I failed her.
Sunny
“I’m …”He sighs and shakes his head, like he doesn’t know what to say.
Who would after listening to my words?
He sighs again like it strains him to ask me any further questions. “You targeted those men, and only those men, right?” he asks, tilting his head to look into my eyes.
I keep my mouth closed, but the stares we exchange speak volumes.
“But you weren’t done yet,” he says.
No shit, Sherlock.
I was nearly finished when he arrested me.
“I need to ask you something, Sunny. And I need you to answer truthfully for me.”
I don’t like where this is going.
“Have you ever killed an innocent person?”
I lick my lips then shake my head.
“Would you?”
What kind of question is that?
“You think I’m a serial killer,” I mutter. “You already made up your mind.”
He cups my chin, forcing me to look at him. “I want to believe you.”
“Then believe me.”
His lips part, but he stops himself before he speaks.
What was he about to say? Does it even matter when I’m already in jail?
It’s too late to change fate.
He frowns, then releases me and takes a few steps back. “I wanted to tell you that you don’t need to worry about your boyfriends.”
My heart stops. “Don’t hurt them,” I beg. “Please.”
I never beg. Not for anything. But I must keep them safe from my own pain.
They don’t deserve to be jailed for my faults.
As he walks back to the door, he pauses and bites his lip. “Do you love them?”
Not even a second passes before I nod.
He lets out a long-drawn-out breath and nods. “I’ll do my best.”
CHAPTER 46
Xavier
