Page 298 of Boys Who Taint

Having him visit the family home sure is awkward. I wonder how many times my mom and dads have had to entertain himwith lies while their kids started killing everything around them. Must’ve been tough dealing with that, and it makes me very thankful to know they’ve got our backs.

“I’m especially concerned by the fact that the road up to Spine Ridge U suddenly seemed to have gotten a deep chemical cleanse overnight. You wouldn’t happen to have seen anything, Felix?”

“No.”

“Interesting …” Foley pens more things down.

“Anything else you need, Agent?” Mom asks, grinding her teeth.

He clicks his pen a couple of times and then clears his throat. “No. I have all the information I need. Thank you, have a good day.”

Felix shuts the door behind him, and my dad whispers into my ear, “Almost let the door hit him on the way out.”

I chuckle to myself.

“How many times do we have to keep doing this?” Felix grumbles as he flops down on the couch.

“As many times as it takes,” Mom replies, folding her arms. “We gotta protect them. At all cost.”

“You know, one of these days that fucker is going to get something on us,” Felix says. “And it’s not going to be easy to get out of it.”

Mom sighs. “We’ll deal with that when the time comes.”

Levi

When I’m finallyout of the hospital, the drive back to campus almost feels like a rebirth. The road up to the mountain got cleaned thoroughly, and all the bodies strewn around the ground have disappeared despite the bloodied mess Apollo and Sunny left when they killed them all to protect me.

Apparently, Penelope’s men are good at making sure no one knows they exist too. Guess it helps that Aspen’s grandfather was part of a vigilante group who stole from the mob, and that her mom was able to take over his businesses.

I’m just glad I don’t have to pick the entrails off the ground myself. Though I’m sure she would’ve loved to have seen me do just that as a form of punishment.

The unfortunate part is that all those men did have families, and even though my mom does know someone higher up the police chain, our families will be under greater surveillance. We can only kill so many people unchecked.

But worrying about prison time for one of us isn’t going to fix anything, and it’s not my problem to deal with. That’s what we’ve got family for.

I’m just glad my parents let me ride with Apollo back to Spine Ridge University. Dad had to convince Mom to let me go with him, just to get my bike.

I breathe out a sigh and open the garage door of the Phantom Society. I pat down my sweet motorcycle and whisper, “I missed you.”

“Should I be jealous?” Aspen winks playfully.

I’m glad we were able to smuggle her aboard our car.

Not sure her parents are happy about it though, but we’ll worry about that once we get to their house.

“I don’t mind sharing,” I reply, winking back, before I hand her the extra helmet. “Hop on.”

I rev the engine as she jumps on and wraps her arms around me.

“See you tonight?” Grey says, lifting her helmet briefly to plant a sultry kiss on her lips. “Don’t be late.”

“I’ll make it hurt if you are,” Apollo says with a grin, and he slaps her on her ass so hard she yelps and squeezes my abs so hard I groan because it’s where I got shot.

“Be gentle,” she mutters.

“Not even thinking about it,” Apollo replies, chuckling. “I love your sounds too much.”

“Keep that energy for later,” I say. “We’ll need all the distraction we can get after dealing with our parents. Cya.”

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