Page 68 of Cup of Lies

I’m not stacked with muscles on muscles like Bermuda—who I hear once played college football—but I can toss a little kid around easily enough. We spend the next half hour playing with Kaitlyn, forgetting all the drama that is our lives.

When Kaitlyn gets out to guzzle down two Capri Suns, I pull Romy into my arms and give her a chaste kiss on her pouty lips.

“We’re going to fix all this shit,” I vow, “and then we’re going to be happy like this all the time. The four of us.”

Sunshine barks nearby.

“You left someone out,” Romy teases.

“The dog too.” I smirk at her.

The dog takes off, barking fiercely. A sudden chill ripples down my spine.

“Get Kaitlyn in the house,” I command, pulling away from her and launching myself out of the pool.

I quickly towel off and throw on a shirt before following where Sunshine went. When I round the side of the house and the driveway comes into view, I take in the intense scene.

A man in a suit stands with his hands in the air. One of the bikers, Katana, holds a fucking sword up against the man’s throat. Dragon bounces from one foot to the next, poking at the man’s chest, demanding answers. Koyn exits the house, along with Bermuda and Filter, as I make my way over to the other men.

Green eyes meet mine and bore into me. “He’s my brother. Let me go, assholes.”

Theo.

How in the hell is Theo here?

I left no trails whatsoever.

Is it this stupid Stem Lock shit in my head? Can it be tracked? I’ve never wanted to cut my own flesh open and go digging around before, but I sure as hell want to now. I want this tech out of my body.

“We need to talk, Caius,” Theo says, a droplet of sweat running down his temple. “Call your dogs off.”

He thinks I have any control over these guys? He must not know too much about my situation.

“What do you want?” I say instead, crossing my arms over my chest. “How did you find me?”

Theo’s jaw muscle ticks with irritation that I haven’t immediately chosen his side. Tough fucking luck. I owe him nothing.

“Your laptop. I installed new software when you were…indisposed.” He gives me a pitying look. “You never removed it. But don’t worry, Dad doesn’t know where you’re at or that I’m here.”

Indisposed? They fucked my brain with their Stem Lock shit. Now I feel like a total idiot for jumping through so many hoops only to lead him right to us. And he’s lying to himself if he thinks Dad doesn’t track his every move.

“Kill him,” Romy says as she exits the house, thankfully without Kaitlyn in tow. “He deserves it after his betrayal.”

I’m blasted by memories of catching him kissing her, the argument in the hallway of her being my girlfriend, and then later learning he drugged her and took suggestive photos of them naked together.

“He does,” I agree.

Theo’s eyes widen in horror. He always was an expressive man.

“But,” I say quickly before Katana can behead him, “he has information we need. Information only he has access to.”

Romy moves to my side and takes my hand. “You were my friend and you tricked me. You took Kaitlyn from me and let Doc Junior bring me back to that horrible place.”

Theo’s eyebrows furl and a flash of guilt flickers in his eyes. It’s then he notices her belly. “Holy shit, babe, you’re pregnant?”

I crack my neck audibly, irrationally pissed at him calling her “babe.”

“You sent a pregnant woman to be tortured,” she accuses, voice quaking with emotion. “You deserve all the terrible things you have coming to you.”

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