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“Yes, boss.” He smirked, noticing me staring at them and making him clear his throat as if it would cover up the entire conversation.

They were definitely dating.

Before they could keep arguing, Mom appeared out of nowhere.

“There’s no reason Ander can’t go to the track.”

Beckett’s jaw almost hit the fucking floor. “You’re not serious, right? There’s a million reasons why he can’t go. Did you forget he’s the reason Riley and Reid almost died? Or that we’re going to make him disappear?”

“We don’t have to like him, but Riley and Reid are adults,” she grumbled, surprising me as she took my side about it. “If Riley wants to keep racing with her friends, I’d prefer it to be on the track where it’s safe. Ander doesn’t do dumb shit to win, do you, Lavaro?”

“I want to win from skill, not cheating,” he confirmed, eyeing Mom suspiciously. “You’ll let me race there without me ending up dead?”

She shrugged, her eyes running over all of us. “If you keep it on the track and can abide by the rules, then sure.” Her gaze stopped on Beckett, her voice lowering. “And any plans you had to deal with Ander, you can forget about. Be mad at him, but I’m calling off the job, so don’t drag the Psychos into it.”

“I shouldn’t be fucking surprised that you’re bending your own rules for your favorite child,” Beckett laughed dryly. “You’ll do anything for her, won’t you? You wanted him dead, and now you’ve sure changed your opinion on him fast.”

“Fine. Ban them all from the track, but don’t bitch at me in a few months when they all start racing on the road again and one of them dies,” Mom snapped back, making Beckett shut her mouth. “Keep your enemies close, Beckett. It’s better that way. Stand down, that’s a fucking order as your boss, not your mother.”

Maddox kept glaring at Turbo, but I relaxed. No one would be allowed to hurt him now that Mom had said so.

Turbo surprised me when he spoke directly to Mom, his voice calm. “I really do care about Riley. She’s my best friend, and almost losing her and Reid made me realize I can’t go back to being on my own. I have other businesses to run, which you know about, but for the first time ever, I have a way out of a lot of things. I’ve given up all the car stuff, so I appreciate it if I’m allowed at the track. I’d like to apologize for not being able to do anything more the night Slick took Luna and hurt Riley. I wanted to keep them both safe, but…”

Mom put her hand up to silence him, apparently hearing enough. “I don’t fucking like you, Lavaro. This isn’t an olive branch to form an ally with us, it’s simply me knowing you’re not one-hundred-percent to blame, and that Riley’s sneaky and she’ll find a way around it if we don’t allow it.”

I tried to hide my smirk before she saw it but failed. She raised an eyebrow, her voice flat. “This doesn’t mean I want him in the house.”

“To be fair, Maddox dragged him in here,” I said lightly. “But I’ll see him out.”

“Good,” she muttered, giving him the side eye before pointing at Beckett. “You three, in the office.”

Kate and Luna wandered out once the drama had died down, and we all headed outside to talk before we got in trouble.

“So,” I said slowly, pointing at Turbo and then Blake. “Is this a thing?”

Blake rolled her eyes, but Turbo looked uncomfortable. “Yeah. We wanted to tell you about it once you were feeling better.”

“Don’t panic, I won’t bite your head off.” I chuckled, pulling Luna in front of me to wrap my arms around her. “We fixed our problems and got back together.”

“Good. She was fucking pathetic without you, Luna,” Turbo said playfully, and he was lucky I didn’t punch him.

“Asshole,” I hissed, but Luna laughed, the sound making me smile.

We all talked for ages until Turbo finally left, and Blake said goodbye to Kate before leaving too. I had a feeling they were going to meet up since her exit was more abrupt than normal.

Kate ran off to do some homework, leaving me and Luna alone.

Lukas and Jensen were cooking dinner when we walked back into the kitchen, and Jett was sitting at the table alone.

“They talking business?” I asked as I sat beside him, knowing it was one of the only reasons why he wouldn’t be included. “Or did my brother and sister decide you were ruining their taboo relationship vibe?”

He grinned, leaning back in his chair. “They’d miss me too much. They’re beating someone up down there, and I don’t want to watch.”

“Pussy,” I snorted, but Luna shivered.

“I don’t blame you.”

“How did we end up dating psychos?” Jett asked seriously, and Luna grinned.