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I skidded to turn back toward the kitchen when I realized that’s where the yells were coming from, and barreled into the twins. “Move, move, move—”
A scream ripped through the house, slowing my movements and stopping my heart before I could find the ability to move across the living room floor that now felt like quicksand.
Seconds felt like hours.
And when the kitchen finally came into view, the moment it took for me to hurl myself into the chaos felt like an eternity in hell.
Einstein was gripping one of Johnny’s arms and his shirt, pleading with him to stop, but darted away when she turned and saw us coming.
And Johnny . . . he had Elle bent over the island counter, his body covering hers. He had one of her bloodied arms extended, a large knife resting in his other hand as he sneered in her ear.
Grabbing Johnny’s head and the hand holding the knife, I wrenched him backward, away from Elle, then turned to slam his head against the opposite counter near the sink.
The knife dropped with a clatter against the floor, and I released his hand to wrap my arm around his neck. He shoved away from the counter, ramming my back into the island in an attempt to dislodge me. His fingers dug into my forearm, but I didn’t release him.
“Ask her,” he choked out. “Ask her.”
“I’ll fucking kill you,” I seethed as I tightened my hold around his throat.
“Ask why she left. Who she was with.” Johnny roared as he slammed my back into the island once again, then spat, “Fucking Holloway.”
The name caught me so off guard that my hold on Johnny slipped enough that he was able to break free.
He planted a hand near the sink, sucking in air. “I knew not to trust her. She’s a fucking rat.”
“He was waiting for me,” Elle bit out as Einstein tried to pull her toward the kitchen table. “He wanted to know how long I’ve been with Dare.”
I shot forward when Johnny took a menacing step toward the girls, and demanded, “Who was waiting?”
The crazed look in Johnny’s eyes as they focused on Elle promised everything I’d been trying to keep locked up our entire lives. “Went to take a piss, looked out the window and Beck goes driving past. Not twenty seconds later, this fucking whore comes walking up. You goddamn dirty—”
I threw a punch into his curled mouth, using all my weight as momentum, advancing on him when he swayed back. “I told you not to touch her. I told you not to go near her. Leave before I change my mind on letting you live.”
I looked at where Einstein was holding towels against Elle’s arm, and stepped in their direction.
“I knew something wasn’t right when that glass shattered,” Johnny taunted. “Bet it was because she knew exactly who—”
“Fucking leave.”
He stepped close, his eyes narrowed and face covered in blood. “You know there’s something not right about her. Ask her and see how she responds.”
Looking at the twins, I gestured to Johnny. “Get him out of the house.”
“Babe, let’s go,” Johnny called out as Diggs forced him out of the kitchen, but Einstein wouldn’t look at him. “Babe.”
I looked over my shoulder and knew from the pain and promise of death in his eyes I could never let Johnny near Elle again.
Einstein mattered most in Johnny’s world, and she’d just chosen Elle over him.
We both had.
“I’ve got this,” I murmured to Einstein once I heard the front door shut. “Where’s Libby?”
Einstein didn’t meet my gaze when she replied, “Work.”
“Go there, stay until she’s off. I don’t want any of you alone right now.”
She walked away without another word, Maverick trailing close behind her.
