and walk out before I have time for anyone else to say anything else.
Cole is standing in the hallway when I exit. I should have known he would find out about the divorce today.
“You divorced yet?”
“Yes.”
“Good, I never liked that bitch.”
I raise an eyebrow. “I thought you cared about her? I thought you thought I was treating her unfairly? I thought you thought she was my perfect match?”
Cole shakes his head. “I was trying to be a good friend. She always gave me a bad vibe. So what did she get?”
“Everything.”
Cole gasps. “You fucking idiot. She shouldn’t have gotten anything.”
“You’re right. I guess she didn’t get everything. I’m able to walk away with my heart and body still intact.”
“She did something to the car, didn’t she?”
“I think so. I think she did something to the breaks, which is why I couldn’t stop the car.”
“And you let her get away with it! You let her take everything!”
“Yes, to protect Mila.”
Cole stops screaming. “You’re still an idiot, but I would have done the same thing.”
I’m glad Mila has him. He’s been a good friend to me over the years. But it kills me she will talk to him and not me right now.
“Are you afraid she will do anything now? To hurt Mila or you?”
“No, I’m not afraid if she does because I didn’t do anything wrong. At least not to her. The truth would come out. But she won’t. She thinks I have proof she tried to kill us.”
“Do you?”
I shrug. “I’m not sure.” Mila was the only one who could have evidence Abri tried to hurt me. But Mila hates me. She wouldn’t do anything to help me, and I wouldn’t want her to. Because helping me involves remembering a past that is darker than I realized. And above everything, I don’t want to hurt Mila.
21
Mila
My stomach growls as I step into Cole’s downtown apartment. It’s not as nice as Knight’s, but it’s still larger than anything I will ever be able to afford. I’m tired, but not because working as Cole’s assistant is exhausting. Being his assistant is the easiest job in the world. His club runs almost flawlessly. Everyone knows their job and does it without question.
Cole gives me a few tasks he needs help with each day. I answer a small number of emails and then follow Cole around and help him. Which mostly means I get to listen to Cole talk about Knight.
I now know too many random facts and stories about Knight. I know Knight let Cole sleep on his couch when Cole was broke. I know Knight gave Cole the initial investment to start his club. I’ve heard the story about how Knight got his first tattoo of a rubber ducky on a dare when he was fifteen. He has since covered it with a dragon tattoo.
I’ve heard too many stories of when Cole and Knight would fight over girls and how Knight would always win. And I know Knight once saved Cole’s life when they were sixteen. Cole was drunk at a party and fell into the pool. He was knocked unconscious, and nobody around the pool attempted to help. Knight jumped in and saved him, then kicked everyone’s asses for not helping.
“We should order pizza tonight. I’m starving,” I say to Cole.
“I can cook.”
I frown. “No, you can’t.”
“Fine, then you cook.”
I laugh. “I can’t cook. I’ve never had a kitchen of my own before. I have no idea how to cook.”
“I can cook,” Knight says, sending chills down my spine. I turn and face him for the first time in a week.
“That would be great.” Cole walks over and hugs his friend.
I don’t respond. I just walk into my bedroom. Well, Cole’s bedroom I now sleep in. Cole has made himself a cot on the floor so he can be there for me when I have nightmares.
I slam the door behind me as I enter.
The door opens a second later. “Knight, I don’t have time to deal with you—”
“It’s just me,” Cole says.
I turn. “What is Knight doing here? I thought you were on my side? I thought you said Knight was in the wrong?”
“He was.”
“Then what is he doing here?”
“He’s moving in until he finds a new job.”
“What?”
“He divorced Abri and gave her everything.”
I gasp. I don’t know what I was expecting, but this isn’t it.
Shit. I need to move out. I can’t live here with him being here.
“You’re not leaving, Mila. You promised me you wouldn’t leave until you found