Chapter Sixteen
MALACHAI
All of the s**t going down had me distracted like I couldn’t remember. It didn’t help that I knew Amanda was going through her own s**t. She would never be able to rest comfortably. Not as long as Bosch was still out there. And the thought of her being restless like that, her being all tightly wound up on the inside, I ain’t gonna lie, it got to me.
I didn’t want her to feel that way. I wanted her to be at peace… as much as her personality would let her. She was a spitfire, alright. Truth was that I didn’t know what she was like when she wasn’t burning like this. But I knew I couldn’t let it get to her. Somehow, I managed to forget about everything enough to get a late breakfast with her.
I carried the bag of food in my hand as I headed up the stairs to my apar
