Wrecked (South Side Boys Book 3) by Alexis Winter

Author:Alexis Winter [Winter, Alexis]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-17T16:00:00+00:00

26

Maverick

I didn’t sleep a wink last night.

At 5 a.m., I knew my attempts were pointless, so I got up and tried to go through some paperwork for the garage. The numbers started running together and I gave up. My mind was only on one thing—well, one person.

So there I was, sitting on the couch, staring at the basement door, when she came up the stairs with Grant in tow.

I quickly volunteered to watch him, which she thanked me for before she got on the road to visit Ryan in prison.

That was four hours, two Disney movies, and one game of trucks ago.

The sound of the garage door opening signals her return, and I’m not sure how I’m feeling right now. I know all about wanting answers, believe me. Growing up, I wished every day for the chance to ask my dad why he chose a life of drugs over us.

What I don’t want is for Ryan to get her hopes up again. I don’t want him to fill her with lies and bullshit so she remains in his orbit.

Would she actually go back to him? Wait for him to get out?

“Mama!” Grant says as he gets up from playing with his new Lego set, giving her a hug. God, that kid loves her so much.

I know the feeling.

“Hey buddy,” she says, though her words sound tired.

“How did it go?” Might as well get on with it. No sense in beating around the bush.

“He . . . he was surprised to see me.”

“I bet he was.” I pat myself on the back, because that didn’t even come out as sarcastic or condescending. “Did you get the answers you were hoping for?”

“Is it going to sound bad if I say I’m not sure?”

She takes a seat next to me and it’s not lost on me that this is the first time in God knows how long that at least, for these moments, we aren’t fighting or arguing.

“Tell me about it.”

She takes a look at Grant, who is busying himself with his Legos, and she begins.

“After he got over the shock of seeing me, he immediately tried to explain himself. But I could tell it was all lies. He was scrambling. I called him out on it and then I think he at least tried to be honest with me.”

“And?”

“He told me that he knew a guy who was in The Kings. That he was told he could get some easy work and a few bucks—just to get him back on his feet. He was just a middleman, like Amanda said. He was doing grunt work. Nothing dangerous, or so he said.”

She takes a breath and I don’t dare say a word. I’m just glad she’s talking to me at all.

“He said that he did drive the car in the drive-by and that he’s going to plead guilty. He’s going to snitch on some of The Kings, so he will barely serve any time. He said he didn’t know what he was driving for that day.

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