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The silent e rendered me speechless

“And that er than I’d ever heard it

Luca had the grace to look momentarily ashamed Then he shook his head slowly “Do you knoas supposed to happen the night you supposedly ‘died’?” he asked

Before I could tell my brother to shut up, Aleks said, “No… what?”

“Marcus wasa man who knehere my son was,” Luca declared

“We don’t know that for sure,” I reminded him

Luca ignored et you out theended and we had the information we needed”

“What information?” Aleks asked

“The man’s identity,” Luca said “Fuck, we didn’t even need that… we just needed him to show up somewhere so we could put a tail on him and track him back to whatever hole he crawled out of The son of a bitch was a ghost… but he agreed to meet Marcus Parks at his place for one reason and one reason only”

“Luca, don’t,” I snarled

“What reason?” Aleks asked, his voice thick with fear

He already knew the answer

“You,” Luca whispered

“Jesus, Luca, just shut the fuck up!” I snapped as I got to“Con, get him the hell out of here!” I shouted When Con didn’t move, I dropped down into a crouch next to Aleks “Aleks, please, just come with me now It’s not safe to stay here”

Aleks didn’t move at first When he did, he turned just a little so he could lookwith Father?” he asked

“It doesn’tlike hell he would drop it

“Was Father going to sell me to him?” Aleks asked

I lowered myself to my knees “It looks that way,” I finally said

“Why didn’t you want hilanced at Luca