Thirty Wes “Did Papi tell you to say that?” Trixie asked, her arms crossed over her chest, like a veritable wall of steel between us. Shit, this is really going badly. My hands were shaking at my sides, that’s how worried I was that everything between us had been f****d up in the span of seconds. “No,” I said, trying to remain calm. “I’m saying it.” “I’m gonna just leave you two alone to sort this out,” Papi said, getting unsteadily to his feet and hurdling toward the door. Fuck, I thought when he went inside, knowing he needed help, but certain Trixie would never forgive me if I left this conversation unfinished. “Look, Trixie, I don’t want to leave you like this, but Papi’s in a bad way right now and I don’t want to leave him alone. Will you come with me so we can find someone el

