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“Who is it?” Fergus asks as he wipes a glass.

“Seth.” I purse my lips. “I didn’t tell him that I am staying at your place.”

Agatha frowns. “Why would you have to tell him that?”

I move my shoulders in a shrug. “He’s an old friend. He helped me out a lot initially when I left foster care, and he took Bryan under his wing.”

Agatha sips at her drink. “Doesn’t mean you need to tell him where you are every waking moment.”

The bar is quite loud, so I choose not to answer the call, instead replying with a quick message. When I tell him I am out at a bar, his reply annoys me, and after a quick few messages back and forth, I tuck the phone back into my pocket.

Spending all this time with Fergus puts my relationship with Seth into perspective. Although he is a sweet guy, he is a little controlling at times.

Jerk.

However, I can’t hold on to my anger, knowing how he helped me through Bryan’s drug addiction when he was a teen, the patience with which he held my hand throughout.

Seth is family.

“So, I have some news.”

I look over my shoulder to see Zayn standing there, the expression on his face, grim.

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; Zayn looks pissed off, and I wonder what happened.

I gesture towards Felix to take over and lean over the counter. “What did you learn?”

Zayn tucks his hands in the pockets of his leather pants, his white shirt with not a single wrinkle in it. His faded leather jacket has a tear in it, and I wonder who he got into a fight with.

“The deal with your brother is that he didn’t steal from the leader of this gang. And he didn’t just try to leave the gang. He threatened the man.”

Sarah freezes. “Bryan’s not that stupid.”

Zayn’s icy eyes study her. “That’s not all. This whole thing is seemingly over a woman.”

Sarah grasps my hand, her face pale. “Ruby. That’s why Bryan was so insistent that she stay with her brothers in Nebraska. This is over Ruby?”

Zayn glances at me before turning his attention back to her. “I don’t know who the woman is. Is Ruby his girlfriend?”

Sarah nods, the gesture fierce. “She’s pregnant with his child.”

Zayn’s eyes harden. “Then you need to warn her to keep a low profile even in Nebraska. We don’t know how far this gang has its tendrils.”

“Who is this leader?” Agatha asks, reaching out to put a comforting hand on Sarah’s knee.

Zayn shakes his head. “I can’t tell you because I don’t know myself. But I do know that he personally recruited Bryan and oversaw his initiation himself.”

“So, it’s someone Bryan knows?”

Zayn raises a brow. “Not necessarily. He could have just taken a liking to Bryan and taken him under his wing to groom him. These things aren’t uncommon in gangs.”

Sarah turns to give me a horrified look. “He said ‘initiation.’ Don’t gang members kill people during their initiation?”