Page 26 of Broken Promises

He was a sleazy piece of shit that showed up at Heights parties when he got bored of his fancy Crestford ones, and I was a little bit surprised that she put up with his bullshit.

I’d managed to keep him away from her, but I didn’t think she’d give him the time of day even if they had met.

How drunk was she?

I reached for my phone to call her, but Drake’s voice stopped me.

“Dude, is that Lavaro’s Supra?”

My eyes lifted to the screen, and sure enough, there was Ander’s goddamn car driving through Stoneleigh. I leaned closer, wondering if Drake and I were both seeing things, and I squinted as if it would help me see through the heavily tinted windows.

“Did you know he was back?” Drake asked, sitting back at his computer to check on Stone and Knox before opening footage on another monitor to track Ander himself.

“No. I haven’t heard from him since he left,” I said, feeling slightly numb.

Why hadn’t Ander contacted me? If he was back, he could’ve easily found me to let me know what was happening.

I snatched my phone up and found him in my contacts, hitting dial and putting it on speaker as I kept watching the screen. My heartbeat increased as it actually rang for once, and after the third ring, it picked up.

“Miss me?”

“You’re an actual piece of shit,” I blurted out, hearing his snicker of amusement.

“Yeah, I know. Come say it to my face. Meet me in Lightning Cove at the east end of the beach.” Then he hung up.

I shut everything off and got to my feet so fast I almost tripped over the chair.

Did I punch him? Hug him? I wasn’t even sure how I was feeling right now, let alone how to react when I saw him face-to-face.

He’d run and left me for fucking dead.

I was definitely punching him before the hug.

“Whoa, slow down, Lopez. You can’t just run around willy-nilly on your own. Mafia, remember?” Drake bit out as he stood to block my exit.

“Move. He wants to meet me right now in Lightning Cove. It’s?—”

“I know, man. Stop. Stone and Knox should be about to leave, so let me and Cruz come with you. What if they’ve taken Ander and he’s luring you into a trap?”

It was on the tip of my tongue to say Ander would rather die than do that, but then again, he had left me here to die while he ran for the hills.

I gritted my teeth but nodded, letting Drake check in with Stone, then he motioned for me to follow him. Cruz and Penn were laughing at something in the kitchen, and Drake dropped an arm around her shoulders and kissed her cheek.

“Sorry, baby. I need to steal Cruz. Can you keep an eye on the cameras for me? Stone and Knox are on the way back.”

“Is something wrong?” she asked with a frown as she eyed me.

“We’re not sure. Lavaro’s back, and I don’t trust that him wanting to meet up with Lopez isn’t a trap,” Drake answered, kissing her again. “Go make sure the others get home in one piece. If something goes wrong, call Will. He’ll take his team to them.”

Her eyes widened but she did as she was told, and Cruz stared at me. “He’s back?”

“Just spotted his Supra on the cameras. I called and he answered, telling me to meet him,” I explained, and Cruz started following us out to the garage without argument, grabbing a laptop on his way out.

He flipped it open and logged in as we climbed into a car, and Drake drove while Cruz checked the cameras. Sure enough, Ander was making his way through Stoneleigh towards Lightning Cove.

There didn’t seem to be any other cars following, so unless he had people in the car with him, which was only a two seater, he was alone.

I leaned between the seats to watch Cruz’s screen as he followed the Supra, and I scowled when he vanished. “Where’d he go?”

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