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But Jude doesn’t even deny it. He simply remains still.
Remains silent.
His silence speaking volumes.
My stomach twists and bile rises in my throat at the possibility that’s she’s been completely honest.
“I see you don’t believe me,” she sneers. “Go on, tell her I’m lying, Jude.”
Jude shrugs his shoulders and says coldly, like we’re not talking about people’s lives here, “Could be right. I haven’t kept count.”
Could be right? He’s hasn’t kept count…
What the fuck?
Seriously, what the fuck?
Eyes flashing, the woman bares her teeth. “See, he’s a monster.”
I can’t even argue with her.
“And if you believe he only kills men, you’re sadly mistaken!” she goes on. “He killed my sister!”
Fuck…
And there it is.
Exactly what I was fucking afraid of.
“She was all I had! And he killed her! Killed her for no reason!” she shrieks, practically foaming at the mouth. “Do you remember it? Do you remember her?! Tell me, Jude!”
Jude’s lips curve into a smile. “I’m not sure. Was it at a wedding?”
“You’re not sure?” she repeats, her hands beginning to shake with emotion. “You’re not sure?!”
“Did she look like you?” Jude asks, further antagonizing her. “I may have killed a woman who looks exactly like you.”
The woman shakes so hard with fury I know she’s going to pull the trigger, regardless of the gun I have pointed at her.
And I don’t blame her.
God, I don’t blame her.
If Jude murdered someone I loved, I’d want to kill him too.
I’d want to make him suffer.
Like I did when I thought he had a hand in my father’s death.
Lord knows, nothing would stop me if someone ever hurt Abel.
I don’t even want to imagine the pain she’s been living with.
Jude is a monster, there’s no denying that…
Closing my eyes, I squeeze the trigger the second she screams, “Fuck you!”
But he’smymonster.
