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I noticed he left out Big G.Smart man, but alsoreallydumb.
“Shock, have you ever thought about the women you’ve ruined.Like really thought about them?”
“Jackson,” Nonno warned, “Not here.Let’s go inside.Officers only.Now.”
As I handed Kate and Zoe off to a prospect so he could take them to my office, Shock bumped my shoulder.
Under his breath, he muttered, “You’re pussy-whipped.”
I fired back, “At least I’m getting some.”
No sooner than he was out of earshot, Kate whispered to me, “That was immature.”
“You want maturity?”I pointed at Shock’s back as he entered my meeting room.“He’s at least ten years older than I am.”
She narrowed her eyes as I stared her down.But we were interrupted.
“Jackson, get your ass in there.I got these two.”Baldy took over for the prospect, motioning Kate and Zoe up the stairs.“You don’t want to keep Nonno waiting.”
Right.
It was time to face my doom.
Chapter 28
Kate
BamBam blocked the top of the stairs.He was one of the older members.I recognized him from Shock’s arsenal of torturers.Almost twenty years wasn’t enough to erase the fear that paralyzed me.
“Kate.”His eyes scanned my body, but quickly flicked past me and locked on Zoe.“I hear she ain’t Shock’s.Is that right?”He licked his lips as if tasting something savory.
My arm shot out, blocking Zoe and moving her into my shadow.“Move.”
He ignored my command.“She’s pretty like her mother was when she was younger.If she ain’t Shock’s, she’s fair game.”
Like hell she was.I stepped up the last step and kept moving forward.Each inch closer added to my fear, but also to my fury.
“You sick son of a bitch,” I started.“Touch one fucking hair on her head, and I will cut you down and then torch the pieces.Move!”
To my surprise, he took a step back.I kept coming until I’d backed him into the lounge at the top of the stairs.Two hookers were on the couch.As I kept detailing what I’d do to that asshole’s defiled corpse, one of them stood up.
That caught my attention and broke my train of thought.Andholy shit, I recognized her, too.
“Cara?”
Her face showed the years between then and now, but she still had those lovely brown eyes and nearly black hair that attracted men.Unfortunately, she attracted the wrong sort, like Shock, and the assholes around him.
BamBam remembered who he was and sneered.“That’s right.You might have slipped our trap in New Jersey, but we snagged someone else.Coco here sucks a mean cock, don’t cha, babe?”
“Sure do.BamBam, go downstairs.I got this.”
His gaze bounced between me and her and back, eventually landing on Zoe.Something unspoken made him hesitate.“I’ll be at the bottom of the stairs.When Shock gets out of the meeting, have ‘em ready.”
What did he meanby that?
Maybe I didn’t want to know.I waited until he tromped away before saying anything.
“What are you doing here?”I asked.
