don’t land on her.
“She’s not here. I sent her and those two demons home for the night.”
“Take this as her resignation,” I bite out and turn to leave.
“They weren’t after me, Brooklyn. Uri and Micheal are out making a visit to your problem because she’s my friend.”
I stop in my tracks and spin to face her. I narrow my eyes. Val sighs and rolls her eyes.
“Lynch, the guys were some of his low levels. I say he was testing the waters. Too bad your girl is a bad motherfucker and drowned their asses.”
I knit my brows. “What do you mean?”
“That girl is no joke. I would work with her if the need arose. She has my loyalty for life for protecting me.”
“Aye,” I murmur.
I think I finally understand what Phoebe has guided us to. The fact that she hasn’t texted to stop me from coming here gives me the feeling that the path has been fulfilled and this was the desired outcome.
“Do you? Because I’ve never been afraid of the big bad wolf. If you hurt my friend, I will hunt you down, and I never miss my prey. I put a dog down when I find one.”
“Aye, I know who ya are, and I know who yer husband is, but I’ve never been afraid of death. And if I have noise to make, I’m going to make it with my whole chest and dare a motherfucker to try to hush me.
“Apparently, DJ has told ya about what she thinks I did. She’s wrong, and you would be making me implode this whole alliance over a lie. Everything I do is for DJ.
“The girl isn’t mine. If I told ya who she belongs to, I’d have to kill ya. I think I might like ya and yer husband, so thank ya for being DJ’s friend and tell yer husband I owe him for Lynch. Good night.”
With that, I turn to leave. I have someplace to be. Enough is enough.
CHAPTER 37
The Truth Is
Deja
I stepout of the shower and wrap myself in a towel. My head is still reeling with the fact that Callum and Blair followed me to America to watch over me. They were sent by Gran and Uncle Ewan because of this Phoebe woman.
I have so many unanswered questions. I mean, I know I work for a mob family; I put two and two together. Uri and Val move like the uncles and Cole.
I figured out a while ago who I was dating and living with. It’s not something I’ve said out loud, but I know. I think I’ve always known who the O’Briens are.
My questions come when it comes to why Val? And how does she and Uri connect to Hush and Black Death? I’m so deep in thought as I grab my lotion and walk into the bedroom that I almost don’t feel his presence.
