Chapter 58 S’mores

{Ace}

Skincare tubes squelch as I throw them into the suitcase next. “Somewhere.”

“Does this somewhere have a name?”

I shoot her a serious stare. “What did I just say about asking too many questions?”

She slaps the mattress. “I deserve to know. You can't just keep uprooting me like I am some object with no feelings.”

“It is not safe here. Marcello will strike soon, so I need to get you somewhere safe.”

“Then I can go to Allison’s place.”

“No, you are coming with me.”

She gives me the side eye. “So you sent Kourtney away, but you want me to be with you even though it is dangerous?”

I zip up the suitcase. “Trust me, you are much safer with me than anywhere else.”

“Marcello wants your head. How can I be safer around you?”

Now, that's where she has it all wrong. Marcello knows better than to kill me. He knows that the only way he can get to me is by hurting her.

My mind goes back to his call from earlier. He has not only done a background check on Faith but also has someone keeping an ey