CHAPTER 64
MARCO
CRACKS IN THE FOUNDATION
“Someone who wants your father dead.”
The words didn’t echo and they didn’t need to. They settled heavily and deliberately right in the center of my chest.
I stared hard at Travis, as if looking hard enough would make him laugh and say it was a joke. But Travis had never been a man of jokes. He was all silence with sharp edges, a weapon my father trusted. .
After all, weapons don't think, they only obey. Except apparently, this weapon was beginning to think..
“You don’t get to say something like that and expect me to just nod,” I said slowly, shrugging my shoulders for emphasis. “So start talking… do it carefully.”
Travis gave a long and tired exhale like he had been holding the breath for a long time. “You shouldn't be here, Marco.”
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