“Fucking cheater.” Killian complains, and she walks over to both of them and kisses them good morning.
“We don’t say cheat in this house. That word makes my skin crawl.”
The thought of us cheating is comical. We are so fucking obsessed with her it would be impossible. Surely she must know that.
Heather takes a sip of her coffee and plops down on Killian's lap, nearly spilling her drink on him. There was a time he would’ve snapped at her, but now he doesn’t say a word. She has calmed him significantly. I shake my head and she flashes me a questioning expression.
“I was just thinking you must be the asshole whisperer.”
She giggles as Kill scowls at me.
“After you finish your coffee, we need to go, Little Heathen. Finish what we started.”
She chugs her coffee and sets her cup on the table.
“Ready when you are.”
Carter shakes his head at her and tosses the gift from Bones that she refused.
“We go after you open this.”
She turns to Killian with a whine.
“Kill, tell him we can open this later.”
He arches a brow at her and he growls his response.
“Or you could do what you were told.”
She picks up the card with a scowl on her adorable face.
“Do you want me to read it out loud?”
Carter nods his response as she opens the envelope and pulls the card out.
Letting out a long sigh, she reads it to us.
Heather,
When you’re done reading this, start a fire and burn it. Completely.
You have asked why I’m so nice to you. I think that’s rather telling that you question my motives, but I understand why. You’re not my sister, but I feel a kinship with you that I rarely have outside of my brothers and their wives. Your past reminds me of my wife and all the things I wish I had done differently. You didn’t deserve the life you were given. I wish better for you now and will hold those bastards accountable if you aren’t happy. Family or not.
My gift to you is the following:
Tonight I have a team that will burn down the Morte Mafia compound with all of them in it. The list of names you gave at the asylum will be set free. The rest will be burned inside except for Father Murphy and the nun, who will be flown to New York tonight for you to do with as you please. They will be in Psycho’s basement, kept in a cage until you get there.
All four of you are under Bonetti protection. Meaning law enforcement will not hassle you. Your conviction will be over-turned. You are free now.
When you arrive at Psycho’s, I will give you a million dollars in cash to start your new life. We will not have a conversation about it. I want to do this. I promise you I do not do things I don’t want to do.
This is in part wedding gift and part compensation. I should’ve known about Carter, Knox and Killian. My father should have put a stop to Frank's behavior long ago, but instead participated in it. The guilt weighs on me. There were signs. I should have known. And I missed them all.
Welcome to the family where you’ve always belonged.
-Bones
Heather places her face in her hands and sobs.
