Page 104 of Tailored for You

There was a bloodthirsty woman who came out when the people she loved were threatened.

“We’re going. Give me a minute to change my clothes.” Serena walked out, shoulders back, rubbing her neck.

Minnie was in the chair, her face in her hands, shaking her head. “I thought Charles had tapped out my disappointment. Now, I can say I’m disgusted by his actions.” She stood, straightening her clothes. “If you’ll excuse me, I’m going to play with my granddaughter, and hopefully she’ll remember there are some good people on this side of the family.”

She left the room, and I felt sorry for her. Her son was an adult who consistently made poor choices that hurt everyone around him.

“She took that better than I thought,” Adrienne said and left.

I would go to that airstrip and follow Serena’s lead as best as I could. When the time was right, I’d make sure neither would be alive, but not before Serena was at peace with it.

Harper and Serena’s safety and happiness were my only priorities.

“She’s a good one,” Rafael said and clapped a hand on my shoulder. We were standing in my office, staring at the door. “Nice choice. I was worried for a bit there, with the way you were a pathetic sap over her, but I get it.”

“I wouldn’t call it pathetic.” I said, smiling. Rafael gave me a look that said be serious.

“Fine. It was, but it was worth it. One day it’ll happen to you the way it happened to Marcello and me.” I laughed at the sour expression on his face. “It will. I bet she’ll be a mix of Serena and Adrienne, soft in all the ways, but won’t give you an inch. Really make you work for it.”

Rafael laughed and headed to the door. “I don’t think she exists. You know I enjoy playing the field too much to settle.”

I followed him out, shaking my head. He was wrong, and one day, his bed-hopping is going to bit him in the ass.

Serena and Adrienne were waiting for me at the front door.

“I’ll drive,” I said, opening the door for them.

The plane on the tarmac wasn’t the smallest there, but it wasn’t the biggest either. The staircase was down, and people were moving around, probably the flight attendants getting everything ready for the flight.

I wanted to run up the staircase and kill them all for taking part in this farce, but I knew that wasn’t right. They likely had no idea what was going on.

I squeezed Serena’s hand. Her leg bounced like she needed to move to contain the riot of emotions running through her.

Patience, cara mia, we’ll get our revenge. I wanted to reassure her verbally, but I knew she needed to work through some of this on her own. Come to terms with what was about to happen.

Hopefully, no one died too soon. Torture was more fun when I could draw it out.

We waited in the car as other airplanes moved around and into different hangars, but none obstructed our view.

Adrienne leaned over to Serena in the back seat and whispered in her ear. I watched them in the rearview mirror, narrowing my eyes at them as Serena smiled at whatever Adrienne said.

Serena seemed to relax, but it was not enough. She fidgeted the entire way, and I wished I could offer her the comfort I knew she needed. But I needed some space to calm down, too. It was going to take a lot for me to hold back and not kill Apple and Charles for the harm they’d caused.

A black town car pulled in, gliding to a stop near the plane.

“That’s them,” Adrienne said and got out of the car. I waited for a second, turning to Serena, who hadn’t moved.

“You ready for this? If not, we can turn around and make another plan,” I said. Options. Serena needed to know she always had options.

“No.” She swallowed and looked beyond me, through the windshield. “This ends now.”

With that, she got out of the car. I jumped out, came around the hood, and stayed slightly in front of Serena as we walked to the two people climbing out of their car.

Good, we could get this over with and leave it in our rearview mirror.

They were oblivious to us as they went to the trunk.

Charles noticed us first, stopping whatever argument he and Apple had. Apple turned, freezing when she saw us. Her eyes went as big as saucers, and her face turned as red as a tomato.