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Thomas’s jaw drops and Avery jerks at his bindings. I guess they’re a lot slower than I thought, because I’d assumed all this time they put two and two together. But apparently they didn’t because Avery is twisting, pulling at his ropes.
“You cunt,” he barks. “I’m going to fucking kill you.”
I sit back. “Let him out, Jack. Let’s make this a fair fight.”
Jack sends me a look and I can tell he disapproves by how his mouth thins. But he doesn’t have to make a choice because Thomas clears his throat and the room falls silent. He lifts his eyes up to mine and hatred simmers, somewhere beyond the fear.
“This is because Clint fucked Mariana, isn’t it?” he says.
I tilt my head. He’s not going to get to me.
“That was your fucking fault,” Thomas says, his restraint breaking. “Maybe you should’ve satisfied her and she wouldn’t have opened her legs in someone else’s bed.”
I stand and push in my chair slowly. Two pairs of steel gray eyes, burning with anger, follow me as I circle the table to where Diane is tied. She’s almost naked and her cheeks run with tears and makeup.
She trembles as I kneel beside her, resting my gun on the table.
“Diane,” I say, keeping my voice soft. “Have you ever fucked another man while married to Thomas?”
I reach up and pull the wet gag from her lips. She gasps, her chest heaving.
“Come on, Diane,” I urge. “You can tell Thomas all the dirty things you did. He won’t live long enough for it to matter.”
Behind me, Westin is frozen to the ground. He doesn’t know that I know he still fucks Diane. It’s never been my business up until now.
Was it a betrayal of trust for him to be sleeping with my enemy’s wife? Maybe, but not a malicious one. So I let him think it was a secret, occasionally making remarks as if I didn’t know what he was doing.
She sobs once, trying to twist her head to look at Westin. I reach up and grip her chin and turn her back around to face her husband. Thomas is shaking, his jaw set. If he wasn’t tied down, he’d have his hands around his wife’s throat.
She lowers her eyes.
“No, you look at Thomas and you tell him that Westin fucks you so hard I can hear you scream all the way from the gatehouse,” I say.
I hope my relationship with Westin recovers after tonight. I’m going to need to give him a substantial raise and an apology tomorrow morning.
I glance over my shoulder and Westin has his arms crossed, but to his credit, he’s not breaking eye contact with the Garrison brothers. Jack stares straight ahead with his brows up by his hairline.
“Shut up,” Thomas roars. “Just shut the fuck up.”
I tilt my head. “I thought you were interested in the topic of infidelity.”
He spits on the floor.
“Now, tell me who you paid Jack to kill,” I say.
The room is quiet for a second and Diane gives a short sob.
“Just tell him,” she whispers.
“Shut the fuck up, you bitch,” Avery snarls.
I stand up and shoot him in the foot. The sound is deafening in such a small space. Diane loses her shit, screaming and twisting her ropes. Thomas starts writhing so hard his bonds strain and I can see them loosening. Avery jerks forward and goes white. His body locks up and his eyes glaze over.
I cross the room, kneeling. My gun goes to his temple.
“Who. Did. You. Pay. Jack. To. Kill?” I breathe.
He shudders, his chest heaving.
