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“You should have begged for Stella’s forgiveness, but instead, you attacked her,” I roar out.
Gabby turns from the door and smiles wickedly at me. She is a savage and fucking loves it when we get to bring Karma to assholes. Her glock is held up high, warning anyone within earshot that if they dare to intervene, they won’t make it out alive, either.
“She owed me money. You have to understand that,” Lucas attempts to plead with me.
Only, his words have triggered more anger inside of me. I slam my glock in his face, watching with pride as blood sprays all around me. Lucas cries out in pain and as he goes to fall over, Micah quickly kicks him back onto his knees.
“Stella paid you. But you’re a greedy bastard and you thought you would keep harassing her. Well, you won’t ever bother anyone ever again.”
I motion for Micah and Ason to pick up Lucas and as they do, Lucas screams and begs for forgiveness, but it’s too late. We carry him out of his trailer, the eyes of the trailer park on us, and shove him into the back of Ason’s truck. We drive away from the trailer park for the very last time.
When we reach our property twenty-minutes later, we drive back to the first place that sparked something inside of me. It’s not lost on me that I am about to do something that I watched my own father do when I was just a child.
“Are you sure about this? You know, man, there’s no coming back from this. Once it’s done, that becomes who you are,” Ason says, from the driver's seat.
Micah and Gabby sit silently behind us. They know that your first kill is your choice and yours only. We all know what it means, and we have to make that decision with our own minds.
“I know what I am doing. It might not be the choice you would make, but it’s what has to happen. Imagine if that had been Scarlette,” I say, knowing that my words will resonate with him.
Ason loves Scarlette and they are going to get married. Even though he hates killing, I don’t doubt for a second that he wouldn’t do the unthinkable if it meant saving Scarlette.
“I’m not trying to talk you out of anything. I just want you to understand. I haven’t been around much since I went to college. I’ve missed out on a lot and haven’t been here for you guys like I should have. But, I’m here now,” Ason says.
I don’t fault him for going away for college. It’s the decision he made and it’s his journey that he had to take.
The truck rolls to a stop in front of the swamps. The sun has settled long ago and now only the stars shine down on us, watching us and waiting to make judgement. We get out of the truck and the sounds of frogs and owls ring through the night air. In the distance, I can see the glow of lights from our houses far, far away from this site.
Micah pulls Lucas out of the truck bed, and he’s barely conscious. As he lay in front of me, his eyes look up to mine one last time. “What are you going to do to me?” he finally asks, his voice barely above a whisper.
“I’m not going to do anything to you. You are going to take a swim. Now, I can’t speak for the gators, but I’m sure you will figure something out,” I say, as his eyes go wide.
I kick his body and watch as it rolls into the water with a loud splash. It doesn’t take long for the alligators to begin their frenzy. We stand back and wait until the sounds wash away and its only silence left.
As I turn to head back toward the truck, a sense of relief washes over me. After tonight, anyone who dares to fuck with Stella will know that their fate will be met at the bottom of an alligator infested swamp.
