Page 152 of Forgotten Comeback

“I didn’t mean to,” Mia cries.

“You’re fucking dead!” Gavin bellows.

And then I can’t hear anything else over the ringing in my ears.

Chapter

Fifty-Eight

Gavin

On two wheels, we arrive at Inferno’s place. I hop out and sprint around the car, picking up Taylor and hustling her inside.

“Place her down here,” Effie points to a hospital bed, and I gently release Taylor from my arms.

“Gavin, I’m okay,” Taylor says softly, holding my blood-soaked T-shirt against her arm.

But I’m not okay. I’m nowhere near okay.

Grabbing the closest thing to me, I fling a medical tray across the room.

“Get him out of here,” Effie says firmly.

“Gavin, let’s go outside,” John says, and I didn’t realize he was here.

“Out!” Effie shouts when I don’t move.

“Gavin, I’m thirsty.” Taylor locks eyes with me. Hers calm. Mine probably as disturbed as I feel. “Will you get me a drink?”

“Of course.” I try to match her calm, even though I feel like I might implode. “What do you want?”

“Can you get me boba tea from that place I like?”

“Sure, baby. Be right back.”

Once we’re out of the room, I get in John’s face. “If you don’t find that bitch and kill her, I’ll burn this goddamn city to the ground!”

“Gavin, calm down.”

Calm down? Calm down?

Disturbing laughter fills the hallway, and a chair’s now in my hands. It gets slammed against the wall, splintering around my feet.

John wraps me in a bear hug, telling me calmly, “We’ve got our crew out looking for Mia. We’ll find her. Take a breath for me.”

I do so, releasing it slowly.

“Come on, I’ll drive you to get Taylor her drink. What the hell is boba tea?”

“It’s tea and milk with these little ball thingies…” The realization hits me like another perfectly placed uppercut. “It’s an excuse to get me out of the room.”

He chuckles, releasing his hold. “Your girl’s a keeper. Come on, we’ll go find this boba tea.” His phone notifies, and he grabs it from his pocket. “Mia’s at the Diamond bar. You want a mugging gone wrong when she leaves, or do you want her brought in so you can do the deed yourself?”

I pause for a beat, taking one more deep breath and then exhaling. “Mugging gone wrong. That little bitch isn’t worth any more of mine or Taylor’s time.”

“Mugging gone wrong it is.” He slaps my back.

Taylor