Before I left, I stopped by my dad’s office to see him. I’d been curious about his plan now that we weren’t using Lucia as collateral anymore.

I knocked on the open door. “Hey.”

My dad stood from his chair. “Hey. How’re you feeling?”

I held up my hand when he started to approach me. “I’m fine, Pops. I don’t need help.”

I leaned against the doorframe for support. “Lucia said you had a plan for dealing with her dad.”

He sat back down, returning his attention to the papers on his desk. “Yeah. I called Lee and worked out a deal.”

“For the fentanyl?”

He nodded. “But I told him he has to take care of our cartel problem if he wants us to sell for him. He agreed.”

My brows pulled together. “What do you think he’s going to do?”

My dad shrugged. “Don’t know, don’t care. As long as it gets taken care of.”

I chuckled. “Not our problem anymore, huh?”

“Damn straight. Those cunts have caused us enough problems. If I thought killing them all again would do us any good, I would. Especially since they shot you.”

“Yeah. But they would all just get replaced by someone else and come back after us.”

“Exactly. So we’ll see if the Yakuza will really be able to do something. If not, we’ll have to come up with another plan.”

It was an annoying fucking cycle, but I was glad Lucia was out of it. “Thanks for letting Lucia and her friend go.”

He looked up at me. “She saved your life, son. It’s the least I can do. You probably would’ve bled out if she hadn’t brought you to us.”

A small smile curved my lips. “Yeah. She had every right to leave me there.”

“Well, I’m glad she didn’t.”

“Me, too.”

Lucia was waiting for me at my Tahoe when I finished talking to my dad. “Ready to go?”

I smirked as I thought about what we’d be doing when we reached our destination. “Hell yeah.”

When we got to my house, I led Lucia up the stairs to my room. No one was home, and I’d made sure that Raleigh knew to staythe fuck away for the night. Elise was apparently getting supplies and running errands before the next part of their road trip so she was occupied, also.

As soon as we got in my room, I kicked off my boots. “I need you naked. Now.”

Her face flushed as she stripped off her shirt, then her shorts. Once she was in her underwear, she helped me get my clothes off, then backed me up to my bed.

I sat down, then she took off her bra and panties before kneeling between my legs. “I’ve never done this before. I’ve read about it a lot, but never actually done it.”

That was a little surprising. “Well, I’m glad to be your first.”

She licked her lips before taking my dick in her mouth, gagging on it when she went down.

“Fuck,” I groaned as she bobbed on my dick.

Lucia swirled her tongue around the tip. “I want you to come in my mouth. I want to taste it.”

I groaned again. She was going to be the death of me.