Total pages in book: 74
Estimated words: 71476 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 357(@200wpm)___ 286(@250wpm)___ 238(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 71476 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 357(@200wpm)___ 286(@250wpm)___ 238(@300wpm)
“You really are fucking stupid. I have to wonder how we have the same genes in our blood. Our mother’s side of the family obviously weakened you. Listen closely, Rory and I’ll spell it out for you. I put you in place because the child’s crack-whore mother has cost me a fortune. I can’t stomach her, but I’ve kept her alive because I thought she might be the only way I’d have to my child. You friending my son, becoming a person he trusts, works so much better. You’ll teach him to trust me—”
“I won’t do it,” I argue, and then I gasp in pain as he twists my hair tighter.
“You will, because if you don’t, I’ll punish you by making you watch as I teach my boy a lesson. You remember those lessons, don’t you, Rory?”
He asks and I do. I truly do. I wouldn’t wish them on anyone.
“And then, if you still won’t do as I ask, you will die and I’ll find another option. I have too much invested at this point to fail.”
“But I don’t even know—”
He slaps me hard, so hard I see stars.
Looking back, I probably should have put the pieces together sooner. But, I was in shock from watching Noah die, I was in pain and that pain was almost choking me. Plus, I was swamped with fear about what was going to happen next and how to protect the life growing inside of me. I truly didn’t understand…not until King’s next words.
“God, I can’t handle how pathetic you are. You really don’t get it yet. Why would I kill your lover unless he was standing in the way of something I wanted?”
“Something you wanted?” I murmur, confused. Then an awful, horrible thought comes through the confusion in my brain. The pieces click into place and I remember how Noah spoke about Ryan’s mother, I piece together the complicated puzzle and I cry from the horror the thought brings me.
“I see you finally understand. Fucking stupid,” King says with a sigh. He roughly pushes my head away from him, letting go of my hair.
“Load up. Diesel told Ryan to head toward Rory’s. Wolf ,you and Davis take to the hills and track him. I’ll drag my useless sister back to her place and wait. The rest of you get the cleaners out here before the cops ascend on this place like damn vultures,” King orders, walking off. Another man drags me behind King, with just his hand on my bound hands. My back is to his back, I can’t see where I’m going and I’m not doing a great job of getting my feet to work. The pavement scratches into my skin, peeling back the hide. That pain is nothing to what is in my heart. I pray Ryan gets away. I pray he remains free of King’s clutches.
I don’t know what I’ll do if they find him.
The End.