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“Herrin never meant for us to find Liza, but it’s likely that he planned to return her,” I tell him

He gives ht smile “I know”

“No one expects you to deal with this You decide hoe play this”

He cracks his neck to the side before answering “She just played o to ht have happened if we’d taken the bait She illing to put all those girls at risk just because Herrin asked it I think it’s only fair I return the favor and play her for all she’s worth Then we’ll take a vote on what to do This is Drex’s show He loves a good vote”

He cracks a shted it is

As he opens the door to leave, I turn and walk back into the bedroom, curious if Maya overheard all that The second I’m inside the room, I see her on the bed, her eyes trained on me

“Sledge is only thirty-five?” she asks, her brow pinched in confusion “Not that he looks older or anything, but I thought he raised Rush And Rush is in his twenties”

“That’s what you ask?” I swear I’ll never figure her out or see her zigs and zags before they come

She shrugs “Seriously Only thirty-five? Or is ? Liza was fifteen when she joined, and she’s been with the club for twenty-five years, so that’s forty, ap—and that makes him thirty-five,” she says so earnestly

“You’re really fucking hard to predict,” I grumble

“Thank you,” she states as though she truly finds that to be a compliment

Rolling e just turned thirty-six last month, sae found hi brother, but turned into ure when he realized Rush needed that He enty-seven or twenty-eight and wise beyond his years”

“This is going to sound absolutely terrible that I don’t know, but how old are you?” she asks

My lips twitch I honestly think that’s the first tie “Twenty-seven and nowhere nearly as wise as Sledge was by e”

She glances down at her hands, idly picking at the he—a red one that has the sas on underneath it Or tights Hell, I don’t know the difference

“He seeht he and Liza had been together for fifteen years” As the words leave her mouth, they almost sound sad