Page 40 of Violent Little Thing

She eyed my dirty hands and said, “Aren’t you going to clean those hands?”

I shrugged. “I’ll be fine.”

She eyed me dubiously, her gaze lingering on the dirty thumbprints on the green leaves.

“Very good,” I said as I placed it back into the box.

“Thanks.” She cleared her throat and started to eat. “As to the news…”

I picked up a fry and popped it into my mouth.

It was really good.

Not crispy any longer, but still warm and flavorful.

I told myself I was going to eat a few and that was it.

She finished chewing her massive bite of burger before she said, “I forgot my phone at the office. I went back to get it and found that there was a meeting going on. With Seraphina, Benedict, and some man. They were talking about legal repercussions.”

“For her killing Koen?”

“Yes,” she said. “Koen’s family already filed a lawsuit against her and that man that was driving.”

I nodded.

I’d heard.

“The lawyer is telling them to settle,” she said. “And the settlement he’s saying is ‘good’ is a little over fifteen million.”

“They should get more,” I grumbled.

“But then she started talking about something that was really intriguing,” she leaned closer. “Seraphina said that she has reason to believe that Koen wasn’t who he said he was.”

My stomach clenched.

“What else did she say?” I asked.

“That there are a bunch of people lying and she wants to expose them,” she continued. “But then Benedict got on her. Which was really hilarious because he had to do it using an interpreter. He said that she was making things up. And that it was time for her to grow up. That it didn’t matter who that man was, that she killed him. Even by association. He told her that she needed to sell her shares of the Condors to you, and then use that money to pay for the settlement, because he wasn’t paying for anything anymore. That if she got sued, it was all on her.”

I blinked. “Damn.”

“That’s what I thought.” Charleigh nodded as she shoved four fries into her mouth. When she was finished chewing, she said, “Benedict told the lawyer that all expenses were coming out of Seraphina’s pocket. That he wasn’t covering lawyer fees anymore. He also said that he was selling his portion of the Condors to you, and that it was time for Seraphina to grow up. Then he left.”

“Nice,” I said, but I was still worried.

How much did Seraphina know?

I mean, she was a family member of a Dixie Warden. She may not be close to him, but that didn’t mean much. Tongues wagged when you were a family member. It also opened doors for you that would otherwise be closed.

I didn’t like where this was going, and I needed to talk to the club, stat.

If she was going to make waves, then I needed to let the rest of the club know.

We had several members who needed the anonymity.

They had to stay hidden.

I needed to make a call to Apollo, too.