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She walked back to my car and I peeled myself from the darkness to climb in beside her. I said nothing—I knew she was raging.
“He knows something.” Nella accused, staring over to where Emmitt was still lying on the ground in the headlights of his sportscar.
He was curled into a ball, holding his dick and groaning.
“Emmitt was never very cocky unless he believed he had an ace up his sleeve.” It was as if she was speaking more to herself than to me. “And before I brought him down to size, he was cocky-as-fuck.”
I drove by him, feeling zero sympathy for him. He put his hand on a woman—he should rot in hell.
He’s lucky Nella would try kicking my ass for stepping in when she had it under control or I would have lit his ass on fire for laying a finger onmywoman.
But I wasn’t too worried—if he was the one who took Jeremy, I’d get my chance.
We stopped for food then headed home. While Nella spoke to her mother, I went through footage from the cameras Demon had set up for us at Emmitt’s property.
To my disappointment, they didn’t tell us much.
Aside from vehicles going in and out of the warehouses, there wasn’t really anything suspicious.
I used a thumb to scratch the back of my neck then went into the kitchen to wash my hands.
While drying my palms in the thighs of my pants, Nella returned.
I offered her a smile and took out some food for her. I carried both our plates into the living room, and we sat together to eat.
“I don’t know how we get ourselves into these things.” Nella sighed. “Chelsea’s ex with loan sharks trying to kill her, Jia’s James Bond experience with Mamba in China now this shit. I just—I just want to go one day without any of this.”
“I know, baby.” I sighed.
