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"No. Tyrone you're safe. You're not even a blip on his radar anymore."
His eyebrows crash together. "You know, Ricardo did everything he could to stop me from pursuing you when we first met." He gives me a suspicious look and I feel the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.
"Ricardo figured it out, didn't he?" He rubs his forehead and sits back down on the couch. "That's why he didn't want us to hang out. He was trying to protect me."
"Yeah. He overheard me talking to DeLuca on the phone one day and figured it all out," I lie.
"I don't understand why he wouldn't just outright tell me about you," he mumbles.
Shit. "Um...well." I stand up and swallow my lie before I spit it out. "I begged him not to. I was afraid of what DeLuca would do to me if it somehow ever got back to him."
He stays silent for a moment, soaking everything in.
"Listen, can you not tell anyone else about this?" When he looks at me I add, "You know, for Ricardo's safety. If anyone finds out about what happened...and it gets back to DeLuca—"
He lowers his head and rests his elbows on his knees. "Don't worry, I won't say anything. I promise." He stands up and makes his way over to the front door. "I told Shelby I'd call her before her shift at work starts." When his hand lands on the doorknob he whispers, "Please stay safe, Lou-Lou."