That was my mother, and she was a photographer.
My dad had given me a camera.
"I'm sorry you were treated so badly. I wasn't much better than Marisol and Mattias. I could have been nicer."
I forced a smile. "Eh, you were what I imagine most older brothers are like. The twins were... not."
Fabian stood and offered me his hand. "And that's why we're going to end all of this tonight. Let's get to the park." We stood and walked out of the woods. He plopped down in the golf cart, but I hesitated.
"I need to check on Georgie. That's why I was coming back to the house." I pointed over to the house, and Fabian frowned.
"Your dog isn't there. That's why I was heading to the park. I saw Mattias on the cameras. He took him an hour ago."
Rule 60 - Swayze
Don’t mess with the dog.
"Who's left?" I turned to Koi, who'd managed to limp out of the Tunnel of Love ride with a bullet still lodged in his thigh.
"Andrew's gone, so that leaves?—"
"Me, it sounds like." Grace stepped out from behind a vendor stand. "We just found Beth in the bathroom with a giant hole in her neck, and Mitchell was struck through with that stupid chainsaw." She pushed her long, brown hair behind her shoulder and smiled. "But something tells me you had nothing to do with those two."
"What makes you think we had anything to do with the other ones?" I asked.
She laughed. "Oh, come on, Dennis. We're not stupid. It's obvious. You were the only two with a motive to spare her life. Everyone else would have just let her go weeks ago. We could have collected the money, buried the body, and been on our way. But you two had to go and get your dicks wet."
A low growl escaped my throat. It was more than just sex with Domino. We were in love with her. She was the perfect person, inside and out.
"You have no idea what you're talking about," Koi said.
"Oh really? So you haven't been sneaking out every night to sleep with her? You had your chance to end things, but still, she's alive and now apparently, slashing anyone she comes in contact with. You could have saved Beth and Mitchell, if you had just killed her the first time like Marisol wanted."
Marisol wanted the impossible. She gave us access to Domino's life with the phone, and that was our undoing. We didn't grow to hate her like she'd planned. We grew to love her.
"Marisol's wants are selfish. Domino did nothing to anyone." The moment the words left my mouth, I knew it was a mistake. Grace had the biggest vendetta against Domino.
"Did you forget about your best friend that fast?" Tears flooded her eyes but none fell. "It's nice to know where my dead brother ranks." She walked backward, falling into the shadows.
"Grace!" I called, but she fled. I turned back to Koi, who had his eyes closed, trying to not show how much pain he was in.
"I don't know what to do." I threw my hands up. "I feel bad for her, but?—"
"She tried to kill her. Go take care of it," he groaned.
"Man, I don't know if I can," I replied honestly. "It's Dennis's little sister. She's all her parents have left."
"If you don't do it, I'll have to, and I'm not feeling too fucking hot right now so will you just go fucking kill the cunt!" He started off slow but by the end of his sentence, he was screaming. He limped to a bench and sat. "Just shoot her. Make it quick, then come back for me."
I nodded. I hated to leave Koi like this, with a gunshot wound in his leg, but he was right. Grace needed to be stopped before she hurt Domino, my little doll, his blessing. I don't know what I'd do if she died.
Go on a fucking rampage.
"Good dog!" Mattias walked by, walking Georgie. I hesitated, wanting to see what exactly he was doing.
"Ah, you're here! How have things gone so far?" He spotted us and came over. His eyes were bloodshot, pupils dilated. His entire body was jerking like he'd taken something. He sniffled, telling me it was cocaine. "I'm assuming you heard about Mitchell?" His chin trembled.
I put my hand on his shoulder. "I'm sorry, man. What happened?"
