AllFreeNovel
Share Us
I’m surprised the alarm didn’t wake them.
I quietly walk to the couch and carefully lift a snoring Neomi. The blanket on them slips to the ground. Neomi yawns, falling into me, and I wrap her arms around my neck to keep her balanced. Her sock-covered feet slip against the wood floor as I toss the blanket over her sisters. The guest room is ready if they wake up in the middle of the night.
I half carry, half guide Neomi up the stairs. She blinks, and with every step, she wakes up more. When we enter the bedroom, I help her sit on the edge of the bed.
She rubs her eyes while wearing a puppy-patterned pajama set.
“Hey, you,” she says with a long yawn.
“Hey, baby.” I smack a kiss on her forehead while loosening my cuff links. “Did you have fun tonight?”
She chews into her lower lip. “As much fun as we could have, I guess.”
I drop the cuff links onto the dresser and dig in my pockets to drag out the ID cards I took. I’ll burn them later.
When I hand the IDs to her, she plays with them in her hand while staring at me with strained eyes.
“Those are the men who killed your brother,” I explain.
She holds up the cards. “They were Tommaso’s friends.”
“Until he slept with Brian’s girlfriend.” I unbutton my shirt. “And then their mother, apparently.”
“Ew.” She scrunches up that cute nose of hers and drops the IDs on the bed.
“Brian and Mikey worked for Sammie at one point.”
“Are they the ones who tried to kidnap me at the wedding?”
“According to your father, per Mikey, their plan was to get ransom money for you. Like your brother, they had their addictions. They saw it as fast cash and revenge on your brother. But your brother believed Sammie was behind it … until he learned the truth. When he did, he threatened to rat them out to me for the attempted kidnap on you. That added more fuel to their fire, so they killed him.”
I gathered this information from Luca. He had met me at the mansion after he finished helping Severino. Severino hadn’t extended the quick-death courtesy to Mikey, as I had with Brian. From Luca’s report, he helped Severino dump Brian’s body in the Hudson, but Severino said he wanted to spend more time with Mikey before allowing him to meet his maker. Luca said Severino cut out Mikey’s tongue.
“Where are Brian and Mikey now?”
I shrug out of my shirt. “I killed Brian. Your father has Mikey.”
“Did Brian or Mikey pull the trigger?”
“Brian, but as far as your father is concerned, Mikey killed him. I think we’ll agree we’re on the same page with that?”
She nods. “Absolutely.”
I lower myself onto the bed beside her, and she crawls into my lap, looping her arms around my neck. My dick instantly hardens when she presses herself into my crotch.
“Thank you, Benny.”
“You don’t have to thank me.” I brush wisps of hair from her eyes before cupping her waist. “I’ll kill anyone for you.”
She cracks a smile. “Is it weird I find that romantic?”
“Not at all, baby.”
We lock eyes.
Mine are intense.
Hers are dazed.
