“Yeah? I bet you love it. Can you get me a towel, please?”
“I think I’ll leave you like that.”
“Prime!”
“You’re so lovely covered in my cum.”
“Towel!”
He smacks my ass harder. “What’s the magic word?”
“Right now.”
“Good enough.” He returns with a wet rag and gently cleans me. When he’s done, we dress, and I end up with my feet in his lap. He rubs them absently, smiling and finishing his coffee as my eyes get heavy.
“You just about fucked me to sleep, you know that?”
“Go ahead and get some rest if you need it.”
“Not yet. I need to hear about where you’ve been.”
“Ah, yeah, that.”
“Prime—“
“No, I’ll tell you. Remember my friend Shawn? And what happened to him? Well, I told you about that guy Alfonso, the one who showed me the ropes early on…”
He talks about his visit. It’s clear it hurts, seeing Alfonso again and reliving the old days. I listen and don’t interrupt until hefinishes. “After I left, I went for a drive. Do you know how drugs move out of the city?”
My eyebrows arch. “I’d be pretty bad if I did.”
“They go by truck mostly. Easiest way of getting across the country. But they need to be properly packed and hidden, which is where my people come in. Sometimes though, there are delays. The trucks break down. They get caught at a weigh station, something like that. A cop pulls them over.”
“Okay… I mean, I love talking logistics, but where are you going with this?”
“Fontana’s bleeding. The whole outfit’s falling apart. My payments are the only thing propping them up.”
“And if those payments don’t come…”
“More pressure.” He shrugs and leans his head back. “I’m not saying it’ll fix everything, but it’s another step in the process.”
I sit up and curl against him, kissing his neck. “You know what you need to do, right?”
“I’m coming up with some ideas.”
“Prime.” I touch his cheek and make him look at me. “You can’t do this alone.”
“I don’t have another choice.”
“You have to tell Stellan.”
He goes still. His legs tense. He shakes his head. “I can’t do that.”
“Prime—“
“I betrayed him. Stellan told me not to make any deals without him, at least none that include the Famiglia. And you know who runs the trucking depots?”
My stomach twists. God, the lengths he’s going to protect me. “You have to tell him. Stellan’s your friend, right? It’s the only way we get out of this.”
