Page 185 of Chaos Kills

“Do you want to get closer to Ellie?”

The question has been on my mind for some time now. He doesn’t go near her. He definitely steers clear of Mae any chance he gets, but he does have family.

And she’s mine, too.

“No.”

My brows mindlessly knit. “Why?”

I should be glad, I guess. I don’t need him to want to if he turns out to be a diabolical asshole.

Nonetheless, Ozzy just blankly stares back at me, as if I’m supposed to understand his answer.

I don’t.

He wins the next round and then shoots out, “Do you want Matteo dead?”

Okay, these questions suck.

I shake my head, dropping the deck of cards in my hand to the floor. “I don’t want anyone dead, Ozzy.”

“Why?”

“Because I don’t want it on my conscience, nor my hands.”

“He tried to kill Roger.”

When Dad was freaking out at the old house and the front door was open.

I fix Ozzy with a serious expression because only Levi and I know about that event.

But there was someone else outside.

I saw them running after Matteo down the sidewalk and into the street. We just never figured out who it was, and I haven’t given it another thought… until now.

He was in the house with me the night my ex tried to kill Dad.

“Were you with him? Did you…” The rest of my question gets lodged in my throat. He attempted it once before. If he’s running with Matteo…he just asked me if I wanted to kill him. I just admitted that he still freaks me out. “Why…were you there that night?Howwere you there and I didn’t see you?”

He continues to gape at me like I’m supposed to read his mind. And, the longer he waits, the more hairs on my body begin to rise in warning.

I toss us two cards each because I obviously have to win a match to get more answers, but he wins this round to my utter annoyance.

“Do you love him?”

I really didn’t give him much credit on this whole asking questions bit.

“Who?”

“Wallace.”

Of course, I love him. I’ve loved Levi since I was a child.

However, I don’t give him the answer because he still hasn’t given me mine. He asked three questions and didn’t win three consecutive rounds.

Which has me wanting to speed up the question asking because the lack of why my husband was running around with my ex is going to give me my answer about leaving South Shore for good.

Everything falls to this.

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