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“Stop!” Paige begged. “Please, stop!”
The next few seconds played out like a horror movie, becoming my new reality where none of us would ever be the same again.
He drew out his gun and aimed it at my head. Right when he was about to pull the trigger, Paige rammed her shoulder into the side of his body.
“No!” I roared in disbelief as he fell to the ground.
Time once again stood still, or maybe it moved faster, I couldn’t tell anymore. I was there, but I wasn’t.
My eyes watered.
My lips trembled.
My body fucking shook.
I was choking, hyperventilating, drowning deeper in my despair. There was no saving me from myself.
Before his back hit the concrete floor, two shots were fired. One was behind me.
The other was heading towards my Cherry girl.
I’d remember this split second for the rest of my life. I swear it felt like a slow-motion bullet as the sound of gunfire shook off the walls. Eric’s body jolted back from the recoil of the gun he just shot fired off.
I sprang into action, grabbing Paige. I clung to her , tackling her to the ground with my body breaking her fall.
Bang!
Another shot was fired.
At first, I didn’t know what the fuck happened. All that could be heard was the distinct sound of gunpowder exploding in the shell. Another bullet whizzed through the air and popped when it hit its target.
It wasn’t until Eric’s head exploded a few feet away from my face, that I realized Cade just shot him and I could finally rest.
“Help him!” was all I heard next.
Cade was by my side. “Shit! He’s bleeding! I can’t stop the blood!”
Then…
I saw my angel from above.
She held onto my body.
Repeating over and over again, “I love you. I love you. I love you.”
It was then, I told her for the first time, “I love you too.”
Before I shut my eyes…
And said goodbye.
Chapter Thirty-Four
Paige
I never imagined the words. “It was a clean shot through his right shoulder,” to be the best ones I’d ever heard.
After I called 911 and told them everything that happened, the warehouse was swarming with cops. Thank God Hayley and Cade could deal with them while I rode in the ambulance with Adrian to the hospital. I hadn’t even had the opportunity to process what the hell just occurred.
