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“I murdered someone…” Her voice trailed off as she looked at the ground.
The pain in her eyes reminded me of the shock I felt when I saw a dead body by my own hand for the first time. I had to tap into that feeling. Sheneededme to tap into that feeling.
I sighed and looked into her eyes. “I felt the same way.”
She scoffed. “You kill for a living,” she chuckled, wiping a tear from her cheek.
I shook my head. “Everyone has a first.”
“Not everyone,” she sighed. “I was never supposed to have a first.”
“Hey.” I tipped her chin up. “He was going to hurt you. You killed him out of defense. Okay?” She nodded but still looked unsure. “Hey,” I repeated. She looked at me. “Say it. Say it was defense.”
She exhaled slowly and nodded. “It was defense.”
“He was going to hurt you.”
She nodded. “Yeah. Yeah, it’s true. He was going to hurt me.”
“You did the right thing.”
“I did the right thing.”
She exhaled and stared at the floor for a moment. I wasn’t sure where she went mentally, but when her gaze snapped back to reality, she dried her tears and fished around in her pocket. Once I saw her break from the emotion, I knew exactly what happened. She shoved it down, just like I did after my first time.
She’d be okay. I’d make sure she was.
And she’d never be alone.
If she wanted to focus on the job, that was what we would do. When she handed me the percomm from her pocket, I knew we had to take care of the files first.
“Good.” I leaned in and kissed her forehead. My hands shook while I did it.
I didn’t know the last time I showed physical intimacy without it leading to sex, but if anyone needed it at that moment, it was Emma. “Come on.”
I led her back into the kitchen and found Makar’s computer. All systems in the Vinduthi family were strictly coded and protected, thanks to a software Havek designed years ago. No one understood technology like him.
“Come on, load,” I whispered as I synced the percomm into the loading computer.
Maybe when he gets back, he can make these damn things faster.
I looked over my shoulder and saw Emma standing behind me. I smiled, and she grinned back, but I knew both expressions were fake. I would keep up my act, if for no other reason than to make her feel like everything was as normal as it could be.
“Is it working?”
I shook my head and was about to reply ‘no,’ when the file popped up on the computer. “Got it,” I declared before sitting down at the desk.
“What are those?” she asked, leaning down to look at the files.
“Did you select one file in particular?”
“I thought I did.”
I shook my head. “You downloaded every file on the computer.”
“Shit,” she whispered before running her fingers through her hair. “I’m sorry.”
“Hey.” I spun around in the chair and took her hands in mine. “It’s better that you did. Okay? You didnothingwrong today.”
