Raquel
Chalk it up to exhaustion and the fact it was dark o’clock in the morning, but I couldn’t quite wrap my mind around what my father had just said.
“I’m sorry? Wait, where’s Mom?”
“Asleep, I hope,” Dad said.
Orion, wrapped an arm around me from behind. “Baby, come to bed. You can process all this tomorrow.”
“You killed Uncle Gary?” I rasped. “Why?”
“Razzle, I’ll fill you in in the morning,” Orion pressed.
“No,” I growled. “What the hell is going on?”
“I really need you to take a beat, chickpea,” Dad said.
Orion turned me to face him and stroked my cheek. “Come to bed.”
I blinked back tears, dropping my head to his chest. “I want to know what’s going on.”
“And I promise I’ll tell you,” he said. “But right now, you need to rest.”
I sighed, leaning heavily against him.
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