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Pain exploded on my face, and the orange juice that I’d just consumed threatened to come back up.
Lock cursed and went to stand, but Kristoff turned the gun toward him, telling him without words that he wanted him to stay put.
“I was finally healing. Finally getting my life back on track,” Kristoff hissed. “Then there you are, selling fucking cakes and shopping in my grocery store, acting like you don’t fucking care that you ruined my life.”
God.
I’d had no idea.
How could I?
“Tad was supposed to push you away. Date you. Piss you off. Make you uncomfortable. Make you leave.” Kristoff growled. “Get you out of my city.”
I didn’t say a word, and neither did Lock.
“I sabotaged every single interview you had…making sure that you couldn’t stay.” He narrowed his eyes at Lock. “Then he went and found you a job with his mother and I couldn’t. Get. You. To. Leave.”
He kept right on going.
“So, I thought, maybe if I do this shit to her dad, she’ll go home. Get worried about him.” He banged on the door with his fist. “But no, he doesn’t tell you a single word of it. And YOU’RE STILL THERE!”
I glanced over at Lock to see him staring at Kristoff, death in his eyes.
Lock moved then, taking advantage of Kristoff’s momentary inattention.
He hit Kristoff like a battering ram and the gun went skidding to the side.
Then Lock was beating the shit out of Kristoff, who wasn’t defending himself anymore.
“Lock,” I said softly.
Nothing.
There was nothing penetrating the haze of rage filling Lock’s brain.
“Lock!”
“What the fuck did I tell you about doing shit in my house?” Dad slammed the bedroom door open, gun in hand.
He took in the scene…and froze.
Lock didn’t stop.
Not until my father physically picked him up and forced him into the corner.
Lock’s chest was heaving.
He had blood on his face, his chest, and his hands.
He was also losing his shit.
“Take a deep breath, kid,” Dad ordered. “Breathe.”
I found Lock’s phone that was still on the nightstand and dialed 911.
Chapter 17
After my funeral, someone hack my page and say ‘I appreciate y’all coming out.’
