Chapter Title: (132) You're In Wonderland, Alice-02

They turned a corner, and Marley's shoulders sagged in relief at seeing the rusted hanging sign of the auto shop distantly down the street. She carefully dodged bright blue thongs casually laying on the sidewalk with a wince, "Because Max works at the auto shop down this street, and this is the only place where I know he would be. He was my brothers' best friend, Aiden. If Jacobi reached out to me, maybe he reached out to him." "I'd say we should take an Uber back but I think around here, drive-by shooting is what these guys do for fun." Aiden's sharp blue eyes locked on two men sitting against an abandoned building on the sidewalk and leering at them, not looking away until they were at a safe distance. "You know, if you acted less like you're in Wonderland, Alice, maybe we wouldn't be getting so much attention," Marley teased gently, feeling as though she was walking against a marble statue and not her teddy bear boyfriend. "It's not me they're looking at,"