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Everyat the table stared at him

“His mother’s mother married his father’s brother,” Lu said nonchalantly “They’re from a small town It’s not as incestuous as it sounds”

“And I thought we had a tangled fah

“They knehere I was fro lance at her in surprise Everyone kneere in the middle of a sit-down, so they’d steered clear of the roo I was actually i, it would’ve given them away instantly

“Explain,” Dragon said, waving her toward us

I stood froot closer and put out h mine, I pulled her close

“Thought I told you to stay in the bedroom?” I murmured into her ear

“I thought you knew by now that I don’t take orders froave ht there in front of everyone before handing Olive todown in my chair

Lu must’ve noticed the stunned expression ona chair closer so I could sit “Here, Chief,” she said in amusement

“Thanks” I dropped into it and, holding Olive against my chest with one arm, I laid the other across the back of Cec’s seat

“Cane Warren,” Cecilia explained “The head of the militia? He knehere I was from Who my family is”

“He knew your pop was in the club?” Grease asked

“Yeah,” Cecilia replied, nodding “It wasn’t a secret I mean, I didn’t talk about it with Cane, but I’m sure I talked to his wife Liv about it She was my friend for years, so of course it came up”

“What else you tell the to keep his voice level, but the tension in the roorown thick

“That’s it,” Cecilia said with a shrug

“You think it’s so around tellin’ people that your pop’s an Ace, especially in San Diego?” Leo asked It was the first thing he’d said to her since she got back, and she stiffened, which made me tense

Cecilia’s hand gripped

“I wasn’t out at the bar boasting about h her teeth “Liv was one of my best friends, who I’d known for years Our families came up a few times”

“From what I remember, once you were drunk, you weren’t too careful about what you spread around the bar,” Leo said, his voice flat

I was onthat stoppedover the table was the baby in my arms

“You ain’t helpin’,” Dragon barked at his son “You got shit to say to Cecilia—you bring it up e’re not discussin’ shit h school drama”