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Dante finally looks away and resumes talking to Lucian.
“All the people at this table scare the crap out of me.”
“Me too,” I agree.
She shudders.
Our salads are served, giving us a chance to regroup.
“So…do you know what your new husband does for a living?”
I assumed he was a businessman. Whatever that meant.
“He arranges for loans. Expensive ones.”
The way she says it indicates that they are the type that don’t necessarily show up on monthly bank statements.
Is the man I married a loan shark?
That might explain his connection to the Moretti family.
“And Brennan…” She falls silent.
I stab a slice of cucumber as I wait for her to continue.
“I’m sorry.” Nervously she glances at the other people seated with us. “I shouldn’t say anything.”
“Yes. You should. Please.”
“But it’s why… I mean…”
“Why Margaux ran away?”And left me to deal with this?
She nods.
“Tell me.”
“He went to jail.”
That’s not a surprise.
“Is everything okay, Isla?” Dorian asks, touching my elbow and making me jump.
“Fine.” I offer him my finest, sunniest smile. “We’re just catching up.”
“I’d enjoy you engaging with the rest of the table,” he says, for my ears only. The words are innocuous, but there’s steel in his tone. He’s issuing a command, not making a request.
“Of course.”My lord.
“I’ll tell you later,” Evelyn promises. “But did you know Margaux is getting married tonight?”
“What?”I echo in absolute shock. My sister is getting married?
CHAPTER SIX
Isla
“In Vegas.” Evelyn clamps a hand over her mouth. “I shouldn’t have said that. She begged me not to breathe a word to anyone.”
