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“Wow—” Lou-Lou starts to say, until we hear the sound of a door opening.
“And this right here is the infamous fight club y'all—” Tyrone drawls before his mouth hangs open.
He quickly maneuvers himself in front of the door until it closes, purposely blocking the people behind him from coming in.
People are banging on the door and shouting but he ignores it.
His gaze focuses on the two bodies on the floor and the blood everywhere...including on all of us. “What in the actual fuck?”
“Surprise,” Lou-Lou mumbles and Jackson snorts.
“Travine's dead,” I inform him.
He looks at Lou-Lou and gives her a megawatt smile. “I hate that I didn't get to witness it myself, but damn if that's not the best gift I'll be receiving today.”
“Tyrone!” Momma shouts from the other side of the door. “What in tarnation is going on in there? You better let these nice folks in and quit fooling around.”
Tyrone bows his head and pinches the bridge of his nose. “Not right now, Momma.” He looks at me. “Ricardo's having the place renovated, it's not safe.”
“Then why are you in there?” Some man's voice calls out.
Tyrone grunts. “That's Shelby's cousin Billy. No one likes him, he's too nosy for his own dang good.”
I point to the back exit. “You can always go out that way.”
“I know.” He grimaces. “But then they'll all find me again and I'll have no choice but to continue playing tour guide. I'd much rather hang out with y'all.”
“Exactly how many people are out there?” Lou-Lou questions.
“Not many, only about 20 or so.”
When her jaw drops he laughs. “Shelby has a big family.” He hikes his thumb in the direction of the door. “And these are only some of them.”
He makes his way across the room to the other door, but pauses and looks back at us. “Y'all go
“No,” we all say in unison and he finally leaves.
A moment later, I bring my phone up to my ear and call a clean up crew.
“So what do we do now?” Alyssa asks when we walk outside.
Jackson looks at me. “We go get ready for Tyrone's engagement party tonight. Right, Ricardo?”
Lou-Lou gives me a look but I glare at Jackson. “Yeah.”
Lou-Lou stops walking. “What's going on?” She rubs her temples. “Did you really kill the council? There's still so much I don't understand.”
I take her hand in mine. “I'll explain everything to you later.”
“Sounds like a plan.” She squeezes my hand and I fight like hell to ignore the feeling in my chest.
Killing Travine and the council didn't change my plans. It only delayed them momentarily.
I meant everything I said to Jackson last night.