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Hayden is sprawled on the floor. Liam grabs hold of his hair, gripping it tightly as he pulls my half-brother’s head back, exposing his neck so that I can see his thick vein pulsing. Snot and tears run down his face.
“No,” he whimpers as Liam raises his clenched fist, preparing to bring it crashing down onto Hayden’s face.
“Liam!” I shout, about to run to him but Mikey grabs hold of me. I struggle in his grip but he holds me firmly in place.
Liam doesn’t hear me, or if he does, he ignores me as he punches Hayden in the face and I hear the sickening crunch of bone.
“Liam. No!” I scream as I try to wrench myself from Mikey’s arms.
“I can’t let you go over there, Red,” Mikey hisses in my ear. “He’s lost it. He could hurt you.”
I see Liam preparing to punch Hayden again. “Mikey, please. If he kills Hayden, he’ll never forgive himself. Please let me go to him?”
Mikey sighs deeply but he lets me go and I run to Liam and my half-brother, with Mikey on my heels.
“Liam!” I shout as I reach him, still holding Hayden in his grip as he pummels him with his fist.
He ignores me, completely lost in the grip of his rage. “Liam, please!” I try again, conscious of Mikey hovering beside us. With no option left, I jump on Liam’s back.
“Jessie! What the fuck are you doing?” Mikey roars but I tune him out, wrapping my arms around Liam’s neck.
“Liam, please. It wasn’t his fault,” I say in his ear.
He tries to shake me off but I hold on as Mikey joins us too, trying to pull me off his twin while berating me for acting crazy.
Beneath us, Hayden cowers on the floor, his arms over his head as he tries his best to protect himself from Liam’s onslaught.
“Liam, please, baby,” I plead with him as tears run down my cheeks. “Please don’t do this. I love you so much. Don’t kill my little brother.”
I cling to him as Mikey tries to wrench me free, but Liam stands straight, dropping his fists to his sides and I’m left dangling from his neck like a soap on a rope. I let go of him and slide to the floor.
He turns around to face me, his handsome face full of anger. “He really means that much to you?” he snarls as he wipes the sweat from his brow.
I blink at him in confusion. He thinks I only did this for Hayden. I place my hand on his cheek and his face softens just a little. “You mean everything to me,” I whisper. “You would never forgive yourself if you killed him, because this wasn’t his fault. Erin manipulated him.”
“He could have gotten you and our babies killed, Jessie!” he snaps.
“I know. But he didn’t.”
His shoulders drop slightly and I feel the wave of relief washing over me. I wrap my arms around his neck again and rest my head on his chest as he pulls me into his huge arms.
“Looks like you just got yourself a reprieve, kid,” Mikey says to Hayden as he helps him up from the floor.
“Thank you,” I whisper to Liam.
“I did it for you, not him,” he growls.
“I know you did.”
We’re interrupted by another SUV pulling into the basement. We stand and watch as Shane and Conor climb out, before Conor reaches onto the back seat and pulls Erin out too. My blood freezes in my veins at the sight of her.
Conor holds onto her arm as they walk toward us. He pushes her onto the floor at my feet when they reach us and she shrieks her disapproval.
Liam releases me from his embrace, but he wraps a protective arm around my waist.
“You okay, Angel?” Conor asks with a frown as he gives me a quick hug.
“Yes. I’m good. And the babies seem good too,” I add, skimming my hands over my rounded belly and Conor rests one of his large hands over mine before stepping back and training his glare back on Erin.
