AllFreeNovel
Share Us
It was soothing.
Rose may have made some bad choices but just like I had, she’d been deceived by someone who was meant to love her.
I wanted to be angry, but this wasn’t her fault.
“Losing her will be enough to send Optimus crazy. And without a strong leader, the club is going to fall to pieces.” I heard his laughter again, but it sounded so far away now.
“Hold on, Chelsea,” she whispered. “Please just hold on.”
I managed to force my eyes to clear so I could see the room. Marco’s back was to me, but I could see the man stand to his feet behind him, his eyes were wide as they stared at me.
I was confused.
That was until I saw the gun that was hovering above me. Rose’s hand was shaking, but she was pointing it over me, directly at her father.
“I’ve spent over a year,trying to please you.”
My chest burned with the effort it took to pull in each breath, but all I wanted to do was scream …Yes. Finally.
Marco twisted to face us, his eyes narrowing at his daughter.
She continued, “You lied to me. Youbeatme. You made me feel like I was never worthy of even being in your presence. Uncle Anthony and my cousins never treated me like that. He loves his children, he’s proud of them. That’s all I ever wanted, was for you to look at me and be proud.”
His lip curled in disgust. “And what have you ever done to make me want to be proud? You were a mistake, you were a lapse in judgment.”
I knew every word would hit Rose like a sharp knife to the heart, but she held the gun on him through his demeaning words.
“Turns out I did get something from you then. I had a serious lapse in judgment when I agreed to help you hurt Chelsea, and when I thought I could make you happy…make you love me,” her voice never wavered. Rose finally had her strength and her sass back. “But I can see clearly now. It makes me sick to think that I have your blood flowing through my veins because I’m nothing like you.”
Marco’s man was now standing beside him, holding a gun of his own.
Marco shrugged, he didn’t care if Rose hated him. She was merely a pawn in his game and he had played her so well it made my heart ache for her. All she’d wanted was a family and to make her father proud, like many of us, do.
“Shoot them both,” he said casually, turning and heading for the staircase.
I felt Rose’s hand on my cheek. “I’m so sorry.”
I tried to smile and reassure her, but my body was tingling and everything around me was going black, there just wasn’t enough air.
Just as I was about to close my eyes, I heard a scream and someone came crashing and rolling down the stairs, bowling into Marco, causing him to fall to the ground.
“Honey, I’m home!”
That was when I let go and my world stopped.
They were here.
He was here.
