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Elisa rolled her eyes “I know your parents so I know that’s not saying much”
It was true Her parents were consistently neglectful of her as a child and yet cruelly caring when it ca that e Every s hid a knife to the back
“Look,” Elisa said, giving Bianca’s shoulders a strong squeeze “I’ you shouldn’t be pissed that in sixmarried before, but you’re so ready for everyone to disappoint you that you’re alaiting for the other shoe to drop After everything that happened at St B’s and with your fa is, Taz’s other shoe did drop Now you need to stop waiting and startforward”
The question ould Bianca be doing that with or without him? It was one she didn’t have an answer for and didn’t have time to think about now They had a pin to force out of business After that? Maybe her heart could take giving Taz a second chance
“Co to land soon and we still need to do a final teaet this show on the road”
Chapter 8
Taz
Taz leaned back against the kitchenette’s shelf and rubbed his pal Tamara with Camacho’s information about her arrest warrant, she’d spilled like an overfilled dog bowl She’d confir up and filled in the blanks in ways that made him want to hurl The situation with Taured, and the bar had already been set pretty fucking low
“So your clai to auction off his own daughter’s virginity to raise cash for his little ious cult?”
Tahtened and her hands curled into fists “Oh he wouldn’t call it that, but that’s exactly what it was”
“And ould he call it?”
“An arranged e”
Shit He did not have time for this They were thirty thousanddealer who’d outmaneuvered them at every turn and wanted to harm the wory lunatic willing to barter his own daughter for gold It alive two shits about anyone but himself Of course, then he’d ed
Pinching the bridge of his nose, he outlined his options First, the authorities His brother Keir had connections everywhere, but they’d already used up almost every favor owed in their search for the Genie’s Wish kingpin Plus, it was going to take a lot to get someone true blue to overlook an active warrant Still, if she had so concrete, he could find someone to listen
“What kind of proof do you have?” Taz asked