Page 109 of Mob Knight

I more mouth it than whisper. His gaze darts over my shoulder, but he can’t see the bed from that angle. He nods before he leans close to my ear.

“You stay here, but the rest of us have to go.”

Something went wrong.

I lean back, my brow furrowed. What the fuck else could happen today?

“Whoever this is, hit your house with a drone strike. Cor, there’s next to nothing left. This was full scale destruction.”

“Who the feck did it?”

He glances over my shoulder again before his gaze meets mine. It prompts me to ask what I really don’t want to.

“Jesus?”

“Or Santiago. They knew you and Jocelyn weren’t there.”

“How do you know?”

My dad pulls a piece of folded paper from his pocket and hands it to me. I don’t have to open it all the way to recognize theCuliacán’s brand. I look up at my dad before I nod. I step back and close the door. He’ll wait for me on the other side.

I grab my pants and slip them on before walking to Joey’s side of the bed. I hold out my empty hand. I folded the paper before I turned around. Joey can’t see it.

“Jocelyn, give me?—”

“Stop calling me that. You never do, and you know I don’t like it.”

Next to never. Only when I’m scolding her, I suppose.

“What’s wrong with your name?”

That’s what finally pushes Jesus into losing his shite?

“Santi’s always called me Jo-Jo. Cormac calls me Joey.”

“But I use your name too, and you never get pissed about it.” Santiago sounds as mulish as his father now.

“You’re not Cormac.”

“Joey, give me the phone, please. The rest of the call is between your father and me. Santiago, go back to the children’s table. Jesus, you and I arenotgood.”

That’s as much as I dare say right now. I tap the phone and put it on mute. I show Joey they can no longer hear us.

“I have to go. Your apartment was just a test. They went after our place.”

“What do you mean ‘went after our place?’”

“There’s nothing left.”

“Who did it?”

I look down at the phone in my hand, then back up at her.

“No.” She shakes her head in disbelief.

“I have evidence that says it is. I’m going to speak to your dad on the way. I’ll find out whether he’s lying one way or another.”

“Cor, don’t underestimate him or Santi. And they can mobilize more men than you probably know. They have Guatemalans, Hondurans, and Salvadorians working for them, too.”

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