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Chapter Thirty-Seven
Nick
“Noooooooo!!!!”I shout from what feels like the deepest part of my soul as the bullet slams into Mia.
Terror stabs into me.
It splinters my mind and crashes into my soul.
“Noooo!” I wail again when her beautiful eyes widen, her lips part, and she grabs on to my shirt. “Nooo.”
This can’t be happening.
And yet the laughter continues. Her brother’s laughter. In that fraction of time, the split second I hear another click- clack from his gun, ruthlessness takes over.
Ruthlessness whips my hand around and I fire a single shot.
One bullet to her brother’s head end’s him.
It was my mistake to spare him. I spared him for her.
No one would know what it meant for me to do that.
Now look… look what I did.
Mia’s hold on me tightens and blood pours from her side. I lay her down and look her over. There’s so much blood. Too much.
Too much.
“No,” I shout over and over again.
Gabe and Vincent rush up the stairs and over to us.
“We have to get her to a hospital,” Gabe cries.
I hear him but it’s all a messy disconnection of his words and his movements.
I can’t tear my eyes away from Mia.
Tears stream down my cheeks and she reaches for me touching my face.
“I love you…” she whispers. Against the dark bruises on her face, I see the paleness take her. “I’m so sorry about Tommy, Nick...”
“I love you, don’t you dare leave me. Don’t.” I shout and look to Vincent. “Help me, please… Vincent, help me.” I plead with him.
He opens his mouth to speak but no words come out. I’m not even sure what the fuck he could say to me. He drags of his jacket and places it to her side in an attempt to contain the blood but within seconds his jacket is covered.
Mia is covered in blood and we’re both just looking. We can’t do anything.
Gabe is on the phone talking to the paramedics.
The stab of terror pierces my heart. It clutches my insides and claws its way through me as I realize I’m losing her.
I’m losing her.
The tears pour from my eyes and I can’t see. I can’t breathe.
I just can’t anything.
