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Tarek
I’m on edge. Even though the guys are here and laughing, I’m on edge. Pierson saw it all. I didn’t want her to see that, but she did, and she had to. There was no other way around it. She needed to see that it was over. I ensured it was over.
The guys took out Catoli, which pissed me off a little. I wanted his ass. I wanted to make him pay for what he did, but I'm happy as long as he’s dead.
Twitch left an hour ago to get Pierson for me. I’ve been bitching and throwing a fit to have her here. Cage said it was best to wait, but I can’t. I need to see her. I need to know my girl is okay.
“What the fuck is takin’ him so long?” I ask, looking between the guys.
“I don’t know. I’ll call him,” Ridge offers, pulling his cell phone out. I watch him dial and then bring the phone to his ear when I hear the ringing.
“Is that motherfucker in the hallway?” I ask. Ridge shrugs, pulls the door open, and Pierson comes tumbling in. Cage grabs her and rights her when our eyes connect.
“Fuck,” I whisper as she looks at me. She looks like hell. “They didn’t tell you, did they?” she shakes her head slowly as the shock of seeing me lingers on her face. “Come here, Pierson.”
Once more, she shakes her head and looks at me like I’m a ghost.
“Pierson, come here,” I order this time. Slowly her feet move, carrying her across the room to the side of my bed. I shift, wincing before pulling her down next to me. She kicks her feet up on the bed as the guys turn to leave the room, leaving us alone.
“I thought you were dead,” she says softly as tears fall down her cheeks.
“I’m right here, darlin’. I’m not goin’ anywhere.”
“But there was so much blood,” she cries.
“But I’m here, Pierson. I’m here,” I tell her once more. She nuzzles into my neck, and her tears wet my skin. I couldn’t ask for anything more.
“I love you, Pierson.”
“I love you too, Tarek. More than I thought I could.”
“Everything’s gonna be okay now. You’re gonna be okay.”
“I don’t know what to say to you,” she whispers.
“You don’t have to say anything. I know this was all a shock to you. I know you weren’t expectin’ that at your weddin’, but it had to be done,” I remind her. There was no other way around it. No one will care Catoli and Issac are dead. In fact, everyone hauled ass out of there so fast; they don’t even know who killed them.
“I thought about it.”
“About what?”
“Trying to end it all.”
“But you didn’t.”
“Twitch came in. No one told me, Tarek. I thought you were dead,” she tells me. Anger rises inside me, but I know she acted impulsively. She wouldn’t have done it. I know in my heart that she wouldn’t have done it.
“I don’t know why no one told you, but I’m fuckin’ glad Twitch stepped in. You have so much to live for, Pierson. So so much.”
“You. I have you to live for,” Pierson whispers, pressing her tear-stained lips to my neck.
“You have me,” I repeat her words.
“What happens now?” she asks. I sigh and pull her in as close as I can without causing myself too much pain.
“Now we live, Pierson. Now we live.”
“Both of us?”
