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Pushing on the guard that was holding onto him, I reached inside his jacket, pulled out the gun that I knew would be in there, then turned and slammed it against Ryan’s skull. I heard all the guns cock back around me, but I didn’t care. This sonofabitch had gotten me shot, then almost raped and killed. Right now, fury had me not caring about the consequences; if they killed me, then so be it.
As soon as Ryan tumbled to the ground, I jumped on top of him, pistol whipping him with everything that I had. I was so enraged that I couldn’t even feel the sting in my left arm from the bullet wound anymore. All I felt was Ryan’s skull being crushed in by the force of the blows to his head, and it wasn’t until the fragments of broken bone splattered back at me that I stopped beating him.
With my chest heaving, my clothes a bloody mess, and my hands shaking with more unspent anger, I stood up, looked down at a dying Ryan Buckner, then pointed the gun at him, emptying the entire clip into his chest. When the gun started clicking uselessly, I handed it back to the soldier that I’d taken it from, sure that he knew what to do with it after the fact.
When I glanced back at everyone, they all still had their guns aimed at me, everyone but Emil Schulz. He was still standing on the porch, his eyes widein disbelief. The only sounds that could be heard were the woodland creatures nearby, and it was ironic how peaceful nature sounded at this moment.
“How much did he owe you?” I asked Emil.
Stepping off the porch, he answered, “One-hundred and fifty.”
“You’ll have itby the end of tomorrow night,” I told him.
His eyes dartedaround. “Put your guns down,” he ordered his men. As soon as they did, he asked, “You’re going to pay his bill?”
“Since I’m the reason that he can no longer pay it, then that makes his debt mine now,” I explained. “You made a deal to be able to collect payment from him, and I robbed you of that opportunity. So, yeah, I’m going to pay his bill.” I shot Emil a look. “After all, it’s just business, right?”
Emil regarded me carefully for a few long seconds, and it was clear to see that he didn’t know what to make of me. Hell,Ididn’t know what to make of me right now. I’d never taken someone’s life before, and I was sure that once all the anger and adrenaline wore off, I was going to be a mess, but that was a crisis for another time. Right now, I needed to make this right, then get the hell out of here in one piece. I could look for a therapist later.
“I’m going to say that the debt has alreadybeen satisfied,” Emil finally said, but that wasn’t how this was going to end.
Over my dead body would I owe anyone.
“The money will be delivered here tomorrow night, even if I have to deliver it myself,” I told him. “You can leave it here, burn it, give it to the homeless…I really don’t care. However, itwillbe paid.”
“Understood,” he replied evenly.
Ignoring thetwo Sartori soldiers, I got into the backseat of the car, and I’d never been so grateful for tinted windows in all my life. I dropped my head back, closed my eyes, then prayed that my father was at the house. In this entire world, he was the only person that I trusted, and this was one of those moments when a girl just really needed her father.
“Are you ready to go, Mrs. Sartori?” the driver asked as he started the car.
Not even close.
Chapter 29
Nero~
“They’re here,” Elio announced after looking at his phone.
I could feel my heart threatening to beat out of my chest, and I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to hold it together if Kasen was seriously hurt or worse. The very idea of another man touching her had me ready to burn the city to the ground, and even if they hadn’t touched her in that manner, I still wasn’t certain that I wouldn’t go ahead and do it anyway.
When the soldiers walked into the house with her, I could actually feel my heartstop. Kasen was covered in so much blood that she looked like she just walked out of a horror movie.
“La mia ragazza preferita,” Renzo rushed out as he made his way to stand in front of her.
“It’s not mine,” she said. “I mean, some of it is, but not all of it.”
Just then, Dr.Chapman went to go stand next to Renzo. “Where are you hurt, dear?”
That’s when Kasen’s eyes scanned the room, taking in everyone that was here. If she was bothered that her mother and sister weren’tin attendance, she wasn’t showing it. In fact, she wasn’t showing much emotion, which suggested shock, though I couldn’t be too sure. When her eyes landed on mine, nothing registered, and the selfish part of me hoped that she was in shock. The alternative wasn’t acceptable to me. I would not accept losing her when I just fucking got her.
Looking back at Dr. Chapman, she said, “I was shot in my left arm and hit hard enough with a gun to knock me out.I was also backhanded across the face, but that’s not a big deal.”
“And the rest of the blood?” he asked carefully, like he didn’t want to spook her.
“Not mine,” she repeated.
Dr. Chapman smiled at her kindly. “Well, if you’ll follow me, we can get you all patched up.”
