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I’d checked

“Nothing to be sorry for,” he finally said I al Dante would always say to

Instead of leaving, he came into the small room and shut the door behind him “Can I lock this?” he asked as he un in his hand

So he still wasn’t certain ere safe from his brother

I nodded

Vaughn flipped the lock, then caainst the side of the small bathtub

“Con’s rits”

“This is his house?” I asked

“It belonged to his grandparents”

I nodded “I recognize hi… not the boxing kind”

“MMA… hn said with a nod

“He’s very good,” I said

Vaughn laughed “That he is… it’s funny because he’s one of the least violent and et into it as kids, Con was always trying to talk us through our argu used to tell him he should be a shrink”

“King is his brother? And Lex too?” I asked

“Yeah They’re not actually brothers, but they grew up in foster care together and became really close… even when they were split up and moved to different homes in the city, they never lost that bond”

“You and Luca, were you foster kids too?”

Vaughn shook his head and looked at his hands He tilted the gun back and forth “No… that’s more complicated,” he finally said

I was certain he wasn’t going to say anything else and I was actually se that he didn’t want to share so like that with me when he suddenly said, “We’re half-brothers… same father, different mothers”

“You’re older than him?” I asked “You called him little brother”

“By a couple of years His mother was the one to raise me”

“What happened to your mother?”

I could see he wasn’t coh he didn’t fall silent But he also wouldn’t look at me while he spoke