“I’d take a crack at that,” Eddie replied.
Oh… my… God.
“Er… I think there’s something I forgot to tell you,” Ally whispered at my side but I wasn’t listening.
“Yeah, I noticed that,” Lee said and his voice had gone scary. “A kiss on the neck, your hand down her f**kin’ pants. I’m warnin’ you, Eddie, it’s the three strike rule.”
“Uh… Indy?” Ally said.
“Shh!” I shushed her.
“I told you a year ago to make your move or I would. Now you have and I get to the station and I hear she’s runnin’ through a Highlands neighborhood, her hands cuffed behind her back, tear gas in her face, Coxy’s ass**les shootin’ at her and some crazy ex-con takin’ a bullet for her. What the f**k is that all about?”
“Eddie,” Darius said, obviously trying to break the tension, “this is Indy we’re talking about. That sounds like a normal Saturday night.”
No one laughed.
There was silence and it was heavy.
Then Eddie said, “You f**k it up with her, I won’t hesitate, do you hear what I’m sayin’?”
Ally grabbed my arm and I jumped. The hit man was mostly conscious and staring at us.
“What the f**k?” he slurred.
“Shut up,” I said to the hit man, jiggling the gun at him threateningly and turned to Ally, jerking my head to the door. “Did you hear that?” I stage whispered.
Ally didn’t look happy.
“I heard it.”
“What was that?” I asked.
“Well.” Ally went from looking not happy to looking uncomfortable. Ally rarely looked uncomfortable and I knew I wasn’t going to like what was coming. “The thing is, see…”
“Spit it out!” I snapped.
“Okay, you know about a year ago when Eddie and Lee stopped talking to each other?”
“No, I don’t know. I was avoiding Lee remember? I told you, like, a million times.”
“Well, about a year ago, Eddie and Lee stopped talking to each other.”
“Great, thanks,” I said.
“Anyway,” Ally went on. “Hank told me that Eddie’s had a thing for you for awhile though he’s kept his distance because everyone knew how you felt about Lee and everyone was waiting for Lee to do something about it. It’s been kind of a sticky situation seeing as they’re best friends.”
Dear Lord in Heaven.
Just what I needed, my life to be that much more f**ked up.
“And?” I asked.
“Last year, Eddie lost patience and told Lee if he didn’t take care of business, Eddie would move in.”
Holy crap!
“No way,” I breathed.