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Darragh leans in close to Lily while I still have my arm around her. “Your dad asked Alexis to plant a bomb here; can you imagine how many people could have died? But Alexis saw her mistake and rushed out with the bomb.”
Lily frowns, but I squeeze her arm, and she looks up at me. “Hear him out.”
She swallows. I have no idea how much she is taking in, but she needs to get her story straight before we clean up the scene and ring this in.
“Mike shot her for her betrayal and then attempted to shoot me, so I fired in self-defense.”
“I won’t incriminate you, Darragh. I’ll say I took the shot in self-defense.”
Darragh lights a smoke and grins. “I’ve done this a few times. I’m good.”
I didn’t want my uncle to shoulder my responsibilities.
“Trust me; you have enough to contend with. You get Lily out of here, and I’ll sort this out.”
I release Lily and pull my uncle into a hug. I wasn’t a hugger, but he had saved my ass.
When I turn to Lily, I know this is going to take some time for her to come to terms with but at least we could be together now.
We could finally start living.
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
LILY
It’sbeentwomonthssince my father’s funeral. Two months of coming to terms with killing him without really getting to know him as a father and not my uncle. Yet, we did spend a great deal of time together when I was a kid. He would take me shooting crows; that’s how I knew how to handle Darragh’s gun.
My stomach twists every time I think of what I did. I never thought I’d have the ability to take a life. But, seeing Daniel lying on the ground and watching bullets miss his head was all it took.
Hands wrap around my waist as I look down on a rainy Dublin. We’ve taken a short break to the capital, and the three days away from work and home have been nice.
“I could stay here forever.” I meet Daniel’s gaze in the reflection of the glass. My heart won’t ever stop racing when he looks at me.
“We can extend our stay for awhile longer.” He presses a kiss to my neck. My lips rise up as I turn in his arms and wrap my hands around his neck.
“I’d really like that.”
Daniel presses his lips to mine. “Then that’s what we are doing, but right now, what do you want to do?”
I already know what he has in mind, but I like to drag it out. “I…” I untangle myself from him and walk away from the large windows. “Am thinking about…” I pull my beige sweater over my head and let it float to the floor. “Going for a ….” I grin. “Bath.” I run as Daniel chases me.
I’m airborne as he drags me to his chest and places hot kisses on my neck. “You are never getting away from me again, Lily McGuiness.”
I wrap my arms around his neck. “You promise, Daniel O’Reagan?”
His face becomes serious, and he leans his forward against mine. “On my life.”
I inhale his words, and they nestle in my soul as he carries me into the bathroom and joins me for a warm bath.
It’s our second chance at something good, and this time, no one will take me from him.
THE END
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