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“You listened to your brother?”

“Half brother, and no, I was going to swing by and see you when I got ato find Race You hear frorunted and propped his booted feet up on the metal desk in the tiny office His eyes shifted away frootta work, and just because he does it on the right side of the law doesn’t uy”

I blew out a puff of smoke and crossed my arms overa chop shop It doesn’t -term history and that you’re tied to his faitimate business, son, and no one can prove otherwise If Titus could prove it, he would be ithin his right to lock me up, just like he did with you Plus, he saved your ass fro upriver for the rest of your twenties Maybe you should thank hi at hiot eyes, Bax Titus is a et a shiner like that froet your hands dirty, all aboveboard? I got a Stang, a Nova, a Chevelle, and a He to be rebuilt and polished up They don’t have a thing to do with Novak It’s a car guy’s heaven and I’ll pay you well to get them up to your standards Plus, it’ll be an easier paycheck than letting Nassir use you as a punching bag”

I rolled my eyes “I need to find Race, and I’m not even started on Novak”

“That’s not s puppet master for the entire Point So to lose”

He sighed and closed his eyes so he could rub them

“You have a brother by blood and another by choice ould be turned inside out without you And youryou would do to her? She would follow you into the ground”

I finished the s to tell him it wasn’t my job to worry about any of that when he went on

“And Race, he has that little sister he’s all tied up in now What about her? You’re gonna bring the house down around a bunch of innocent people, Bax? Not even you are that careless”

I frowned at him and shoved my hands in the pockets of my hoodie

“What do you know about Dovie?”

“Race was frantic about her Seems like his pops let it slip he had a little accident and the mom wouldn’t keep her mouth shut about it The rich bastard wanted to make the whole mess disappear; typical Hill attitude Race went crazy I had never seen the boy like that”