ud

t weird to have him in my home. I never thought he would be in my apartment and Daniel would have been the one to help me

How did Daniel go from being my enemy who

enuinely angry when I told him the Taddeos had been trying to set him up the night my father was killed. I hoped I wasn't being blin

ll each other everything we know of that night.

in the closet? Was that a good idea, especially

a pen from my junk drawer. I handed them to Daniel and he leaned forward with the pen poised over the paper. I sat down on the carpet acros

oot-out (wh

ed to go to 12th Street anymore. I avoided it at al

of yourse

have on my side. He had a lot of connections and had grown up in a gang. He was eve

was thrown in jail after everything went down a

know that none of the Taddeo Family was put in jail that night,

onnections

easons. I suppressed a smile. I wasn't going to reveal that my sources were my father's friends on the f

ered his ques

n who my connection was, but

ike he was lost in thought. "I didn't think that was strange at the time since their family usuall

had nothing to do with what we were talking about. I tried to ignore it. I ne

deal with them?" I ask

al." He looked down at me. "An arms de

now what an arms deal

everything we'd said so far, then looke

that night. I heard that fro

nd thought for a moment. I folded my hands

wrong with the Taddeos. Same thing happened, some of our guys died from the sho

about that. Didn't it

iece of paper. It surprised me th

n't there that night, but my father told me all about it. In the beginning, the deal seems norma

s?" I asked, growing excited b

N

ected somehow?" I pressed, my excitemen

told me, furiously writing on his sheet of paper. "It's no wonder I didn't see a pattern forming until

were saying so I could add it to

rivals? Why were you guys making dea

nd the rest of the gangs in Detroit," Daniel explained matter-of-factly. "My grandfather was a leader who

ang. The smart gang leaders didn't want to have many enemies because that meant more fights that led to losing members. Mr. Molton did

him. My dad has tried to keep the peace, but Aaron has always tried to fight over territory, places we've had control of for years. My father had no choice but to

aybe it was a good idea to team up with Daniel, otherwise it wo

definitely part of a bigger

likely something bad is happening." He made eye

ook in his eye, I could tell that he was not only prepared,

ather died for nothing? That he lost his life because of some stupid gang war? That I lost the last

taken away from me when they were both so young and had so much life to live. A

hold the tears at bay. I wouldn't shed a tear in front of Daniel. I didn't want him

hone and his eyebrow

ding up from the couch and stretching. Part of his shirt lifted at his waist a

o

retching when other men couldn't even do it while being naked in my bed? This attrac

'd been writing on in fourths and slipping it into the pocke

odd

le'?" Daniel teased as he walked out th

rabbing the door handle. "I have

nything else, I shut

door and slid down, holding my head in my hands. Now that I was working with someone, there

f I wa

all as I thought about the difficult road ahead of me. I ho