Bloody Vows by Lisa Renee Jones

Author:Lisa Renee Jones [Jones, Lisa Renee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Julie Patra Publishing
Published: 2021-01-26T06:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE

Kane picks up the data stick, eyes it, and then fixes a hard stare on Lucas. “These are my uncle’s secrets?”

“Yes,” Lucas replies.

Kane leans forward and drops the stick in the glass of soda sitting near Lucas. “I’m not my uncle. I want nothing to do with his business. And if you have duplicates, I suggest you get rid of them. Or you could always offer your services to my uncle. That’s a good life-long gig. Of course, as my father proved, it will be a short life.”

“Is that a threat?” Lucas demands, eyeing me. “Are you going to let him threaten me?”

I shrug. “I don’t save people from their own stupidity on an empty stomach. I’m just not made that way.”

“If I was threatening you,” Kane replies, “you wouldn’t have to ask. Don’t connect me to my uncle. Ever.”

“Holy hell, this place is a madhouse.”

At the sound of Andrew’s voice, I turn to find him rounding the table to join us. “Did you already order?” he asks. “I’m so damn hungry I could eat from the plates on people’s tables.” He laughs and sits down next to Lucas and across from Kane, but he’s looking at me. “Remember Mom said that in that one movie?”

I actually laugh despite being suffocated by the testosterone at present, but I give none of the men at the table credit, not even Andrew. I give it to my mother and the fond memory of being on the movie set the day she shot that scene. “She had to shoot twenty takes, stuffing her face each time. She gained five pounds.” I glance at Kane. “You know the scene.”

His arm slides around me, and instantly his expression softens. “I do. I believe we’ve watched it about a hundred times.” It’s a very human moment for him and me. Because together, we are human. Apart is a whole other story. Kane glances at Andrew. “And yes, we’ve ordered. You’d better grab a waitress.”

At that moment, as if she heard us, our waitress appears and sets a bowl of freshly made bread with butter in the center of the table. Andrew grabs a roll. “What’s the fastest meal I can get? I have to get back to work.”

“Turkey pot pie,” the waitress replies. “It’s a favorite and we’ve prepped well.”

“Then I’ll have the turkey pot pie,” Andrew says, “and a slice of that coconut cake you guys make. And a Dr. Pepper,” he adds.

“They’re sold out of the coconut cake,” Kane informs him and eyes Lucas to add, “Isn’t that right, Lucas?”

Andrew gives Kane and Lucas a strange look while the waitress confirms. “We are indeed sold out of the coconut cake.”

“What do you have for sweets?” Andrew asks.

“Chocolate cake,” she offers.

He lifts a finger. “I’ll take it.”

“Make that two,” I say. “I think I’m going to need chocolate when this meal is over.”

“And a fresh coke,” Lucas adds, sliding the one with the data drive inside it toward her.

“Got it,” the waitress replies, picking up the glass.

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