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Chapter 51
BRIDGET
Present
My heart plummets when I see who’s walked in. I’m finished. I should have fought harder when I had the chance. So they’re going to finish me off together. First, Darren got the chance to fuck me one last time. And now my time is up. What do I do? What can I do?
But Darren looks surprised to see JD. He asks, “How’d you know I was here?”
“Travis,” JD replies. “I can’t believe you shot my guy in the leg.”
“He’s lucky I didn’t aim higher. What are you doing here?”
JD looks over at me. I’m toast. I’m tied to a chair with no way to protect myself.
“Wanted to see that you really found her,” JD answers. “After all this time.”
Darren seems a little annoyed. “Yeah?”
JD takes out his gun. “I’m sorry. I gotta do this.”
“Wait!” I cry. “All this time, I haven’t said anything, haven’t done anything. And I don’t have any plans to. I just want to live in peace.”
Darren goes from looking at JD with confusion to looking at me. “What the fuck are you talking about?”
I look at the both of them. “Please! I don’t want any trouble. I have every reason to keep your secret.”
It’s a big risk letting them know that I know, but playing dumb probably won’t get me further, especially if they figure out I’m lying.
“What secret?” Darren demands.
“Amy found out,” JD replies. “She said she wouldn’t tell anyone if we could just be together again, but I couldn’t take that chance.”
Darren thinks for a moment before saying, “The gas leak. It wasn’t an accident.”
So Darren didn’t know about or sanction JD’s plans? I hadn’t been sure. I figured anything was possible. But if he wasn’t in on JD’s homicide attempt, maybe he doesn’t have any intentions to kill me?
JD looks over at me. “Now I gotta finish the job.”
“Put the gun down. Bridget doesn’t have anything to do with this.”
“You heard her. She knows. Amy must have told her.”
“Put the gun down.”
“I’ve got no choice, bro.”
JD aims the gun at me. I scream at the top of my lungs. Maybe someone will hear me. It’s probably a long shot, but I’m out of options.
Darren slams JD into the wall. The gun clatters to the floor.
“What the—!” JD grunts. “Are you crazy?”
“Get the hell out of here!” Darren snarls.
JD looks at him in bewilderment. “What? You need to fuck her some more before I kill her? Fine. Go ahead.”
But instead of leaving, he reaches for the gun. Darren tackles him out of the way, sending JD flying in my direction.
