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my only
daughter at stake now.”
    “Go have a drink, Jake. I’ll be
there in a second.”
    I gripped my covers tighter. I felt
someone approaching the bed. Then a hand touched my shoulder. It wasn’t my
mother. It wasn’t my father.
    I felt breath on my cheek.
    “Sleep tight, Ava. Uncle Frank is
going to make everything okay for you.”
    His breath was gross, like the
smell of throw up. I was shivering under the covers and sweating at the same
time. I told myself do not open my eyes. Do not open your eyes. Do not open
your eyes. Do. Not. Open. Your. Eyes.
    His hand slid down my arm to my
hand. I felt his thick and clammy fingers touch my hand. He interlocked his
fingers into mine.
    “Someday, we’ll be so happy,” he
whispered. “You’ll know all the truth. You’ll need me.”
    I pulled my hand away and grabbed
for a stuffed animal.
    He let out a little laugh.
    “Sweet innocence. Too bad it won’t
last forever.”
    He then finally left the room,
shutting the door behind him.
    My head spun with a million and one
thoughts. I missed my mother. I wanted to know who the heck Uncle Frank was.
And I wanted to know what my dad meant about secrets.
    I fell asleep easily… because of
the innocence I still had.
    My innocence would be taken away
long before I learned the truth of the secrets.
     

 
    chapter nine
     
    (jace)
     
    *NOW*
     
    Sid’s fist was like a brick as it
came across my jaw. I saw him coming from a mile away, fist cocked back, ready
to strike. See, the thing was this - you could either take your hits like a man
or you could fucking run and talk your way out of it. Last time I checked, I
had a big, fat cock between my legs. I was a man. I was an outlaw. I could take
a beating.
    The punch knocked me back. I
dropped my beer and the bottle shattered on the ground.
    Sid grabbed my shirt and walked me
back to a metal railing. Over that I would have dropped ten feet to concrete if
he let me go.
    But Sid didn’t.
    He showed his teeth like a hungry
animal.
    “What the fuck did you do?”
    “I don’t know,” I said.
    “You don’t know?”
    “Prez, let him talk,” Gage said.
    Sid snapped his head back and
growled. Then he looked at me again and gave me more space.
    “You were sent to check it out,” Sid
said.
    “And there’s some shit going on,” I
said. “The owner was about to get taken out. And his daughter…”
    “Whoa,” Ryan said. “A daughter? How
old? How hot?”
    “Fuck off,” I said. “I didn’t get
all of the dirt. I had to split. But it’s someone connected. Named Frank.”
    “Ah, shit,” Sid said. “Uncle Frank.”
    “Uncle?” Gunner asked.
    “He’s a scumbag hustler. Gets
people to do shit for him. Promises money. Fucks with their head to turn it
into debt. Then he takes what he wants and splits. He’s a leech. A fucking
disease. I dealt with him in Reno one time. He’s weaseling his way around I
guess.”
    “Shit,” I said. “Well, he had Jake
on his knees, bloody, begging for his life. I think the deal we broke up is on
his shoulders now.”
    “Good,” Sid spat. “Why is this my
fucking problem?”
    “Should we take Frank out?” Gage
asked.
    “Not our war,” Sid said.
    “Prez, this guy was going to murder
someone in town,” I said. “And the shit he said about Jake’s daughter…”
    “Ah, fuck, you got a whiff of
pussy,” Sid said.
    “Hey,” I yelled. I stepped toward
Sid, taking my life into my hands. “I’m telling you what I fucking saw. You
sent me out on a job and I did it. There’s no cameras. Shit is done out of the
back of the store. It’s a fucking shit hole and left that way on purpose. Jake
has nothing to show for himself so he’s in deep for something.”
    Sid put a hand to my shoulder. “Fair
enough, Jace. You did what I said to do.”
    “Will Frank retaliate?” Gage asked.
    “No fucking clue,” Sid said. “We
can handle him. Anyone he’s working with knows better than to come into our
town. Either way, we need to prepare