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If only e bite, Luke drops down into the opposite side of the booth and pinsup here? I already told you I’ooey bite inme? That’s okay I’ out on by not getting to know your brothers That’s your loss I’ crackberry pie and I can’t stay away"
He scowls "You can get pie anywhere"
"But I can’t get this pie, anywhere You were raised eating like this so it’s no big deal to you but let "
Luke pulls out his phone and starts texting,me I take the opportunity to study him He’s tall like I am but built stockier, like my brother Tank He’s cut his hair since the last time I saw him but I know from memory that his dark hair is thick and curly But it’s the eyes that seal the deal He looks like us Forto knowoff when I want so
Finally my enjoyment of my pie seems to cross a threshold and Luke can’t keep his annoyance in silence anymore He slams the phone down on the Formica table so hard that I’lare
"I’ on here than an old uilty I already told Max Marshall that I don’t want anything from him and I meant it And you’d do well to stay away from him, too"
His conviction is co for any reason other than petulance He looks so young that it’s hard to remember that he’s an adult and furthery He probably knows a hell of a loton than I do
"Myno wasn’t an option"
His face falls "Sorry I didn’t know that"
I shrug even though a part of me feels like , thinking about my mom in that hospital bed, so I usually don’t think about it I’ve gotten pretty good at cohts I focus on the task at hand and don’t think about the whys of it all
"There’s no way you could have known that I wasn’t saying it tothe facts I had to take the rudgingly
"I know I already know a lot about you since I had you investigated" As soon as he found out about our brothers, Tank ordered comprehensive reports on all of the on The kid is talented enough to hide al any trace of hihs "You really don’t give a fuck, do you?"
I s the last of my pie "Usually I don’t But in this case, I was pretty happy to learn I had soest one is so just a little bit proud?"
He sits back in his chair, seely stunned into silence This is the first time I’ve noticed a chink in his armor and I realize that despite all his denials, reith my older brother, Tank He’s built like a monster and hits like one, too but loyal as they come He’s the one you call if you have a body you need buried and he’ll shoith duct tape and trash bags No questions asked"
Luke chuckles a little at that, so I forge on
"Now, the two I just met are Gabe and Zack Gabe looks a lot like us except he’s so of a pretty boy Looks like the type as captain of the lacrosse team or some yuppie bullshit like that Soether He’s the tatted up, Mohawked, silent type But word is, he’s a genius with anything on wheels He fixed a car for Tank’s girlfriend and the thing runs so smoothly that she won’t let Tank buy her a new one Drives hilance over at Luke "Then there’s you The child prodigy We have a file on you that reads like fiction I barely h school and probably wouldn’t have if I hadn’t charirls in school who didsoftware that saves people’s lives So yeah, I’ but his eyes stay onto read the truth of my words in ive anything to take one and his face shuts down again
"I’ve gotta go" He shoves back from the table and I watch his back until he disappears behind the counter again Anita looks over fro a boisterous fah, I pull out my wallet and leave a twenty-dollar bill on the table I won’t be getting through to him today But that’s okay
There’s always tomorrow
CHAPTER TWO
RISSA