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Connor
I couldn’t take the shot. I wasn’t Johnny; my aim was good, but not stellar, and the floor was already at a 20 degree tilt. Miranda had her gun at point blank range to Lily’s head. If she pulled the trigger before I got her –
I slowly held my .45 away from my body and let it fall to the floor.
All the ugliness I knew was inside Miranda revealed itself on her face. It was the evil leer of a serial killer, the grin of a Great White Shark.
“I win,” she gloated.
My heart sank.
It was over.
I had failed.
I looked at Lily, both sorrow and love welling up at once. She was seated in some sort of chair bolted to the floor, and was handcuffed to the metal armrest.
Lily’s eyes were frantic, but her lips were moving. She was mouthing something…
Keep her talking.
I couldn’t tell for the life of me what she had in store, but I complied.
I looked up at Miranda. “You win. You can do with me whatever you want, but please – let Lily go.”
“Don’t waste your breath,” Miranda snarled. “Walk towards me with your hands up – slowly.”
I followed her instructions.
Lily was doing something, her hands busy at the armrest.
Behind me, I could hear the distant chatter of gunfire. I wondered if Johnny could win, outnumbered ten to one – and if that was possible, whether he could save Lily.
I didn’t care about myself anymore.
“What did you do to my yacht?” Miranda demanded.
“Punched a hole in it. We’re all going down.”
She smiled wryly. “Not all of us.”
“We have a couple of minutes, at most.”
“That will be enough.”
“For what?” I asked.
“To end this once and for all.”
“You could have done that a year ago,” I said angrily. “You had both Armin and Leo right there in the inner circle. If you wanted me dead, why didn’t you have them kill me then?”
“Because I wanted you to suffer. I wanted to take everything from you, and I wanted you to rot in jail for the rest of your life.”
“You kind of fucked that one up,” I said.
“I still took everything from you. Your father…”
