“Take Sara and go wait in the hallway.” I instructed.
“Liam, you have to do something.” Jules turned to him, alarm rising in her voice.
“Do as you’re told, Julia.” Liam murmured softly, but she didn’t move. “Please.” He asked, eyes shuttering.
“Liam?” Confusion and worry washed over her face as she looked up at him.
Liam loosed a heavy breath and quickly gathered the girls, moving them towards the door as Jules argued at him.
“Carter? Carter! You aren’t thinking clearly.” Jules yelled over Liam’s arm as he pushed them out into the hallway. “Liam, you can’t let him do this!”
“Donotopen this door.” Liam demanded firmly, and Jules just gaped at him as he simply flicked the door shut in her face, without another word. Meanwhile, I watched the perverts eyes linger on the girls a little too long, as if he wasn’t in life-threatening danger. Fucking moron.
“Since you don’t seem to understand choice. Let me give you a little lesson.” I said, my fingers twitching because I wanted to pull the trigger so fucking bad. “You didn’t give her a choice.” The cooler behind us rattled violently, and I smiled at him, and clarified, “But I’m a generous guy, so I’m going to giveyouone—a choice.”
“Fuck. I’msosorry.” He begged. “Please don’t kill me.”
“I’m not going to kill you.” I shook my head with a dark chuckle. “I’m going to make you suffer so much you’ll wish you were dead though.”
“Please.”
“Option A. I shoot you in both kneecaps.” I continued calmly. “Option B. I break every-single-one of the fingers that touched her.”
He gaped at me, understanding washing over his face.
“Take your pick, but I promise each will be equally as horrifying.”
He started begging, but there was nothing he could say, because he’d made her scream and now I was going to make him do the same.
“Pick one.” I finally roared, trembling with restraint, as my patience wore thinner and thinner.
Liam gently reached out and lowered my gunto the floor. “I think we both know there’s only one choice here.” He stepped around me and grabbed an arm. “Let’s not make the mistake of leaving any evidence behind.”Option B was a superb choice.
Sarafina
Liam carried me to the car on his back. “Are you okay?” He turned his head to mine and asked quietly.
“No.” I sighed. “But I will be. I just need to sleep it off, I think.” My leg hurt like hell, though, and I didn’t know if I’d ever felt so exhausted, or so sticky.
I slid into the back seat of Liam’s Range Rover and rolled the window down as Sloane rushed up. “Sleepover still on?” She asked, and I nodded. “Okay, I’m going to grab a few things and then I’ll head over.” She headed for Cade’s motorcycle. I could hear her talking to Cade more quietly. “I guess you aren’t the only psychopath around here.”
He shrugged, totally indifferent. “If the punishment fits the crime.” He pushed the helmet onto her head and tightened the straps before he put his own helmet on and did the same.
“Sara?” Carter ducked his head into the open window. “Put an ice pack on the bite. It’ll help with the swelling.” I nodded as he added, “Text me if you need anything at all.”
“I lost my phone, remember?” And then I offered hopefully, “You should join us for breakfast?”
“I have to leave pretty early.” His face fell. “I’m sorry.” He tapped the door as Liam called goodnight and started to pull away.
Next to me in the back seat, Jules sighed heavily. “Stupid, stupid men.” She muttered, shaking her head.
I leaned on her shoulder, letting my eyes fall shut. “I’m sorry about you and Douglass.”She deserved to know, I’d want to know.
“We’ll work it out.” She murmured quietly. “We always do.”
“I don’t know this for sure, but Cade thinks he saw Douglass using drugs in the bathroom at the club.”
Liam’s gaze snapped to us in the rearview mirror as Jules took a sharp intake of breath. I hugged her tightly, supporting her in every way I physically could while we waited for her response. “He said he’d stopped.” She breathed.
