I paused. “How did he look?”
Enzo nodded, his face still that mask of cold. “Was he injured? Thin?”
I thought back, slowly shaking my head. “He didn’t look injured. Unless he was hiding it.”
Enzo nodded. “And how did he seem on the phone last night?”
My hand looped around Hiro’s arm. His skin was warm. “Scared. He was screaming. They, uh…” I swallowed. “They electrocuted him.”
The cold mask that seemed to be Enzo’s default slipped, and beneath it was a burning inferno. “What?”
“T-they s-said he was unconscious too long and they needed to power him back up.”
Hiro’s arm slid around my back, tugging me firmly into his side. “That’s enough.” He was harsh. “No more questions.”
“Just one more.” Enzo asked, “Whereare you meeting?”
Hiro glanced at Kieran. “You didn’t fill him in at all?”
“Need to know,” Kieran replied.
I rattled off the address and said, “But that’s only to meet an associate who will then give me the address once I get there.”
“I need to make a few calls,” Enzo said, pulling out a phone and going out the front door.
Once the door was latched behind him, Kieran turned to Hiro. “I’ll go to the first meetup. Get the address and then?—”
“You can’t,” I interrupted. “They will only give me the address.”
Kieran glanced at me. “I will make him talk.”
“But what if he calls Tommy when he sees you and Tommy kills Wyatt because I didn’t listen?”
“It’s him or you,” Kieran said, matter-of-fact.
I gasped.
“And after you get the address, send it to me, and I’ll meet you there. We’ll clean house,” Hiro said.
Kieran nodded and gestured toward the door Enzo had just left through. “Then he can come collect his product and clean up the mess.”
“Easy peasy lemon squeezy,” Hiro sang.
“No. No lemon squeezy,” I hollered. Turning to Hiro, I said, “Don’t you remember the threat on your life?”
“That’s why Kieran is going to the first address. They’ll be on the lookout for me, but not him.”
“But they will know he isn’t me,” I pointed out. I mean, should I even need to? Kieran was like three times my size.There wasnomistaking him for me.
“He won’t live long enough for it to matter,” Kieran said evenly.
“But Wyatt?—”
“Wyatt is not my concern. You are,” Hiro deadpanned.
Stunned, I stood there feeling my heart thump against my ribs. Finally, I looked up. “You’d seriously sacrifice him for me?”
Hiro met my eyes. “I will sacrifice anyone for you. Even me.”
