Vengeful Secret : A Secret Baby Mafia Romance (The Burkes Mafia Book 3) by Kira Cole

Author:Kira Cole [Cole, Kira]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-11-29T00:00:00+00:00

18

GRAY

I head directly to the bar for a drink, wanting to blend in the crowd as much as possible. I scan the crowd for any familiar faces, and I see a few.

Brady Connor, one of Murphy’s cousins, stands over by the VIP section that Sutton is on her way to. He’s a low-level idiot, really probably a good target for her, but he’s not who I’m looking for.

I’m looking for the man who shot my father. I have a sneaking suspicion that he’s the same one after Sutton, and if he’s here...

But I don’t see him after looking over everyone I can find in the crowd. It’s too crowded, there’s too many people, and I lose track of Sutton almost immediately after she enters the crowd.

Panic rises in my throat, but I remember that she’ll be close to the VIP section.

I catch sight of her, and she’s sidled up next to Brady, not making any signals at all.

Relief rushes through me.

“Sir? Your whiskey.” I turn my head to face the bartender, taking the drink although I don’t intend to taste it.

“Gray?” a deep voice sounds behind me, loud even over the music.

I turn to see my best friend, Thomas, standing there, swaying slightly on his feet.

“Thomas?” I ask, pulling him toward a bar stool and sitting him down. “You’re on a tear tonight.”

He chuckles darkly. “You bet.”

I swallow hard, able to see the pain etched on his face, even as I check that Sutton is still okay. “Is it Lissa?”

Lissa is Thomas’s on again off again girlfriend, and they have quite a tumultuous relationship. But he’s never taken it this hard before. Thomas barely ever drinks, and now he smells like a distillery.

He looks up at me with glassy eyes. “She’s getting married,” he says softly.

I blink. “She’s what?”

As far as I knew, they were together just a few weeks ago.

He shrugs. “Met some guy out in Cabo with her friends. Said she fell in love at first sight.” He scoffs. “That’s always what she said about me, too.”

“Jesus, Tommy, I’m sorry,” I say, unsure what to say at all.

My heart goes out to the guy. I can’t imagine how drunk I’d get if during our five-year separation. Sutton had gotten engaged to someone else.

I look and see her stepping away from Brady, but still looking at him.

Thomas shrugs again. “It is what it is, right? Gonna put my liver to the test for a few days and then get back in the saddle.”

“Do you have anyone here with you?” I ask, concerned. “Someone to drive you home?”

He shakes his head, finishing his drink and putting it on the bar. He hails the bartender, but I put up a hand, making a “cut him off” gesture.

The bartender takes one look at Thomas and nods.

I’m a bit worried that Thomas will cause a scene when they cut him off, so I clear my throat and heft him up on his feet.

“Let me call you a car,” I say.

“You’re my best friend, Gray.

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