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My fist flies into Henry’s face with a satisfying crunch as his head snaps to the side.
But it’s not enough.
I wrap my hands around his throat and slam his head against the floor over and over.
I don’t care that he can’t breathe.
I don’t care if I’m killing him.
I don’t care if I’m the last thing this motherfucker ever sees.
But before that happens, I’m pulled off, kicking and yelling. Clawing my way back to the man that tried to take my family from me.
Henry is motionless on the floor.
Easton wraps his arms around me from behind, and Dean Beneventi grabs my face.
Suddenly, the volume is back on, and the rest of the world comes back into focus.
“You gotta stop,” Dean yells. “You’re gonna fucking kill him. And as much as you want to, you can’t. Your family needs you. Go to them. I’ll handle this.”
It’s those words that finally clear my head, and I pull out of Easton’s hold, and get in Dean’s face. “Where the hell were you?”
“I came as soon as I heard the gun shot,” Dean answers through clenched teeth.
Ashlyn’s cry breaks off the anger coursing through my veins, and I run to my girls, throwing my arms around them. “Are you hurt?” I ask and check them each, holding my fucking breath until I know they’re both fine.
“Marco,” Lindy sobs, and I turn her face into my chest. “He... he shot Marco.” Then she pushes away from me, frantic. “Where’s Easton?”
“Right here,” he answers her, and she climbs over me and throws her arms around him.
“I thought he was going to kill us,” she cries.
Ashlyn clings to me as I call the police.
The rest of the night passes in a blur.
Sam beats the first cop cars here and handles everything for us, which is probably good—because not one thing on this entire fucking planet could get me to move from Ashlyn, Lindy, and Easton.
Paramedics check us over, unhappy that none of us are willing to go to the hospital. We sit, wrapped in blankets in the back of an ambulance, as the police move in and out of the house.
Becket and a hysterical Juliette arrive in time to see Marco’s body being loaded onto an ambulance, and Juliette’s cry can more than likely be heard from miles away. She throws her arms around Easton and sobs, “Don’t you dare ever do that to me again.”
“I’ll try not to,” he tells her, and the rest of us groan.
Jules looks at the four of us and grabs Ashlyn. “I’m so sorry. I don’t know how I didn’t see it.”
“None of us did,” Ashlyn says as she wraps an arm around her. Only one, because Ashlyn hasn’t let go of Lindy since she got her hands on her earlier.
“Do you want to come home with us?” Becket offers.
“Thanks, man. But we’re crashing at Hud and Maddie’s as soon as we’re cleared to leave.”
Becks nods. “I’m going to see if I can speed this up. If anyone asks, I’m your lawyer. I represent all four of you, and you do not speak to a fucking soul unless I’m present.”
“We already gave our statements,” Easton grumbles.
“I don’t care. Not another word. I want all of you to go to Hudson’s house now. You don’t need to be here for any of this.” He kisses Ashlyn and Lindy on their heads. “Go. I’ll be there soon.”
