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Liam scoffed at Tony’s response before adding his own. “Thanks for leaving the firm, by the way,” he said, his tone smug and arrogant.
“Let me guess. They gave you my job?” Tony sounded completely uninterested and unimpressed.
If I’d thought I couldn’t be more intrigued by the man, I was wrong. Color me nothing but intrigued.
“I earned your job, fuck you very much.” Liam sounded like a snotty brat.
He was nothing like the guy I’d fallen in love with all those years ago. That person was long gone.
“You always were a little bitch,” Tony whispered harshly under his breath, trying his best not to create a scene.
Liam shifted on his feet before he leaned toward Tony to deliver a final blow. “Yeah? Well, at least I didn’t kill my wife,” Liam said loud enough for those around to start paying attention, and I released a surprised gasp.
Tony killed his wife? What exactly does that even mean?
“No. You just cheated on yours until she finally got some sense and left you,” Tony zinged back before the situation and the realization of what’d he just said hit him somehow. He whirled to the side, his focus solely on me. “It was you?” he asked softly. “You were married to him?”
“Don’t feel bad for her. She took half of everything.”
Tony whipped his head back toward Liam. “She should have taken it all. Stay the hell away from her.” His tone was threatening, and my heart raced. It was the most emotion I’d ever seen from Tony.
“Or what? You’ll kill me too?” Liam asked with a grin that begged Tony to take this further.
Tony took a step toward him, his hands balled into fists, but Rory was right there, holding him back. He said something that I couldn’t quite make out, but it seemed to work. Tony’s fists unfurled.
“You got this?” he asked Rory.
With an affirmative nod, Tony took off toward the back exit and out the door, and I watched him disappear.
Rory convinced Liam he needed to leave. The group of locals who were standing like a pack of guard dogs, just waiting for the order to attack, probably helped sway his decision. This wasn’t a fight that Liam had any chance of winning.
As soon as Liam was out the front door, Rory turned to face me. “Go. He needs you,” he said.
We both knew exactly which man he was referring to. I only hoped that he would let me inside.
YOU CAN NEVER RUN FAR ENOUGH AWAY
TONY
Iwas walking as fast as my legs would take me without breaking into a jog before I decided to slow the hell down. There was no reason for me to run home. My heart—the one thing I hadn’t thought I even had anymore—was pounding inside my chest so hard, begging to break free.
Coming to Port Rufton had been nothing but an escape at first. I’d been running away at the time, from everyone and everything I’d ever known, trying my damnedest to leave it all behind and numb the pain. Operating in survival mode was all I could manage after I lost it all.Killed it all, was actually more accurate.
Port Rufton had started to feel like a real home. It had become a place I never planned on leaving. At least, not anytime soon. But Liam showing up here today had destroyed any semblance of peace that I’d actually began to build.
I’d been able to have a new life even if it was a solitary one. A life where my past was slowly settling into where it belonged and me hating myself lessened just the tiniest bit each morning. Seeing his face had brought it all back. And his presence was like blowing up a jigsaw puzzle and watching all the pieces scatter after you finally completed it. Only the pieces were my sanity… my well-being.
All blown to bits.
“Tony!”
Ava.
I should have known that she’d follow me. She was the last person I wanted to see right now, but she was also the only person I could stomach. Barely.
“Tony. Stop!” she shouted, and I knew it was no use.
If I didn’t, she’d follow me all the way home and force her way inside. Knowing Barley, he’d probably let her in.
