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He grins at me before lifting the walkie-talkie to his mouth.
“Light them up!” he calls, and I smile, knowing thirty-two buildings will burn to the ground tonight. No one places my Gabriella in danger and lives to tell the tale. We all watch as a fire breaks out inside the house we were just in and very quickly takes hold as two of my men walk out carrying a canister in each hand.
“Come on, let’s get her home,” Oliver sighs as he signals for me to get into the car. I’m just turning when a sound roars above that of the growing fire.
“Sullivan!”
I spin towards the house as one of Rossi’s guys emerges from the thick smoke, a gun in his hand pointing straight at me. Everything happens so quickly. I hear several shots sound at the same time as I feel someone push me from behind. I lose my balance falling into the car. I twist to see behind me at the exact moment as Gabriella lets out a blood-curdling scream. I freeze as I see Oliver lying on the ground in a pool of his own blood.
Chapter Fifteen
Gabby
“Fuck the red lights! Drive!”
Neil screams at Malcolm from the front seat. Oliver’s head is on my lap as Daniel pulls off his jacket and presses it to Oliver’s side. The tears haven’t stopped since I saw Daniel drop after the shot sounded out, I watched as the bullet went into Oliver’s body, and he dropped to the floor. I run a hand over my big brother’s head as Daniel tries everything to stop the bleeding.
“Don’t you dare fucking die on me, brother. What the fuck were you thinking pushing me out of the way?” Daniel demands staring at Oliver, who tries to smile through the pain.
“I wasn’t thinking,” he gasps as his body tenses from the pain again.
“Obviously dickhead!”
I glance at Daniel and see his face is white as he panics. “If you think this is going to mean I owe you one, you can forget it,” he growls causing Oliver to laugh but quickly stops as he cries out in pain.
“How about you pay me back by taking care of my baby sister,” Oliver replies before hissing through his teeth as Malcolm hits a pothole or something.
“For fuck sake, be careful!” Daniel screams as Malcolm shouts a sorry. I can’t do anything other than watch my brother as his face contorts with pain.
“You can look after me yourself when you are better,” I tell him placing a hand over Daniel’s jacket to stench the bleeding as Daniel tries to shred his shirt to use on the wound. Oliver looks up at me with Mum’s blue eyes, which look just like hers did before she died, and I know at that moment that we are losing him.
“I’m sorry,” Oliver whispers as he reaches up and cups my cheek.
“What for?” I ask, swallowing the lump in my throat as my chest tightens. I feel Daniel moving my hand and replacing his jacket with the torn shirt.
“For getting between the two of you.” Oliver’s eyes leave mine and focus on Daniel next to me. Daniel looks at my brother and shakes his head.
“If you are truly sorry, live and let me kick your ass like I should have done,” Daniel says through gritted teeth. Oliver smiles and shakes his head.
“How about instead I just tell you I’m sorry and ask you to look after her for me.”
“We’ll look after her together like it’s always been,” Daniel snaps. Oliver looks back at me and smiles.
“I’m proud of you, you know that, right? Everything I did was because I thought I was protecting you. I’m sorry I wasn’t a better brother to you.”
“You are the best brother,” I sob as I lean down and kiss his forehead. I can feel his blood soaking into my skirt and know we are fighting a losing battle. There is no way he can survive this much blood loss.
“We’re nearly there!” Neil calls from the front as he turns in his seat and looks down at my brother, who is the palest I have ever seen him. “You did good, Lawson,” Neil says as Oliver turns his head to look at him.
“Just wasn’t quick enough,” Oliver chuckles. I can see the pain is slipping and know it’s not a good sign. “Take over for me?”
Neil nods as tears fill his eyes.
“Aye, I can do that, brother,” he reaches around and gasps Oliver’s hand in his own. Oliver lets go and grabs Daniels, who wraps his hands around my brothers.
“You were going to ask, and I give it, completely and unconditionally. Keep her safe and give her the best life.”
“You know I will,” Daniel replies, squeezing my brother’s hand.
