He’s lucky I didn’t feed him his dick. I had planned to, but Mario stopped me before I did, claiming the asshole would bleed out before tonight. I promised Oni we would do this together, so I stopped before it was too late.
That’s the only mercy these motherfuckers will get from me. I have no more patience for this or them. Finding out Lorcan’s supposed plan only pissed me off more.
Mario and Ed lead the brothers to the edge of the roof and stand them there as if lining them up for the firing squad. I pull my gun and check it. Oni does the same.
“What’s she doing here?” Lorcan snarls as he looks at Oni with his good eye.
“I made your father a promise. I’m going to make good on my word,” Oni says like she’s talking about the weather.
“Oh yeah, what was the promise?”
“I told him when I found you two, I would make sure you both die screaming like he did.”
“So it’s true? You had something to do with his death?” Mason says as if he’s shocked.
“Oh no, Mason. I didn’t havesomethingto do with it; I did it. He squealed like the pig he was.” Oni tilts her head to the side.
“Just like your brother here. You know, I might have spared you if my baby hadn’t been taken from me. However, you’re going to scream for me too.”
Mason looks at Oni with wide eyes. I laugh. I guess he doesn’t see the best friend he used to know.
Lorcan scoffs. “I’d like to see that.”
“Is that right?” Oni says and nods toward me.
“Yeah, bitch. I wish you would?—”
He doesn’t get to finish the words as Oni plants her foot in his chest and kicks him over the edge. At the same time, I kick Mason over with his brother.
Just as promised, they both scream as their bodies fall sixty stories to the ground. Oni walks into my side and I wrap an arm around her.
This didn’t bring our baby back, which leaves a bitter taste in my mouth, but my chest loosens just a bit. If nothing else, it feels like I can finally forgive my uncle. What he did brought this version of Oni to me.
The version that I need by my side. I will never regret that. I turn to face her and squeeze my arms around her.
“I have to tell you something,” she says as she looks up into my eyes.
“What’s up, gorgeous?”
“I’m pregnant.”
EPILOGUE
Second Time Around
Oni
Five years later …
Rico has done it again.He has pulled off a surprise I didn’t see coming. Don Gallo has whisked me off to Italy for our second wedding.
He planned the whole thing without me. I think this wedding is better than our last one would have been. Fifteen years of marriage and I still love this man more than life itself.
“Mama, Mama,” our two boys call as they come running toward us as we dance on the dance floor for our first dance.
Rico’s eyes light up as he grins down at me. I return the smile then turn to face our twins. My smile broadens when I see their sister trying to toddle after them. She’s two years younger than her brothers.
I will never not have what-ifs about our first baby, but I love these three to life. They are my world. There is never a dull moment with them around.
