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“He mentioned Lionsgate.”
Her lips parted. “What?” The question came out on a raspy, incredulous whisper. “Who from Lionsgate would come after me? And why would my father tell us it was Red Eyez? It doesn’t make sense.”
“Well.” Toth sighed. “Danny either knew it was Lionsgate from the beginning and is lying, or there’s something else going on.”
She shook her head. “Dad doesn’t make mistakes. He said Red Eyez made threats against me and that’s why he wanted me removed.”
“Maybe Lionsgate’s coming after you for retribution for Jace’s death.”
“But why tell me the threats came from Red Eyez?”
Toth flicked his gaze toward her then back to the road. “A guy who attacked us at the house said Lionsgate sent them. That’s all I know. Then he laughed. He knew others were coming for us.”
Savannah leaned back in her seat and pressed her knuckles over her lips. “I can’t believe this. Not only is Lionsgate as powerful as ever, but there’s the possibility my dad was working with them after Jace. After everything that happened, I just... I can’t believe he’d do that.”
Toth grunted. “Money usually outweighs morality.”
She shook her head again, more fervently. “He wouldn’t do that.” The declaration burned like a lie on her tongue. “He killed Jace. Don’t you think his involvement after that would just cause more beef?”
Toth tilted his head in consideration. “You’d think. Unless your dad did something to sweeten the pot.”
A deep growl shook her throat. She wanted to scream her father’s innocence with the utmost certainty, but the more the facts lined up, the more the truth became glaringly obvious. “I’m so stupid.”
“No, you’re not,” Toth said firmly.
She pressed her lips together, tears stinging her eyes.
“You’re not stupid. He’s a piece of shit. I know he’s your dad, but he sure as hell doesn’t act like one.”
She nodded, swallowing the thickness growing in her throat. “I shouldn’t be surprised.”
Toth’s hand covered her knee. “You should be able to trust him. He broke that trust.” They were both silent for a moment. “We need to find out who’s running Lionsgate’s drug division now.”
She slid her fingers over his knuckles, joining their hands. “Should we ask Nash?”
Toth made a face. “I forgot to tell you. Nash isn’t helping us right now. His wife went into labor last night.”
“Oh my god,” she cried. “Are they okay?”
“Nash sounded pretty calm. I spoke to him this morning right before we were ambushed. He enlisted help, though.” Toth’s tone held resentment.
“Doesn’t sound like that’s a good thing.”
“Well, he hooked us up with my oldest brother. Cole. He’s the one who threw me out,” he said, the words coming out strained. “But he’s got his own vendetta against Lionsgate, so we have a common interest.”
Wariness filled her. “I’m sorry. That’s awful he doesn’t accept you.”
Toth’s shoulder lifted, and he flashed her a smile. “Who needs ’em? I’ve made it this far without my brothers.” His tone was lighthearted, but sadness etched lines in his face. He might claim not to care, but his demeanor said otherwise.
“Should we call and let him know what’s happened?”
“Yeah, I need to talk to Rami first.” He grabbed his phone from the cupholder and tapped the screen.
A second later the phone rang over the speakers. “’Lo.”
“Hey,” Toth said smoothly. “We’ve got a problem.” He quickly told Rami about the attack and that one of the men had admitted to working for Lionsgate.
“Fuck.” Rami’s curse rode on a wave of fury. Then again, he always emanated a dark wrath. “I knew it.”