When the frint gates open I’m halfway down the stairs before Thomas appears at the bottom.
"They’re here." No explanation needed.
I nod once and keep moving. By the time I reach the main hall, I can hear them before I see them....footsteps and voices.
Lucas is the first thing I see when I step in and he doesn’t wait, doesn’t greet or hesitate before he crosses the distance and his fist slams into my face hard,
My head jerks to the side and I feel it immediately....pain, hea and clean, followed by the metallic taste of blood in my mouth.
"Where is she?!" he screams in my face.
"Where the fuck is my sister?!"
Noah and Caleb are on him instantly, each grabbing an arm, and pulling him back before he swings again.
"Lucas, enough," Noah says, voice tight but controlled.
Lucas fights them for a second, hs muscles tensed, breathing heavy, eyes locked on me like he’s trying to burn a hole straight through me.
Caleb grips his shoulder. "Relax."
I wipe my mouth with the back of my hand, glance at the blood, then look back at Lucas.
"Go ahead," I say quietly.
"Hit me again."
That earns another surge from him, but Noah steps in tighter this time.
"No."
Lucas strains forward, but they hold him in place.
"Not like this," Noah adds, firmer now.
Lucas finally stops fighting but hs not calm...Just contained.
Noah exhales slightly, then looks between us.
"We’re not doing this here," he says.
"This isn’t the time for your bullshit egos."
His eyes settle on both of us in turn.
"There’s something bigger going on."
Lucas drags in a breath, still tense, then shakes his arm loose from Noah’s grip.
"Fine," he mutters, though his eyes don’t soften.
He looks at me again.
"Talk."
Even though I don’t like the tone he just spoke to me in i begin talking and not dragging anything out, I tell them abut the ice cream shop, the attack and shots that were fired, the crash and having no trace of them after.
Lucas listens without interrupting, his jaw tightening as I speak.
When I finish, silence hangs for a second.
Then his brows pull together slightly.
"That’s it?"
"That’s it."
I pause, then add, "Though there’s something else that doesn’t really l line up."
His eyes narrow.
"Aaron."
Lucas’s expression changes looking confused for a while before realization settles in.
"Th fuck? That’s Elaine’s bodyguard right?."
"Yes, he is.....he was with her during the accident but somehow he miraculously managed to escape and come back without no much harm don to him."
"Where is he?"
I turn my head slightly toward Thomas.
"Bring lead the way."

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