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Twenty-Six
ACHERON'S FINGERS CURLEDaround his phone in a tense, hard grip as he waited for Pippi to answer his call. And if she refused to talk to him, then that was only to be expected. And maybe, it would even be better if it were so -
"Acheron?"
He jerked in his seat, his heart slamming hard against his chest at the sudden sound of Pippi's voice.
Pippi.
She had answered his call—-
"Acheron?"
It seemed like forever since he had last heard her voice, and his eyes closed.
I love her.
The realization should've felt sudden, but it didn't. The truth had been there all along - he had turned himself into a clown, cosplayed as a police, bought a fucking ambulance - no man would do such things for a woman he didn't love, and now he realized that he had loved her from the very start.
He loved her.
Her.
"Pippi."
The sound of his voice made Pippi want to weep. Oh God, it had been so long.So, so long.Lying on her bed, she could only turn on her side and gaze blindly outside her window, pretending that Acheron was one of the stars watching her.
"I only called to let you know that my legal team's already filed the appropriate cases against those women. Rest assured they'll be dealt in the severest way possible."
Pippi didn't know what to say. She was glad that the women were being made to pay, but was that really the only reason he called?
Acheron waited for Pippi to say a word, to blame him for fucking her life up the way she had every right to, but when she didn't, he took it upon himself to do it for her. "I'm sorry, Pippi. I know I promised I wouldn't let you take any risks, and I failed you."
"It's not your fault—-"
"Stop being nice, dammit."Because the nicer she was, the less he deserved her. He just wanted to believe that he could one day earn the right to be with her. Was that too fucking much to ask?
"You weren't the one who put that thing online—-"
"None of this would've happened if you hadn't gotten in the crosshairs of those bitches, and that wouldn't have happened either if you hadn't come to Millie's defense." A short, hard pause, and then Acheron asked harshly, "Why did you fucking do it?"
"Because..."I just snapped.Or at least that was what she had thought at that time. But now she knew.
Now that she had accepted just how much she loved Acheron -
Now that she remembered Acheron was family...
And you would do everything for family—-
"I took a risk," Pippi whispered.
