We'll put him to work if we can trust him. But a part of me thinks he might be better off somewhere nicer.
Where am I putting him?
Not at home.
"You okay here?" I ask, voice gruff.
"Y-yeah, it's fine. I'll pay you back. Any work you need done."
"My concern right now is finding my sister."
He pushes himself up. "Oh, God. Can I help? I have no idea where she'd go. Usually, she just goes to your place."
"That's where she ran from."
"Then I don't know. D-do you need help?"
Cade comes over. He's calm, and it gets the guy to sit again. "Not in your state. And you'd just be nice fodder for Mario. Stay here."
There's real concern in Luke's eyes, and I realize he cares for Lyndall.
Realizing that makes my murderous urges flare up again.
I remind myself I'm not about to win points by killing him or hurting him. Because she cares, too.
Fuck.
I push my urges down. "Don't worry. We'll find her."
With that, we make our way outside.
There are clouds overhead, and I stand on the street, unsure what to do.
Cade stands between me and my car. "Dude, what are you doing?"
"What the fuck do you think? Looking for my sister. I don't know what to do. I didn't plan this!" I want to punch something, and he's looking pretty fucking good right now.
"I know. But here we are."
I glare at him because the fucker is frowning at me. "Out with it."
"Out with what?"
"Out with whatever the fuck is on your mind."
"Okay. You should have told them. Lola and Lyndall."
I frown at him. "Told them what? A suspicion that had the power to destroy everything? To upend all our lives? I only just found out it was true. But what if it wasn't? Was I supposed to just put that out there without having all the facts?"
"Maybe." He pushes his glasses to the top of his head.
"What would that have done?"
He shrugs. "Maybe it could have prevented this. Maybe things would be easier because the option was already there. Maybe your sister wouldn't have?—"
"Apparently, she's not that. My sister, that is. She's not my sister." And I make myself say it.
The words are bitter and vile on my tongue as my heart squeezes hard.
