I swallowed and looked around. “Beautiful story but now what—”
“What does a new father do when they’re snaked everywhere and he knew the second he turned, one of ‘em were gonna try sinking their ugly fangs into his baby?” He turned. Fired. It hit. “I had to protect the turf. I hated them because of it. They caused so many problems. And I couldn’t be with you. And what made it worse was the fact that they were young. They had no code. No respect. They hurt and took and destroyed. I had to push back. I had to send them away. But some snakes always slip in f*****g cracks you don’t know about.”
I nodded. “I don’t… I don’t know what the f**k this has to do with—”
“We had our hands in drugs, Remy. But nothing too strong. Not fentanyl. Never that. And we were never supposed to partake in it. T
