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“She agreed to help them obtain control over the power grid in Columbia and establish Diego as a legitimate business owner and…she agreed to marry him.” Mateo spits out with fury.
“What the fuck Mia!” Carter roars, trying to swing his legs over the side of the bed in an attempt to get up. “I’m going to kill that fucker!”
Using both my hands on his chest, I push him back down onto the bed. He’s so injured and weak that his body actually gives way and falls back against the pillow and the linens. “You need to stay in bed, Carter. I don’t give a shit about helping him amass power and wealth in Columbia. As for marrying him, he has to bring me Vincent Saint-Lambert’s head for that to happen and the fucker got away.”
“Mia, how could you?” Carter asks with accusation, pain and confusion crossing his swollen and bruised features, his shoulders rigid.
“I had no choice Carter, we didn’t have the manpower or the weapons, and we couldn’t wait for my grandmother to go after you and Theo. Had we waited any longer, both of you would have been dead. Vincent sent me a video Carter, of you with a gun in your mouth and Theo lying there bleeding out on the ground. I would have agreed to anything to get you back. Agreeing to marry Diego was the lesser of the evil options available to me.”
“You can’t marry him, Mia,” Finn states with vexation.
“Stella will never allow that to happen, bro. She will end Diego and my uncle before they get their hands on Mia.” Mateo shakes his head, coming forward and grasping Carter’s leg in his grip. “Bro, you’re an absolute reckless idiot, but I’m so glad you’re alive.”
“Me too, Carter. Don’t you ever go off half-cocked like that again, fool. You almost gave me a damn heart attack; never mind Mia pulling a gun on herself to go after you.” Finn sighs, coming forward to take Carter’s hand in his own.
“Mia did what now?” Carter shakes his head, large husky eyes turning towards me, eyebrows up near his hairline and lips wide open in shock.
“She stole Drew’s gun and put it in her mouth, with the damn safety off, to get Stella and Tom to turn the plane around and go after you once we realized you were gone.” Mateo, lets fly with exasperation. Guess he’s still ticked about that; I shrug. I’m not going to apologize for doing what was necessary to turn that plane around. Given the same options, I would do it again without any hesitation.
“Mia, what the fuck?” Carter turns from Mateo to stare at me, eyes flashing with anger and fury. He reaches to grab my arm and pull me towards him, but I step out of his grasp, making a light groan leave his swollen lips.
I shrug, shift forward again and run my hand down his whiskered cheek, reassuring myself that he’s alive, warm and here with me, where I will never let anyone hurt him again. The reminder of Manuel’s words comes back to me; he has Mack Pemberton’s body and that of a redhead.
“Carter, your dad….” I trail off, not knowing how to tell him. Mack Pemberton was a despicable, abusive monster, but he was still also his dad.
“He’s dead. I shot him twice, once in the chest and again in the thigh, when he tried to stop me from taking Theo.” Carter’s eyes stare down at his lap, shame crosses his features, his forehead creased, and shoulders hunched in on himself. He releases his grasp on Finn’s hand and clenches his own.
“Holy shit.” Mateo, lets escape next to us.
“I’m sorry, bro,” Finn utters.
“I’m not. He was a fucking monster; he almost killed Theo and would have killed me. Melinda was with him when I snuck into the room to rescue Theo.”
“Melinda?” I gasp.
“What the hell?” Mateo questions.
“The redhead.” Finn declares.
“Yeah, Melinda, in her deranged stupid mind, thought that by fucking my dad, Mack and Vincent would give Theo and me to her and get rid of Mia. They promised her they would kill Mia.” Carter rubs his hand across his eyes. “Mack was fucking her hard from behind when I snuck into the room, but she spotted me and cried out. She was already covered in bruises from them abusing her. Theo was lying on the ground bleeding and unconscious while she was maybe thirty feet away getting railed by my dad, the vapid cunt.”
“She’s dead, Carter,” Mia murmurs.
“I know; Vincent strangled her in front of me. She tried…” Carter’s hands clench into tight fists. “FUCK! She tried to save us at the very end and it cost her her life. He was never going to kill you, Mia. He had some deranged idea of getting you pregnant with a new heir to replace Theo.”
“Holy shit!” Finn exclaims.
“They haven’t found him yet, but Manuel’s men are expanding the search, and now that my grandmother is here, he won’t be able to hide for long.”
“Stella’s here?” Carter raises an eyebrow, fear in his eyes.
“Yes, young man, I am, and I have a bone to pick with you.” Stella declares from the doorway.
“Shit,” Carter whispers.
Chapter 8
Theo
