Page 115 of Bourbon Deceit
I took the seat next to him and drank from the cup he had set down for himself.
“Now tell me what the hell is going on.”
“Goldie, I told Jett—”
I lunged at him with my fingers and he backed off while saying some obscenities.
“Damn bitch, you’re crazy!”
“Test me, Diego. I swear to God, go and test me because you have no fucking clue what crazy is. Try sleeping with me hovering over you with a bloody rat dangling from one hand and a knife in the other.”
“Holy fuck,” he exclaimed while he scooted back some more. I was crazed, possessed. I needed all the information and I would get it, even if it meant I frothed at the mouth and had insane eyes while trying to get it.
“Are you going to tell me?”
“Do I have a choice?”
“Not if you like your dick.”
His hands quickly went to his crotch and his eyes widened.
“Well . . .”
“Fine.” He took a deep breath and said, “Lot 17 is a piece of property that Jett has been keeping his eyes on for a while, he plans on using it for the local Boys and Girls club and building a park in honor of them and for them.”
My heart warmed. Of course Jett would be trying to build a park for kids. I didn’t know what else I expected from the man with a giant heart. The question though was why did he make it seem like it was such a bad thing?
“The only thing standing in his way is his father,” Diego added.
“His father?” I asked, confused.
“Yes, the man is in the same business as Jett, but he isn’t as successful, because he’s not honest and he’s very distrustful. He uses people to get what he wants and he won’t let anything stand in his way when he sets his eyes on something he wants, even his son.”
“Oh my God, he’s the one threatening Jett?”
Diego nodded his head.
“Why wouldn’t he tell me this?”
Diego gave me the “are you stupid?” look. “Can you imagine how embarrassing it is to have a father who would rather destroy you than love you? He doesn’t want to get you wrapped up in that bullshit.”
“Too late,” I mumbled. “Why does he want Lot 17?”
“He wants to make some kind of high rise that will destroy the atmosphere of the quaint part of the city, and it’s right next to the Boys and Girls Club and apparently what he has planned for the building is not the most kid-friendly situation.”
“What does he have planned?”
“Not quite sure on the details but Jett was discussing it with me the other day. It’s some kind of sex club, I guess, but an illegal one. I asked around yesterday and he’s not the only one who’s involved.”
“Who else? Please don’t say Kace.”
Diego laughed. “No, Kace is one hundred percent loyal to Jett.”
“Then who is it?”
“Rex Titan.”
As if I was in a soap opera, I gasped as I held my sandwich out mid-bite.
