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Cal opened his mouth to speak, and I held up a hand to stop him

“I’ent Beck and the priest murders? Sadie did that for us, you dumb fuck”

“What?” Virgil barked in shock

“Seriously?” Cal asked with an exhausted sigh “Shit” He dropped his head in shame “I had no idea, Jas” He looked around the table and apologized to each of us “I’m sorry”

I nodded y “We were all impacted by our childhood in different ways, Calvin We are e are now because of that shitty ass, warped childhood But h it alive because of Sadie”

Cal shook his head “That’s bullshit, and you know it I don’t belong I never have”

“Bullshit,” Terry grunted

“Terry’s right I’e It il is a silent assassin, ruthless as fuck, with no proble of how lucky we all were that Sadie was around to guide our particular talents

“And you, Cal, you’re e s, but you do You’ve done plenty to secure your spot in this beautiful, fucked up family of ours”

Cal flashed a bittersweet smile and shook his head “No, I don’t think so I know I’m not worthy”

Virgil s on top rattle “Then work like hell to becoht there at her side, kissing her ass twenty-four-seven If you don’t, there will be hell to pay, and Terry won’t always be around to save you”

Cal nodded and refilled his glass hiskey Dauy drink? “I already scrubbed all the footage of , every second of it from the moment I left the house until I returned”

I wanted to be ain—but it hat I would have told him to do “Then we need a body So”

Virgil stood with a wicked smile on his face and cracked his neck and shoulders Then his knuckles “You still have any pieces of the asshole ent after Mo?”

“Wait Why did soo after Mo?”

Terry sighed and grunted “Mo is knocked up, and the baby is Jasper’s”