AllFreeNovel
Share Us
“Oh.”
Well, I’d tried.
“Was she the one who came in with the slit throat?” I asked.
“I’m not at liberty to say.” The doctor walked away.
A few minutes later, Ruby and Marjorie emerged from the room where they’d been talking to the police. Marjorie’s eyes were sunken and rimmed with dark circles. My poor baby.
I took her into my arms and kissed her forehead.
“They’re not arresting Colin,” Ruby said. “They’re calling it self-defense for now.”
“It was self-defense,” Marj said adamantly. “Where is Colin?”
“Wasn’t he in there with you?” I asked.
“For a while. Then they took him to question him separately.”
I nodded. Though I was grateful to him, Colin was the least of my worries at the moment. “How are you holding up?” I asked the woman I loved.
“Okay, I guess.”
“You must be exhausted.”
“I’m sure we all are.” She turned to Talon. “How’s Mom?”
“Confused, but that’s nothing new. Physically she’s fine. She keeps talking about Dad, though. Keeps saying he picked her up and took her and the baby somewhere.”
“I’m not sure what to think about Dad.” Marj rubbed her temples.
“What do you mean?” Talon said. “He’s gone. We both witnessed it.”
“I don’t know,” Ruby said. “Sometimes our eyes can deceive us.”
Chapter Twenty
Marjorie
Ruby’s words rang in my ears.
Did I think my father was truly alive? No, I didn’t, and I certainly didn’t expect my brothers to think it either.
“The fact remains, though,” I said, after briefing them on what Dominic had told Colin and me, “that according to Dominic—”
“Dominic?” Bryce asked.
“Yeah. Dominic my trainer. He’s Alex’s brother, apparently. He’s the one—”
“I’ll fucking kill him,” Bryce said, his voice a dark monotone.
“You’ll have to find him first,” Ruby said. “The cops are looking for him, but the guy you shot”—she eyed Bryce—“isn’t talking, and his sister can’t talk at the moment.”
Ryan turned to me. “According to Dominic…what?”
“He was acting on orders from Dad.” I rubbed my eyes, and then I noticed Bryce’s.
“He’s blowing smoke up your ass,” Ryan said. “I watched my nutty mother kill him. I saw the blood on his chest.”
