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“Sweetheart, are you alright?” I knew Dante couldn’t stay away. Needed to interfere with our embrace because his daughter meant more to him than our affection.
She left my arms and ran to him next. “Dad!”
I felt cold the moment she was gone.
Dante gripped her hard and cupped the back of her head. His eyes were immediately wet with tears that had been ready to fall for weeks. “Oh, sweetheart.” He closed his eyes as he held her, getting blood in her hair.
“Did you get him?” Theo came to my side, his eyes throbbing with pure malice.
“He ran off.”
Theo motioned for his men to follow.
“There’s a small gate in the back corner,” I said. “He probably shot off the lock and ran for it.”
“We’ll find that motherfucker.” His hand moved to my shoulder, looking at my broken nose. “You alright?”
“I’m fine.” My eyes traveled to Scarlett and Dante, who continued to hold each other in a happy reunion. “She’s fine, so I’m fine.”
“I’m sorry I got you mixed up in this.”
“It’s not your fault.” I continued to look at Dante. “It’s his, remember? He’s the one who looped in that French bastard in the first place.”
“Yeah, but I kinda stirred the pot…a bit. Something I’m known to do.”
“You think he’ll be a problem again?”
“No.” Theo withdrew his arm. “Because I’m going to kill that motherfucker before he heads back to France. If he makes it out of here, he’ll be heading to his private plane at the airport, and there’s only one airport around here, so he won’t be hard to find.”
“Good luck.”
He pointed at his face. “Good luck with that broken nose. You look like shit.”
“Fuck you.”
He grinned before he walked off. “Fuck you too.”
Scarlett and Dante finally broke apart.
“I’m sorry for everything,” Dante said. “Truly, I am.”
“I know. I know you are.”
Dante had a light in his eyes, a joy in his expression that defied all the bloodshed that had just happened. “So…are we okay?” He seemed to hold his breath as he waited for her answer.
She nodded, new tears emerging in her eyes.
Dante’s looked the same. “That makes me…very happy.”
After Scarlett hugged her father again, she turned back to me. “Oh, your nose.”
“It’s fine. I don’t even notice it.”
“Are you alright?”
I pressed a kiss to her temple as I pulled her close. “I’m alright because of you. Nice shot.”
“Told you I knew how to use a gun,” she said with a slight smile.
