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“You’ve been distant and I get that Even though I’ve never served another et that”

Yeah, well, I didn’t get that shit either “I don’t knohat to tell you, Cross I’ the best I can”

“And that’s why I wanted to coet back into things, which ured it out”

“There’s nothing to figure out, Cross”

He laughed and shook his head “Savior said we should’ve talked to you about it at the tireed You know those calls at the prison aren’t private unless you’re with your attorney”

I gave a sharp nod I kneell More than a couple inht up with their oords “Talk to me about what?”

“About the asshole who actually murdered Ricky Tran”

The fucker who’d died shortly after his DNA had been identified under Ricky’s nails With hih, the prosecutors had suppressed the inforotten into a scuffle earlier that saht?”

Cross nodded “As soon as we got the ID on that DNA evidence ent after hi hated Asians Weforward He chose the alternative”

Both of my eyebrows rose “A round with Savior?”

His face filled with evil happiness “Jag Figured if he hated people of color, hedid not” He shook his head, a wistful smile of remembrance on his face “He didn’t want to come forward The asshole was more afraid of ould happen to hi”

I nodded at what he hadn’t said explicitly and released three les all around

“I’ you this so you know, Golden Boy We had your back then and we have your back now If I thought there was any chance of hi forward to help, I would have dumped him in front of the cop shop ether, so we handled it Our way”

I appreciated it A lot it turned out “Wow, o fuck yourself, that I wasn’t pissed at the club, but shit,me know, Cross”

I didn’t knohat else to say because talking about ularly—and definitely not with Cross “You know, I a bones And I know I’ve been distant But only because I needed to get ht, I wouldn’t have ended up where I did for six fucking years”