“Don’t tease me with a good time.”
He glared at me and I gave him a soft smile, then turned to Julianna. “Can you do that?”
She nodded, then pressed a key and the door to the panic room popped open.
“Dad?” Julianna called out.
On the screen, Felipe shifted and grabbed his gun. Paloma clung to him, but he shook her off and pointed to the button on the door. She moved next to it, ready to lock the door.
“Dad? It’s me.”
Felipe slowly stood, and I crouched on the floor.
“I’m coming in now.”
Felipe aimed his gun at the door, ready to fire. Julianna made the sound of a step, but didn’t move forward. Then once more. Then again and I threw myself into the room, sliding across the floor, shooting Felipe in his other leg.
He went down, losing his grip on the gun, firing into the ceiling before it fell away from him.
He reached out for it, but I shot around it, making him jerk back.
Felipe scrambled back. Marco dashed in, kicking the gun behind us, while aiming his own weapon at Felipe’s head.
Beads of sweat slid down his face. He trembled in pain, but he still had the audacity to sneer. “You can’t kill me. You’ll never be able to get away with it. My people will hunt you?—”
Marco shot him in his shoulder. “Do not ever attempt to tell my woman what she can and cannot do.”
Felipe howled in pain, Paloma trembling beside him.
I stepped forward to Marco's side. “You see, I wanted to torture you, Felipe. I was going to hang you from your limbs, pull off every single one of your nails, slice at your skin for hours, while you begged me to spare your life. Get every piece of information I could from you and once I was finally satisfied, I planned to cut off your tongue, castrate you, and shove your own dick down your throat until you choked to death. But there’s someone who deserves their vengeance more than me.”
Julianna stepped behind me, and Felipe’s eyes went wide.
“How could you?” Paloma screeched.
Julianna laughed, but it was dark, menacing. “How could I? How could I?” she yelled. “How couldyou? Neither of you have ever cared about me a day in my life. You’re only with Felipe because of his money, while he’s only with you for when he needs a woman draped across his arm andwillingpussy.”
Julianna’s eyes bore into Felipe’s. “Did you think I didn’t know? That I don’t know about the women you rape? Or that I have a half-sister you’re trying to sell to the highest bidder all because you don’t want another mouth to feed?”
I stared at Julianna in shock. Felipe was trying to sell his own child?
“This world will be so much better without you,bothof you,” Julianna spat.
Felipe glared at her, but his words lacked any strength. He’d lost too much blood. “They’ll kill you too.”
Julianna smiled brightly. “They might, but at least I took both of you down with me.”
I lifted my gun at Felipe and Paloma. “Put your heads on the ground.”
“Please,” Paloma pleaded.
“You’re going to die either way. It’s up to you if you’d like it to be fast or slow. But know I’m being generous right now, because if I kill you slowly, Iwillmake it hurt.”
Paloma whimpered, but lowered her head to the ground in a bow.
“You next,” Marco ordered.
Felipe glared at him, but when he tried to move, he couldn’t. He fell over instead.
