Page 68 of Vicious Vows

"You know where it goes. I'm hoping I can trust you to take these where they need to go without getting jacked." I stared at him for a second, and Yuri nodded in return.

I knew I should take more precautions, but right now all I wanted was to reach my brother so we could get this shit under control. It felt like my entire life was stuck in a shit storm, but at least with Lionel waking back up, maybe the end was near.

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The drive to the hospital took longer than I would've liked. Of course, trying to drive through the city was just a maze of dumbasses. There was traffic everywhere and no matter which way Yuri took every path seemed to take us somewhere we had to wait.

By the time I made it to the hospital, it was way after visiting hours.

"Sir, you'll have to come back tomorrow and visit with your brother." One of the nurses stepped in front of me as I walked off the elevator.

I assumed she was in charge for the night. Her no-nonsense attitude rolled off her like a wave.

I glared down at her knowing that I could snap her neck like a twig if I wanted to. I held back.

It wasn't her fault that I was wound up tighter than a top. She had no way of knowing that I was so on edge. Gathering the last of my self-control, I pasted a soft smirk on my face and tilted my head.

"I know I'm late. You have to understand I thought I was on the verge of losing my brother. I was running around getting his affairs in order." I lied and watched as her face softened slightly.

Exactly the reaction I was hoping for. She sympathized with me.

"I promise I won't be any trouble. All I want is to make sure he's okay. You can understand that, right?" I reached over and squeezed her shoulder.

The nurse blinked a few times and her eyes lit up as she dropped her gaze to my hand before allowing her eyes to roam over my body. She wanted more than to just sympathize with me. She wanted to fuck me. I know that look anywhere.

Instantly, my body recoiled at the thought.

I wouldn't fuck her with Yuri's dick. Not when I had Faye waiting at home for me.

The realization that she wasn't truly waiting for me to come home doused me in a hard truth. I couldn't rush home and dive into my wife's tight cunt. Faye hated me.

I pulled my hand away from the woman's shoulder and took a step back not wanting her to get the wrong idea.

She cleared her throat and shook her head before taking a step back of her own. The cloud of lust cleared from her eyes.

"Alright, you can go in to see him, but only for a short while. I'll do my rounds and then you have to be on your way. Your brother needs his rest."

"I appreciate it." I give her another tight smile before I turn on my heel and speed walk toward my brother's room. I open the door expecting to see his body covered in the tubes and wires as it had been the last time. I'm shocked to see he's not. In fact minus a few tubes for medicines, he seemed like he was back to his old self.

"I wondered how long it would take you to get here. I thought you'd be the first person I'd see when I woke up. Imagine my surprise when I saw Father before I saw you, big brother." He chuckled weakly.

"I have shit to do Lionel. We all can't spend our time sleeping." I responded as I walked over, grabbed the chair, and sat next to him.

"I'm sure." his eyebrows furrowed for a second, "What happened? All father told me was that you'd fucked up somehow." Lionel tried to sit up further in bed.

"I'm sure he would say that." Looking around the room as if someone would magically appear, I leaned forward. "Lionel, what do you remember of the drop? Do you remember seeing anyone there that wasn't supposed to be there?"

"What? Kumar's drop? That's what got messed up?" Lionel's eyes opened wide. If he couldn't even remember what drop I was talking about there was little to no chance that he'd remember seeing anyone there that shouldn't be there.

"Fuck man, yeah." I leaned back in the chair and dragged my hand down my face. This wasn't going how I wanted. "Someone ripped us off and from everything I've found out it was one of our own people."

"Shit, no wonder Antonio showed up early. What about the girl, did he buy it?" He lowered his voice and leaned forward slightly.

I closed my eyes and my thoughts rushed back to the woman I'd left at home. "As far as I can tell he has, though I'm not sure how long that's going to last."

Lionel raised an eyebrow in my direction, "That sounds ominous as fuck. What the hell did you do?" He chuckled humorlessly again.

"I fucked up. When I found out it was someone in our camp that was going against us, she found out that Farrah had something to do with it..."

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