It is clear Enzo loves her, and why wouldn't he? Lyndall is a great girl. But her father must be horrible if she wants that.
"What about your father? Doesn't he do a lot for you too?"
"If you call boarding school against my will a lot, then yes." Her shoulders slump as she shakes her head. "Honestly, I don't think Dad would care or notice if I stopped existing."
"I don't think that can be true." I scoot up the bed to hug her fiercely.
But it could be.
And I hate him more now for how he treats his daughter.
Enzo is in the kitchen with his computer open, drinking whiskey, a frown etched into his face.
"Lyndall's asleep." I wait.
But all he does is cast a glance at me, going back to his computer.
I bite back a heaving sigh. "Enzo."
"Yeah?"
I pull out a chair and sit at the table. "Want to explain to me what happened tonight?"
"You were there."
I grit my teeth. "Who were those men?"
"No idea. They didn't have ID on them."
I tap my hand on the tabletop. "Given your impressive hacking abilities and computer skills, I'm not buying that you don't know who those men were. I need you to be honest with me."
He hesitates. "I don't know exactly who they are. Yet."
"There's something you're not telling me. What is it?"
He types some more, then he finally stops and looks at me. "You're not going to like hearing the truth, Lola."
"Tell me."
"I don't know who they are, but I know someone hired them. I found a post on a site on the dark web looking for someone to make a hit."
"A hit?"
He nods. "On you."
My blood turns cold. "On me? Kill me?"
"There are different hits, so I don't know. The amount offered is on the high end of a kidnap job and the low end of a kill job."
A numbness spreads through me.
I don't ask how he knows that.
"But from what I found out, your father had an outstanding debt, and whoever it is, is intent on collecting. And I think what's owed for that bet is..." He shakes his head and looks me in the eye. "You."
"Me?" My voice rises an octave. "That makes no sense. Why now? Why didn't they come for me right after my father died?"
"I don't have those answers," he says noncommittally.
