Defining Darkness - K E Osborn Page 0,22
tip of his cue on his boot, chalking it up with the blue cube. “Hit me,” he instructs, focusing on the little blue square.
“I need you to keep an eye on my bank account. Tell me when the cash comes in from Hatch. I need to send it off to Andrés as soon as I can.”
Voltage places the chalk on the side of the table, then lines up his shot. “Sure thing, Prez.” He smashes the white, slamming it into a pile of balls. Two smalls sink on opposite ends of the table.
“Fucking hell,” Crow spits out.
I chuckle to myself as I walk off, leaving them to it. I figure I better check on Void and Ivy. See what the fuck is happening down there while filling my VP in on what’s going down.
My feet stomp the stairs, heading into the chilly room. The door to the Brick Cell is slightly ajar. It piques my interest as I walk up, spotting Void sitting in the room with Ivy.
Seems I’m not the only one making friends with our houseguests.
Void is playing cards with Ivy as they sit on the sofa. Ivy’s giggling as I stand back observing the interaction. Void, however, shows no emotion. His replies are curt, sharp like always, but Ivy’s more at ease than last time I came down here.
Striding up, I open the brick wall a little more, announcing my presence.
Ivy’s head peeps up as Void turns to look over his shoulder. “‘Bout damn time you got your ass down here. You wanna fill me in on what the hell is going on?” Void grumbles.
I move inside the cell, taking a seat on the sofa next to him. “I went to Miami. Spoke to Hatch.”
“That’s always fun.”
“He’s letting me borrow the cash to reimburse the buyers for the girls.”
Void stares blankly at me, blinking a few times like he can’t believe what I’ve just said.
“You’re aware you are purchasing them?”
My eye twitches. “Aren’t they better here than where they were headed?”
Ivy sits taller, her eyes widening. She understands.
Void huffs. “Maybe. Not sure a life being held down here is much of a life, Prez.”
Ivy nods in agreement. So now they’re ganging up on me. They don’t have to, I feel bad enough about this shit already. I have to tell Eva. I think when the time comes, there’s no doubt she’s going to hate me, and right now, I’m not ready to give up whatever it is we have going on.
“Well, it’s the life they have right now. Ivy, the Brick Cell isn’t the best place to be staying, but until I find a way to let Eva know you’re here without her losing her shit, you have to make do.”
Her eyes take in the small room, and she shrugs. “I’ve stayed in far worse places.”
With dead bodies inside the walls outside your room, I don’t think so.
Void almost cracks a smile, obviously pondering the same thoughts as me.
“You’re taking this in stride, Ivy.”
She rolls her shoulders. “Not like there’s a hell of a lot I can do about it from where I sit, but if there’s any way you can find it in yourself to let me see Eva—”
“No… not yet.” Her eyes droop. “You will. Just let me figure this out.”
Void inhales sharply like he’s pissed off at me.
“Stay down here, Void. Keep our guest company.”
“Like I wasn’t already doing that, for fuck’s sake,” he mumbles.
Rolling my eyes, I turn, heading for the stairs. Void might be annoyed at me for putting him in charge of Ivy, but there’s no other man in this club I trust with the duty. He’s my VP. He might consider it to be a prospect’s job, something someone of lower rank should be doing, but to me, keeping these two sisters safe, and more importantly, away from each other, is a crucial task in this club right now.
So, the two highest-ranking members of the club should be on duty.
President and VP.
Void may not like it, but if he wants to be my VP, he’s going to deal with this until I figure out a way for it to all come together. It will. I know it. Somehow. I just need to put my mind to it, but for now, I need to try and come up with a game plan about how to tackle this shit with Eva.
She’s moving something inside of me. I’m not sure what it is, but the feisty firecracker has my attention firmly fixated on