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“Nope, it wasn’t Delilah, that was courtesy the asshole waiting in the living room. And as for how she’s doing, she’s a lot better.”
I closed the door and we walked to the living room.
“Dean!”
My brothers greeted him heartily.
“It’s nice seeing you, man. When did you get out?”
“I got out this morning,” Dean said as the guys found places to sit. “And when I went on social media and saw Delilah was married to this player and the videos, I was pissed. As soon as Sebastien came through the front door, I sucker punched him.”
“Seb, you’re getting old, bro. You should’ve seen that one coming,” Axel chuckled, and I shook my head and rolled my eyes.
“Okay guys, what’s the plan,” I asked, looking around.
“We’ve got a few, and if they pan out, we never have to worry about those assholes again,” Dominic said.
“First,” Vincent said, “Dominic and Victor are going to talk to the…” Vincent cleared his throat. “The leaders of the organization, see if we can convince them that Hawthorne and Obsidian are rouge players and they’ll cause more harm than good. We want them to get kicked out.”
Nate continued, “And if they are kicked out, they wouldn’t be able to hide. We’ll be able to get them arrested and jailed for life.”
“I’d like to come and talk to the leaders of the organization and let them know how everything played out on my end,” Dean said.
“I think that’s a good idea,” Dominic said.
Leonardo added, “I’ll take up that case personally.”
“What’s the other part of the plan?” I asked.
“Someone’s going to have to talk to Hawthorne, to get him to spill the beans on exactly what he and Obsidian did to Dean, Delilah and Eso,” Dominic said.
“I’ll do it.” Everyone’s head turned to see Delilah walking down the stairs.
I jumped up to meet her by the stairs. “I don’t want you around Hawthorne.”
Delilah ignored me. “Hey, guys.”
“Hey,” they said in unison.
The muscles in my jaw tightened. “Delilah, I’m serious, I think it’s a bad idea. Maybe I can go in.”
“So that you and Hawthorne can kill each other? I’m not ready to be a widow yet.” She looked at Dominic. “What would I have to do, and would you guys be there to protect me if anything goes down?”
Dominic looked at me. I was grateful that he looked at me to seek my approval. I gave him a nod.
“We’ll need you to get Hawthorne to admit to having used you and Dean. We’ll also need the name of the hotel he has the other girls in. We also need him to drop Obsidian’s name and his part of the plan and how they worked together. Anything else is just icing on the cake.”
“And what about Dean, would he get into trouble for smuggling, selling and using drugs?” Delilah asked looking at her brother.
“If it does come down to that, we’ll get a plea bargain, and I’ll push for no jail time.”
“But if—”
Dean stood up and walked over to Delilah. “Delilah, we have a chance to get rid of these men. I don’t want them coming after you. We have a chance to make them go away, for good. I did what I thought was best at the moment. It was a mistake, but if I have to do jail time to rectify it, then that’s what I’ll do.”
Delilah sniffled and Dean wiped the tears that rolled down her cheeks.
“Delilah, please, don’t cry. You have to let me do this, okay?”