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Abri, and the concern in her eyes made me feel bad about doubting her. She was my friend. I looked around quickly, to make sure nobody else might hear. “I killed someone.”
    Abri’s eyes widened for a second, and then she did the last thing I expected. She laughed.
    “Abri!” I was shocked, didn’t know what to do. I had just confessed the darkest secret I’d ever had… and I was being laughed at.
    “Okay,” Abri said, laughter still in her voice. “You killed someone and…”
    “And what?” I asked, mystified. “Jasper called some people and they took care of it.”
    The laughter stopped like someone had hit the ‘Off’ button. “Wait,” Abri said. “This isn’t a joke? You’re serious?”
    “Yes,” I hissed. “I wouldn’t joke about something like that.”
    Abri reached across the table and took my hand. “I’m so sorry, Dani. It’s just the idea of you killing someone…” She shrugged.
    “I didn’t have a choice,” I said, telling myself I really believed that.
    “What happened?”
    I told her. She shook her head, taking a sip of her drink. “Sounds like a slimeball… and it doesn’t sound like anyone will miss him. You did the world a favor.”
    “It’s still murder.”
    “It was self-defense,” Abri said. “Any judge would see it that way.”
    “Would any judge sentence him to death?”
    “No.” Abri shook her head. “A judge would slap him with a fine, maybe a little jail time… and then he’d be back on the street, ready to terrorize again.”
    “I don’t know if I should tell Cole.”
    Abri was quiet for a few minutes, sipping her drink and thinking. “That depends.”
    “On what.”
    “On what Cole is to you?”
    “He’s my stepbrother.”
    Abri made a shooing motion with her hand. “You’ve moved beyond that. Is he just a friend? A fuck-buddy? A future husband?”
    “I can’t marry him, Abri. He’s my stepbrother.”
    “I know, Dani,” Abri said, a slight trace of irritation in your voice. “What you’re not figuring out is that it doesn’t matter. It’s legal.” She downed the rest of her drink. “Legal to fuck him. Legal to marry him. Legal to have a baby with him… if that’s something you’re interested in.”
    I stared at Abri as if she had just revealed the secrets of the universe. “I can marry him?”
    Abri smiled. “Yes, Dani, there’s no law stopping Cole from making an honest woman of you… but if things are that serious between the two of you then you need to tell him the truth. Lies will kill a mafia marriage quicker than a hailstorm of bullets. The truth is everything when it comes to family. If a person’s word can’t be trusted, that person can’t be trusted. It’s as simple as that.”
    She made it seem so simple, and maybe it was. Considering what he did for a living, he wasn’t exactly a boy scout. I remembered him leaning forward and whispering something to Billy; something that put the fear of God in Billy’s eyes. Yeah, Cole probably wouldn’t be too upset that my ex was no longer around.
    “Uh-oh,” Abri said, sitting up straight and looking towards the golf course. “That can’t be good.”
    I turned in my chair to see what she was looking at. Cole and Sonny were in a golf cart, racing towards the clubhouse. Without the chief of police.
    “Oh no,” I gasped. I looked at Abri. “They didn’t kill him, did they?”
    Abri chuckled. “We’re at a posh golf course. Of course they didn’t kill him.” The small smile fell from her face. “At least I hope they didn’t.”
    Deciding it would be best to be prepared for a quick exit just in case things were as bad as we imagined, we grabbed our purses and headed for the door. Abri called the limo driver as I looked around anxiously, half-expecting the entire police force to suddenly show up. Sonny and Cole appeared from the back of the clubhouse, headed our way. The grim looks on their faces didn’t make me feel any easier.
    The limo had pulled up by the