Page 208 of Goodbye Note

I side-eyed Varian, not sure how much he wanted to say. “Nope.”

Varian shrugged.

“Why did Bronx lose?” I asked.

“He had murder/suicide,” Fox replied. “Now, we have to figure out who is right.”

“What is even left?” Varian asked, amusement coloring his voice.

“John had one of you ran away and the other went looking.” Fox narrowed his eyes at us. “Plausible, but you’re not really sweaty enough to have been running around looking.” He crossed it off.

“Will you at least ask them,” John said, annoyed.

Fox looked at us.

“No search and rescue,” I replied, keeping it closed-lipped, slightly amused. “Next?”

“Hael had one of you quitting and the other shamefully hiding until it was found out,” Fox said as he crossed it off.

“Witness protection was a very real backup plan in my mind,” Varian said between bites.

“Koa had you two ran off together. Since you’re here, that doesn’t really work.” Fox X-ed out that one.

“Vallen had you two having an extended verbal altercation.” Fox looked at us both expectantly.

“Tell us what you had first, then we’ll tell you who’s right,” Varian said, stone-faced.

“Smart. I like it,” I agreed. “What was yours, Fox?”

“That you two have been fucking for the last six hours.” Fox grinned, proud of himself.

“No one had us talking and working out our friendship?” Varian asked, letting hurt into his tone. It was marvelous acting. I wanted to applaud.

They exchanged awkward glances.

“No, never crossed our mind.” Fox narrowed his eyes. “Don’t fucking bullshit me.”

I turned to look at Varian, putting my hand on his thigh and lifting a brow.

He nodded.

“I fucking knew it!” Fox ran over to a pile of cash sitting on one of the tables and swiped it into a basket he made with his shirt. “We’re doing all the illicit drugs tonight!”

I blinked.

“How much fucking money did you guys bet?” Varian asked.

“Five hundred a piece,” Vallen said through his teeth.

“You bet five hundred dollars I’d been fighting with him all day?” Varian stared at his brother.

“I honestly didn’t think you had the game to get him back in bed that fast.” Vallen shook his head.

“I knew after I heard about all your little hookups.” Fox was so damn smug. He was going to be insufferable.

I’m glad it wasn’t my problem.

“So what does this mean?” Kiernan asked. “We back to?—”

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