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39. Game Plan
CENRIC
“I’m sorry. I was just protecting Zhuri. It’s not her fault.”
“Babe, I know.” I squeezed her hand. I was pissed off but not for not telling me something was going on with her friend. And that her brother was already using Zhuri to get information from her. I understood why Zhuri had to give him what he’d asked. “I wish you just that tell me right away.”
“I was also trying to figure out how to tell you and how to solve it without getting too complicated. What are you going to do?”
“Don’t worry. No one is gonna touch Zhuri. Your brother might have leverage against her. I need to talk to her in person.”
“Okay. We’ll do that. Don’t get mad.” When she looked at me like that, and she used that tone at me, how could I?
I kissed her forehead. “We’re in this together. And I’m not mad at you. I’m pissed off at your brother, yes. And beyond. Why won’t he just leave us alone?”
“We’re here,” Beck announced. “Le
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